DETAILED PROGRAMME (REPERTOIRE) REQUIREMENTS
NOTE: The Examination Boards reserve the right to select the pieces or parts thereof during the entrance examination.
DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE (BACHELOR’S DEGREE) PROGRAMME
A two-stage examination; candidates who have passed the first stage are admitted to the second stage.
Stage 1: Major exam
an examination in playing an instrument – practical
Supplementary exam
an ear training – an oral examination
Stage 2: Supplementary exams
1.sight-reading – a practical examination
2. a quick study examination (preparation of a provided piece of music – individual work) – practical
3. interview – an oral examination
Programme:
Playing the piano
• J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue (from DWK)
• Classical sonata (J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven)
• Virtuoso etude (F. Chopin, F. Liszt, S. Rachmaninoff, A. Scriabin, 20th and 21st century composers).
• Significant romantic form written before 1900 (F. Chopin – excluding impromptus, polonaises, Op. 26, 40 and postm. and nocturnes; F. Liszt; R. Schumann, F. Schubert, J. Brahms, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and others)
• A chosen piece with a different style from the previous ones, written in the 20th or 21st century (excluding post-romantic works, e.g., S. Rachmaninoff, I.J. Paderewski and early works by K. Szymanowski)
The programme must be performed from memory.
DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE GRADUATE (MASTER’S DEGREE) PROGRAMME
A two-stage examination; candidates who have passed the first stage are admitted to the second stage.
Stage 1: Major exam
an examination in playing an instrument – practical
Stage 2: Supplementary exams
a quick study examination (preparation of a provided piece of music – individual work) – practical
Programme:
Playing the piano
• A classical sonata (by one of the following composers: J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven)
• An etude or other piece of virtuoso character
• A romantic or neo-romantic grand form (also variations, cycles and sonatas) – by F. Chopin, F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, R. Schumann, F. Liszt, Brahms, etc.
• A piece from the 20th or 21st century (C. Debussy, M. Ravel, K. Szymanowski, S. Prokofiev, D. Shostakovich and others, excluding pieces by post-romantic authors such as S. Rachmaninov, or I.J. Paderewski).
The programme (approx. 45-50 minutes) must be performed from memory.