Pre-requisite requirements:

• Specialist degree/ Master degree in Symphony Conducting
• Library-research paper (summary, review) on the professional topic 3500-4000 words in length (19-20 pages). A standard research paper format should be used for the paper..

Entrance examinations requirements:

1. Performing a programme:
Performing a symphony work with the orchestra (45 minutes)

2. Oral examination:

а) Written test:
• Harmony (гармонизация мелодии – модуляционный период с использованием приёмов мелодической фигурации).
Time: 6 hours
• Polyphony (трех/четырехголосная двойная фуга с раздельной экспозицией тем, одна из тем которой выбирается поступающим из числа предложенных).
Time: 6 hours.
• Orchestration (инструментовка фрагмента (10-12 тактов) классического или современного произведения, изложенного в виде клавира).
Time: 4 hours

b) Score reading and musical analysis of a big symphony work.
c) Presentation of the library-research paper (summary, review) on the professional topic. Interview with faculty on the topic of the paper.

Russian language

1. Written test
2. Reading and retelling professionally oriented text (1, 5 pages)
3. Answering text dependent questions, one question for written answer
4. Free conversation with the board on the professional topics

Knowledge of Russian at the Upper-Intermediate level (Test of Russian as a Foreign language. Second Certification level).