Violin

Admission requirements

• The course is open to musicians of any nationality who are no more than 28 years of age.
• Candidates must possess a 1^st or 2^nd Level Degree or Conservatory Diploma (old Italian system) in Violin. If the degree was obtained abroad, it will be considered valid if it has been declared equivalent to a Degree or Conservatory diploma; it is the responsibility of any student admitted to a course to obtain the equivalence of the foreign qualification, pursuant to applicable Italian laws.

Exceptions to these requirements may be permitted only in exceptional cases, in the event of special, recognized artistic qualities and subject to the evaluation and approval of both the teacher and the Academic Board.

Provided that the above requirements are met, admission to the course is subject to an entrance examination.

Applications for admission

Applications for admission must be submitted online (form https://santacecilia.it/en/master-courses/form-di-iscrizione-corsi-di-perfezionamento) by no later than 14^th July 2024.

Proof of the application being successfully sent will consist of the e-mail notification sent by the Accademia.

The following documents must be attached to the online application:

• diploma certificate;
• artistic CV and list of studied repertoire;
• photocopy of passport or identification document;
• examination programme chosen by the candidate;
• proof of payment of the examination admission fee.

Entrance examination

Programme

• a Bach Sonata orPartita;
• a Capriccio by Paganini;
• a Concerto at the candidate’s choice.

Mode
Entrance examinations will be held at the Academy’s headquarters at Via Vittoria 6 (Rome) the 5 November 2024.

The candidates shall appear at the examination bearing a valid identification document, as well as the musical material for their examination programme, including the scores for the pianist; the Academy will provide applicants with a piano accompanist.

The Examination Panel may ask the candidates to perform all or part of the programme.

The pieces shall be prepared in full and the concertos and solo pieces shall be performed from memory.

The Panel may ask the candidates to describe the motivations and objectives connected to attending the course.

No supplementary exam session are foreseen.

The course lasts three years and includes the following exams:

• two intermediate exams (promotion from the 1^st to the 2^nd year and from the 2^nd to the 3^rd year);
• a chamber music exam, mandatory for solo instrument students (during the 2^nd year of the course);
• a diploma exam at the end of the 3^rd year of attendance.

The diploma exam can be brought forward to the end of the second year only in exceptional cases, subject to approval by the Academic Board.

At the end of each year of attendance, students shall take an examination for promotion to the subsequent course year, with the programmes indicated below.

Promotion from course year I to II

Performance of a programme composed of four pieces, at the candidate’s choice, in accordance with the following indications:

1. a piece for solo instrument or another virtuoso piece with or without piano accompaniment;
2. a Sonata;
3. a Concerto;
4. two Capricci by Paganini.

The pieces as per points 2-3 above shall be preferably in different styles. The programme shall be prepared in full; concertos and solo pieces shall be performed from memory. The Panel may request the performance of all or part of the submitted programme.

Promotion from course year II to III

Performance of a programme composed of four pieces different from those of the previous year, at the candidate’s choice, in accordance with the following indications:

1. a piece for solo instrument or another virtuoso piece with or without piano accompaniment;
2. a Sonata;
3. a Mozart Concerto;
4. two Capricci by Paganini.

The pieces as per points 2-3 above shall be preferably in different styles. The programme shall be prepared in full; concertos and solo pieces shall be performed from memory. The Panel may request the performance of all or part of the submitted programme.

Should a student fail to pass a promotion examination, he/she shall be entitled to re-apply for admission to the course only after one academic year has passed.

Public performance of a concert programme, of the duration of about one hour, composed of at least three important pieces from the instrument’s repertoire, chosen by the President of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia from among three entirely different programme proposals, which the candidate must present, subject to the approval of the teacher, no later than the date established and communicated at the beginning of the academic year; the programme must be composed as follows: a piece for solo violin or other virtuoso piece with or without piano accompaniment; a Sonata; a Concerto.

The chosen programme will be communicated to the candidate 40 (forty) days before the diploma examination. The programme must be performed in full and from memory.

The programme will also include a short piece that will be assigned by the Academic Board 40 (forty) days before the examination date.

Decisions made by Examination Panels for admissions, promotions and diplomas are final and indisputable.

Academic office (segreteria didattica)

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Via Vittoria, 6 – 00187 Roma
Tel: +39 0632817.348 – 321 – 305
Fax: +39 0632817366
E-mail: didattica@santacecilia.it

Please forward all requests and communications by e-mail to the academic office (segreteria didattica), specifying the purpose of the request for quicker handling.

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