Cello

^1st YEAR HIGH SCHOOL

^1st year examination

Duration: 20 minutes maximum

1. a movement from a compulsory classical concerto (Joseph Haydn, Luigi Boccherini, Johann Stamitz, Antonín Kraft, Ignace Pleyel, etc.), posted one month before the examination ;
2. a compulsory etude, posted one month before the exam;
3. a genre piece chosen in agreement with the cello teacher.

Year² exam

Duration: 30 minutes maximum

1. a compulsory concerto movement, posted one month before the examination ;
2. one movement from one of Johann Sebastian Bach's Suites for solo cello, chosen in agreement with the teacher;
3. a compulsory contemporary work, posted two months before the exam.

DNSPM final examination

Public recital

Duration: 30 minutes maximum

1. one compulsory concertante work, posted two months before the examination ;
2. one movement of your choice from a compulsory Suite for solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, to be posted two months before the examination;
3. a supplementary programme of the candidate's choice, in agreement with the teacher, which must include a work written within the last thirty years.

The Cello^1st cycle certificate is awarded to students who pass the DNSPM final examination.

The certificate is awarded on the basis of the mark awarded by the jury at the end of the DNSPM final examination.

^2nd higher cycle

^1st year recital

Non-public recital

Duration: 30 minutes maximum

1. a concerto from the entire repertoire, your choice ;
2. one of Johann Sebastian Bach's Suites for solo cello, to be chosen ;
3. a contemporary work of your choice ;
4. a maximum of three compulsory orchestral excerpts from the "orchestral excerpts" list, posted two months before the recital;
5. an oral commentary by the jury after deliberation.

The whole of this programme, with the exception of round 4, is chosen at the beginning of the school year in agreement with the teacher.

This set is subdivided into two programmes, A and B, each lasting a maximum of 30 minutes:

The final examination will include one of the two programmes, chosen by lot three weeks before the examination.

For reasons of length, the Director reserves the right to withdraw part of the programme three weeks before the examination.

^2nd year recital

Public recital

Duration: 50 minutes maximum

Free programme

Throughout the course