Violin

INFORMATIONS

  • Objectives and content

    Deepening of technical skills (etudes, scales, etc.).

    Development of artistic sensitivity and knowledge of different styles through study of the repertoire (from Baroque to contemporary).

  • Assessment terms and conditions

    1st YEAR HIGH SCHOOL

    1st year examination

    1. scales and arpeggios, four compulsory keys ;
    2. one or two movements of a concerto in the "classical" style (Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, etc.), compulsory;
    3. a compulsory etude ;
    4. a work by Johann Sebastian Bach chosen from a compulsory list.

    Papers 1 and 4 are posted two months before the test.

    Papers 2 and 3 are posted six weeks before the examination.

    Year2 exam

    1. one or two movements of a sonata of your choice ;
    2. your choice of one of Niccolai Paganini's twenty-four caprices op. 1;
    3. one compulsory concerto movement, posted six weeks before the exam ;
    4. three compulsory orchestral excerpts from the list of "violin orchestral excerpts", posted six weeks before the examination.

    DNSPM final examination

    Public recital

    Duration: 30 minutes maximum

    1. a compulsory concertante work, posted two months before the examination ;
    2. a programme of your choice, in agreement with the teacher (approximately 15 minutes);
    3. a contemporary work to be chosen from a compulsory list; posted two months before the examination.

    The1st cycle violin certificate is awarded to students who pass the DNSPM final exam.

    The certificate is awarded on the basis of the jury's decision at the end of the DNSPM final examination.

    2nd higher cycle

    1st year recital

    Non-public recital

    Duration: 45 minutes maximum

    1. a concerto from the repertoire, in its entirety ;
    2. a sonata or partita by Johann Sebastian Bach ;
    3. a contemporary work of your choice, in agreement with the teacher;
    4. one of the twenty-four caprices op. 1 by Niccolai Paganini or a short virtuoso piece to be chosen from the list;
    5. an oral commentary by the jury after deliberation.

    The whole programme is chosen at the beginning of the school year in agreement with the teacher.

    List of virtuoso pieces( round 4)

    Franz Kreisler Recitative and scherzo-caprice
    Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst one etude of your choice from the Six Polyphonic Etudes
    Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst Grand Caprice on "Der Erlkönig" op. 26
    Niccolai Paganini La campanella (Kreisler-Paganini)
    Pablo de Sarasate Zapateado op. 23 No. 2
    Camillo Sivori Etude-caprice op. 25 No. 4
    Camillo Sivori Etude-caprice op. 25 No. 11
    Henryk Wienawski Etude-caprice for solo violin op. 10 No. 6
    Henryk Wienawski Etude-caprice for solo violin op. 10 No. 7

    The entire programme is subdivided into two sub-programmes, A and B, each lasting a maximum of 45 minutes:

    Programme A Programme B
    a. the 1st or2nd part of the concerto a. the other part of the concerto
    b. the first or second part of the sonata or partita by J.S. Bach b. the other part of the sonata or partita by J.S. Bach
    c. a contemporary work of your choice

    d. one of the caprices or the virtuoso piece

    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

    The Violin Prize is awarded to the student who has won a prize in each of the two2nd year recitals.

    The mention for the Violin Prize is the mention awarded by the jury for the free recital in the2nd year of the2nd cycle.

  • Duration of studies

    Throughout the course

  • Reward
    Validated
  • Erasmus
    Yes

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