Piano accompaniment

Teaching focuses on :

• sight-reading (alone or with partners).
• orchestral reduction (symphonic, operatic or concertante works), and vocal ensembles.
• improvised accompaniment.
• transposition practice.
• study of the orchestral keyboard/contemporary piano.
• participation in CNSMDP activities (concerts, workshops, competitions, etc.).
• work on works from the great instrumental repertoire (participation in classes, master classes, recordings).

^1st year recital (not open to the public)

1. orchestral reduction of a lyric or concert work (with the possible participation of a conductor or soloists and possible work with them) ;
2. improvised accompaniment of a tonal melodic line performed by an instrumentalist or singer;
3. transposition of a work with singing (up to a major third);
4. performance of a work from the instrumental repertoire, communicated eight days before the examination date, and rehearsed once during the week with the soloist (rehearsal time: 45 minutes maximum) ;
5. transcription, written and played by the student, of an extract from a symphonic work, imposed three weeks before the examination;
6. an oral commentary by the jury after deliberation.

Rounds 1, 2 and 3 include a 40-minute practice session with the piano.

The jury reserves the right to intervene during the round.

^2nd year recital (public)

1. performance of one or more symphonic works chosen by the student. Maximum duration, 12 minutes (separate movements authorised);
2. orchestral reduction and short choral reduction (in modern keys) ;
3. performance of an orchestral keyboard part, imposed one week before the examination, with the possible participation of a conductor and work with the conductor;
4. sight-reading of an instrumental, concertante or vocal work, followed or preceded by fine-tuning;
5. performance of one or more works of vocal and/or instrumental chamber music chosen by the student and played with one or more students from the CNSMDP, lasting a maximum of 15 minutes.

For^tests 1 and 5, one of these works must be taken from the ^20th or ^21st century repertoire.

For rounds 2 and 4, there will be a one-hour practice session with the piano before the recital.

If the student is or has been studying composition at the CNSMD in Paris or Lyon, or has already obtained a composition diploma from a foreign higher education establishment, he or she may propose a piece from his or her repertoire for round 5.

In the case of a 3-year course, the^2nd year recital is not open to the public and includes the same tests as in the ^1st year.

The Piano Accompaniment Prize is awarded to the student who has won a prize in each of the two^2nd year recitals.

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

Throughout the course.