Harp - 1er Cycle
Information
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Name
Harp
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Cycle
1st Cycle
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Course's number of years
3 years
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Maximum duration
3 years
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ECTS
180
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Delivered diploma
National Higher Professional Diploma for Musicians (DNSPM)
The distinction (Très bien, Bien or Assez bien) qualifying the DNSPM is that awarded by the jury at the end of the DNSPM final examination.
The Harp DNSPM is also awarded to students who did not obtain a distinction in the DNSPM final examination but whose results in the first and second year examinations so permit, in accordance with the procedures described in Title I - article 5 of the study regulations.
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Course objectives and content
Advanced training for instrumentalists :
- development of artistic sensitivity and individual and collective technical mastery ;
- broad cultural training in both practical and theoretical fields (complementary disciplines);
- awareness of the professional context.
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French language certificate
B1
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Bachelor's degree
A partnership between the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris and Sorbonne-Université enables Conservatoire students who so wish, and who are admitted to the 1st cycle, to obtain, together with the Conservatoire's 1st cycle diploma, and subject to fulfilling the conditions for enrolment at the university, the Bachelor degree of Music and Musicology from Sorbonne-Université, including the Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Musicien (DNSPM) from the CNSMDP, and validation at the university of four 26-hour courses, spread over four semesters, chosen from the "Domaines musicologiques" teaching units.
Students are free to choose at which stage of their studies at the Conservatoire (1st or 2nd cycle) they wish to begin this university course.
Registration and payment of university fees are required to follow the courses. -
Number of complementary disciplines to validate
1
Disciplines
Entrance exam
Harp (undegraduate)
Opening date for registration : 10 October 2025
Closing date for registration : 14 November 2025
Exam dates : Du 21 au 26 février 2026 (répétitions incluses)
Important: Non-EU candidates must apply for a short-stay “competition” visa in order to take part in the entrance examinations. If successful, this visa will then allow you to apply for a student visa. You should not apply for a tourist visa. More information here
Admissibility
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One required étude, set pieces announced January 10
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Two required orchestral excerpts, set pieces announced January 10
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One Baroque or Classical work of the candidate’s choice, maximum duration 6 minutes
Works must be performed without repeats where applicable.
No. 1 and no. 3 must be performed from memory.
Admission
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Two required orchestral excerpts, set pieces announced January 10
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One or two works of the candidate’s choice from the 19th or 20th century, total duration between 9 and 12 minutes
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Sight-reading
No. 2 must be performed from memory.
Information about orchestral excerpts
- The orchestral excerpts may be played with the score.
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Note: Candidates admitted to the first-cycle entrance audition who are not nationals of French-speaking countries must provide, before June 30 preceding their first enrollment at the Conservatoire, a certificate issued by an organization approved by the French government attesting to a French level of at least B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Maximum age : 22