Harpsichord entrance exam

The application period for the summer semester 2025 begins on 01.12.24 and ends on 10.01.25 (only applies to the postgraduate course Konzertexamen). For the winter semester 2025/26, the application period begins on 15.02.25 and ends on 01.04.25

For a successful application to the Instrumental Music Harpsichord degree program, the following steps are required within the application deadline:

• Receipt of online application incl. upload of supporting documents
• Receipt of application fee (payment information at the end of the completed online application)

Your application will only be considered if all the steps described have been completed in full within the application deadline and the online application and application fee have been received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

The following works must be prepared as repertoire for the entrance examination:

Repertoire:

• Pavan & Galliard
• Toccata
• Suite (min. 3 movements)
• Prelude & Fugue from "Wohltemperirte Clavier"
• fast sonata by D. Scarlatti
• sight-reading of a simple piece
• further pieces of own choice, at will

Basso continuo:

• Basso continuo of a simple piece, prepared without soloist
• sight-reading of a very simple figured bass

The pieces do not have to be performed from memory.

To help you prepare for the exams in the subsidiary subjects of general music theory and aural training, we offer you some sample exams.

The following works must be prepared as repertoire for the entrance examination:

• Repertoire of a higher level of difficulty
  (possibly also on clavichord or pianoforte)
• basso continuo

The works do not have to be performed from memory.

Information on the harpsichord concert exam will follow.