FSMSI Mention SON - 1e cycle - 1er Cycle

COMPETITIVE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2026-2027:

Age limit: under 27 on¹ October 2026 (born after 01/10/1999).

Application dates: from 12 January to 12 April 2026 online at www.conservatoiredeparis.fr.

The application must be finalised online before 12 April 2026. The project must be submitted by midnight on 24 May 2026 at the latest on the Conservatoire's application platform.

1) Applicants must meet the following prerequisites:

• BAC+2 level in science
• D.E.M. level from a conservatory of music. Candidates must therefore have a very good knowledge of music theory, a good musical culture, a knowledge of composition (harmony and/or counterpoint) and musical analysis (the pre-selection of applications by the jury will take place on 4 May 2026).

2) ELIGIBILITY

Completion of a personal project - must be submitted by midnight on 24 May 2026 on the Conservatoire's registration platform.

Candidates must submit a personal sound or video project demonstrating a degree of originality or creativity or simply showing a certain level of technical mastery.

The project is free and can take any form: score, recorded music, model, sound recording, sound fiction, soundtrack for images, film music, sound design, video creation, audiovisual music clip, short film, video sequence of filmed music, etc. The project must be accompanied by an application form.

The project must be accompanied by an explanatory note detailing its implementation (artistic aims, choices, constraints, locations and tools used) as well as an assessment of the result obtained. Candidatesshould highlight what they themselvesimplemented and how. This note must be concise and may not under no circumstances exceed 3 pages.

Music tests (20 May 2026) :

• Mistake detection (written)
• 2-voice dictation, chord dictation, atonal dictation
• Recognition of keys and cadences
• Recognition of fragments of classical works
• Recognition of fragments of works (jazz and contemporary music)
• Written test of comparative analysis (3h30)

Mathematics and physics tests (21 May 2026) :

The level of the problems and questions asked ranges from Bac level with a focus on science to Bac + 2 level with a focus on science.

The Mathematics examination and the Physics examination cover the topics listed below and, for the year 2026 in particular, priority will be given to those marked with an asterisk.

The detailed description of these topics is provided in the online document published by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation: ensecsup735_annexes_1417232.pdf

Mathematics Topics

Complex numbers*
Functions of a real variable with real or complex values*
Antiderivatives*
Differentiability*
Plane geometry*
Integration*
Geometry of space*
Trigonometry*
Functions of two variables*
Vector spaces*
Finite-dimensional spaces*
Limits and continuity of a function of a real variable
Linear mappings
Matrices and linear mappings
Additional topics in algebraic computation
Linear differential equations
Functions of a real variable: limits and continuity, differentiability
Asymptotic analysis and Taylor expansions

Physics Topics

Free and forced oscillators*
Signal propagation and interference*
Linear filtering*
First-order linear circuits*
Electrical signals in the quasi-static approximation (ARQS)
Motion of a rigid body
Magnetic field
Description and parametrization of the motion of a point
Energy-based approach to the motion of a material point
Motion of charged particles in uniform, stationary electric and magnetostatic fields
Effects of a magnetic field

3) ADMISSION

• Musical training oral test (16 June 2026)
• Harmonisation of a melody in the classical style (knowledge of all foreign chords and notes) (6 hours) (16 June 2026)
• Comparative analysis test based on films, videos or extracts from the film repertoire (17 June 2026)
• Critical listening test based on recordings (17 June 2026)
• Interviews in French with the jury (candidateswill be able to perform an instrumental piece of their choice and will have to answer specific questions about their personal project sent with their application form). (18 and 19 June 2026)

COEFFICIENTS OF THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS FOR THE MUSIC-SOUND-IMAGE HIGHER EDUCATION COURSE:

N.B. : Candidates admitted to the competitive entrance examination for the 1st cycle who are not nationals of French-speaking countries must present, before 30 June preceding their first enrolment at the Conservatoire, a certificate issued by a body approved by the French government attesting to a level of French at least equal to B1 on the Council of Europe's scale of common reference levels, before 10 December following their first enrolment at the Conservatoire, a certificate issued by a body recognised by the French government attesting to a level of French at least equal to B2 on the Council of Europe's scale of common reference levels.