Requirements

Applicants are required to perform:

Vocal

• three arias  (one by Russian composer of the 19^th century, one  by West European composer of the 19^th century, one classic aria by Mozart, Bach or Handel)
• three romances (one by Russian composer of the 19^th century,  one by West European composer of the 19^th century, and one folk song of any origin)

Piano

25-30 minute solo program including:

• one polyphonic work in the original
• one work of a Classical composer (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven)
• one large-scale composition or a part of it to applicant’s choice

Violin

• one etude
• one polyphonic work
• one large-scale composition (for example, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 by Beethoven; Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 by Brahms; Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 by Glazunov; Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35 by Tchaikovsky;  1st, or 2nd and 3rd movements from a concerto by Shostakovich)
• scales and arpeggios in all key