Oboe / English horn - 2ème Cycle

This competition is open to candidates who hold a Diplôme national supérieur professionnel de musicien (DNSPM) in the same discipline in France, or an equivalent^1st cycle higher education diploma from abroad.

Candidates who do not obtain the required diploma in full until the end of the school year may take the competitive entrance examination by attaching a certificate of schooling specifying their situation to their application. If they are successful in the competitive entrance examination, they will not be granted final admission until they have presented the full diploma required, no later than 30 September of their first school year. If they fail to do so, they lose the benefit of their admission.

Pre-selection

After examination by an internal jury of a file including :

• a copy of the Diplôme de fin de^1er cycle from a French or foreign higher music education establishment in the discipline concerned ;
• a curriculum vitae.

Admission

1. a compulsory work, posted on 6 December ;
2. a programme proposed by the candidate lasting approximately 20 minutes and containing, as far as possible, works from different periods and styles;
3. an interview in French on the candidate's motivations (approximately 15 minutes).

The jury reserves the right to interrupt the candidate at any time.

Candidates admitted to the competitive entrance examination for the^2nd 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.