The course provides students with skills that enable them to choose every possible occupation as a pianist. According to experience, the majority of the graduates will follow a patchwork career, whereas teaching usually plays an important role and goes in combination with playing concerts as a soloist or with an orchestra, as a chamber musician, lieder interpreter or répétiteur at opera houses or universities.

Foreign students whose native language is not German must provide evidence that their knowledge of German is sufficient for their chosen course. 
For the Bachelor’s degree (Piano), students are required to have reached level B2 as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 
Applicants’ linguistic competence will be established during the aptitude test. 

You will find further information in the Aptitude Test Regulations and Matriculation Regulations (only in German) of Rostock University of Music and Drama.

Please apply via our application website by uploading the required documents and application video by 15^th of April for the next winter semester and 15^th of November for the next summer semester.
In order to take part in the aptitude test part 1, you need to submit your application as well as one video.

Please submit one single video recording (one take, uncut, no post-editing) comprising

• a polyphonic work of the Baroque era
• a classical work
• a freely-chosen work

Single movements are also possible, but they have to be played in full. The video shall comprise a programme with a minimum duration of 20 minutes.

Examples of works

• J. S. Bach, Aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier, Präludien und Fugen
• L. van Beethoven, Sonate f-Moll op.2 Nr. 1
• W. A. Mozart,  Sonate D-Dur KV 311
• J. Haydn, f-Moll Variationen
• R. Schumann, Papillons op.2, Abegg Variationen op.1
• J. Brahms, Klavierstücke op. 118
• F. Chopin, Ballade F-Dur op.38
• M. Ravel, Sonatine
• A. Webern, Variationen op.27
• H. Lachenmann, Schubert-Variationen 1956
• D. Schostakowitsch, Präludien und Fugen

Solo works must usually be performed from memory. Exceptions must be agreed with the examination board.

Each video has to start with a short introduction (your name, your application number, the title of the piece you are about to present). The video has to be filmed in one take and live, which means the material must not be cut or post-edited. There is no need for professional video production. Videos taken with your mobile phone are absolutely fine. However, you should be clearly visible and audible whilst playing your instrument or singing. The video should be framed to show the whole person; piano players should be seen from the side.

You will receive an e-mail with the results of part 1 of the aptitude test. If you have passed part 1 of the aptitude test, you will be invited to part 2 which will take place in June for the winter semester and in January for the summer semester. The exact dates will be published under apply for studies.

Requirements for the aptitude test part 2:

• Three or four works of different characters and eras. You are allowed to perform the same pieces again that you have applied with in part 1. The following are compulsory: one Baroque work and one work from the Viennese Classical period.

The candidate is free to choose the first piece.
Duration of prepared programme: at least 30 minutes

In the second round, we will also examine the compulsory subject (Music theory) and your language skills.