Piano

Deepening of piano technique in constant relation to listening to music and body posture.

Development of the classical, romantic, modern and contemporary repertoire.

^1st YEAR HIGH SCHOOL

^1st year examination

Duration: 30 minutes maximum

1. one study chosen by the jury from two chosen by the student ;
2. an entire classical sonata by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Muzio Clementi;
3. a compulsory work, posted five weeks before the exam.

The jury reserves the right to choose the movements according to the proposed timing.

Year² exam

Duration: 40 minutes maximum

1. a work by Johann Sebastian Bach (except the Preludes and Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier) ;
2. a contemporary work ;
3. a work of your choice, in agreement with the teacher.

DNSPM final examination

Public recital

Duration: 30 minutes maximum

• Free programme, including works in different styles in agreement with the teacher.

N.B.: works played in previous examinations cannot be included in this programme.

The^1st cycle piano certificate is awarded to students who have passed the DNSPM final examination.

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

^2nd higher cycle

^1st year recital

Non-public recital

Duration: 50 minutes maximum

1. a free programme chosen in agreement with the teacher ;
2. a compulsory contemporary work, posted three months before the exam;
3. an oral commentary by the jury after deliberation.

^2nd year recital

Public recital

Duration: 50 minutes maximum

Free programme

The Prix de Piano is awarded to the student who has won a prize in each of the two recitals in the^2nd year of the advanced cycle.

The mention for the Piano Prize is the mention awarded by the jury for the free recital in the^2nd year of the^2nd cycle.

Throughout the course.