1. A compulsory piece, which will be announced by the examination board one month before the entrance exam: one opera overture or symphonic orchestral introduction of an instrumental concerto from a piano reduction score.
2. Accompaniment of 3 songs (Lied) of different styles
3. Accompaniment of 3 instrumental works of different styles – 1 movement of a concerto, 1 movement of a sonata, 1 other piece.
4. To perform at sight one piece determined by the committee on the spot.
5. A romantic or 20th century solo piano piece - for example Bartók, Debussy, Prokofjev. Max. duration 10 to 12 minutes.
Compulsory material in 2012:
announced one month before the entrance examination
General Admission Requirements – MA
Written examination:
Bass harmonisation: harmonisation of a bass line of cca. 10 notes, indication of the accords with figures.
Analysis: formal analysis of the opening movement of a sonata from the stylistic circle of Haydn and Mozart piano
sonatas.
Exam in general music studies:
a. Identification of 10 music pieces - possibly composer and title, but at least the epoch or style and identification or
the genre.
b. Explanation and interpretation of 10 music terms, concepts, titles, etc.
