String quartet - 2ème Cycle

Age limit: the average age of the candidates who are members of the same ensemble must be less than 28 on¹ October of the year of the competition, without any of these candidates having reached the age of 30.

Registration is compulsory for each member of the group.

Information for scholarship holders: candidates with scholarships will be reimbursed their share (for example, for a quartet member: €178/4: €44.5) at the end of the competition.

This competition is open to candidates in France who hold a Diplôme national supérieur professionnel de musicien (DNSPM) in instrument, singing or chamber music, or, in other countries, a Diplôme de^1er cycle supérieur.

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 will lose the benefit of their admission.

ECMAster programme: candidates have the opportunity to apply for the ECMAster programme, an international master's degree in chamber music (see the Associated courses tab), by filling in the dedicated form when they register. More information on this joint programme is available on the European Chamber Music Academy website.

Pre-selection

Based on an internal jury's examination of an application 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 20-minute programme proposed by the applicant, including works from different periods and styles;
2. an interview in French or English with all the members of the group on their motivations (approximately 15 minutes).

Candidates admitted to the competition for entry to 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.