Main subject
Pre-selection based on a video to be submitted. Content and formal requirements for the video: see below.
Singing in the presence part of the qualifying examination
Performance of at least four works of different stylistic periods (one of them composed after 1920) from the genres lied, oratorio and opera.
Piano as compulsory subject
Performance of two medium-difficulty piano pieces of different character
Music Theory (written and practical)
Basic knowledge of major-minor harmony, knowledge of formal principles and genres, playing of cadenzas.
Ear Training (written)
Comprehension of intervals, chords, rhythmic and harmonic correlations, dictation of notes in one and two voices.
Text presentation
Recitation of a prepared prose text or a poem (from memory) and recitation of a text announced shortly beforehand.