Violin - 1er Cycle
Information
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Name
Violin
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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 DNSPM in violin 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.
Deepening of technical skills (studies, scales, etc.).
Development of artistic sensitivity and knowledge of different styles through study of the repertoire (from baroque to contemporary).
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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.
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Number of complementary disciplines to validate
1
Disciplines
Entrance exam
Violin (undergraduate)
Opening date for registration : 10 October 2025
Closing date for registration : 14 November 2025
Exam dates : du samedi 21 février au vendredi 6 mars 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 December 10
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One work of the candidate’s choice from List A, set pieces announced October 10
Both pieces (items 1 and 2) must be performed from memory.
Admission
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Johann Sebastian Bach: one movement from a required Sonata or Partita, set pieces announced December 10
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One required work, set pieces announced January 10
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Sight-reading
No. 2 must be performed from memory.
The CNSMDP provides the candidate with an accompanist.
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