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Accompaniment
Accompaniment can be attended in three branches of study:
Students should be equipped with the artistic and academic skills to develop musical masterpieces of all stylistic eras, resulting in the ability to work skilfully with instrumentalists and singers.
Master’s programme Instrumental Accompaniment
ZkF lecturer: Denise Benda
The master’s programme Instrumental Accompaniment is aimed at pianists who wish to pursue a career of an instrumental accompanist (correpetiteur) and/or chamber musician playing duo repertoire with another instrument. Students independently form one or several duos with students from other study programmes of the university, giving rise to a wide range of repertoire and performing opportunities. The aim of the programme is to provide instrumental, artistic and practical training up to the highest level and to acquire competencies to enable graduates to enter professional practice as instrumental accompanists and chamber musicians in the best possible way.
Within the framework of the central artistic subject (ZkF), students receive a professional orientation. They learn to respond to the special (technical and aesthetic) characteristics of the instruments to be accompanied and acquire comprehensive knowledge of how to create musical content, rhythmic structures and harmonic sequences in a tonally balanced way. Interactive chamber music making as well as independent and instructive rehearsal work with instrumentalists are practiced. In the ZkF lessons, a comprehensive, wide-ranging and representative chamber music repertoire (duo with piano) as well as instrumental concertos of all stylistic epochs are developed. The repertoire is coordinated with the pieces played in the various instrumental classes during the Praktikum Klassenkorrepetition. This practicum is one of the most important courses in the programme, as it allows students to gain correpetition practice directly in the classroom of the various instrumental classes.
Collaboration and networking with students and faculty in the string or wind instrument departments is an essential part of the program and provides opportunities for correpetition students to accompany in class recitals, examinations, practice auditions, selections, competitions, and master classes. Other courses such as score playing, playing to a conductor, opera and song correpetition broaden the scope of this master's programme. Various chamber music projects complement the diverse training and also contribute to the students' further podium experience, with the ZkF always acting as an interface between the various disciplines. In addition to the compulsory courses, the student can choose personal focal points from a range of elective courses and acquire further qualifications with regard to the career goals they are pursuing.
| Master’s programme Instrumental Accompaniment | |
| Duration: | 4 semesters |
| Degree: | Master of Arts |
| No age limit | |
Curriculum MA Instrumental Accompaniment
Syllabus MA Instrumental Accompaniment (in German)
| Certificate of Performance (CoP) Instrumental Accompaniment | |
| Duration: | 2 semesters |
| Degree: | Certificate |
| No age limit | |
Master’s programme Vocal Accompaniment for Song and Oratorio
ZkF lecturer: Ralf Heiber
The master's programme Vocal Accompaniment for Song and Oratorio is designed to train future collaborative pianists for art song repertoire (Lied) and accompanists. This occurs in close collaboration with the study programmes Voice and Opera, primarily with the Song and Oratorio class of Birgid Steinberger. Pianists and singers will form duos as per their own initiative during the course of their training program and will be supervised weekly by the central artistic subject (ZkF) teachers of both study programmes, with artistic instruction consisting of a balance between individual, ensemble and group lessons. The primary focus is on stylistically sophisticated interpretation of song literature in a variety of languages and an exploration of song analysis, textual comprehension, and poetics is encouraged. Regular accompaniment in the classes of the vocal department (including the block courses Interpretation of Works of the Song Literature with Adrian Eröd and Liedgestaltung with Ian Bostridge, masterclasses with renowned Song pianists such as Norman Shetler and Graham Johnson as well as preparation for concert projects and international competitions round off the training.
| Master’s programme Vocal Accompaniment for Song and Oratorio | |
| Duration: | 4 semesters |
| Degree: | Master of Arts |
| No age limit | |
Curriculum MA Vocal Accompaniment for Song and Oratorio
Syllabus MA Vocal Accompaniment for Song and Oratorio (in German)
| Certificate of Performance (CoP) Vocal Accompaniment for Song and Oratorio | |
| Duration: | 2 semesters |
| Degree: | Certificate |
| No age limit | |
Master’s programme Vocal Accompaniment for Opera
ZkF lecturer: Kristin Okerlund
| Master’s programme Vocal Accompaniment for Opera | |
| Duration: | 4 semesters |
| Degree: | Master of Arts |
| No age limit | |
Curriculum MA Vocal Accompaniment for Opera
Syllabus MA Vocal Accompaniment for Opera (in German)
| Certificate of Performance (CoP) Vocal Accompaniment for Opera | |
| Duration: | 2 semesters |
| Degree: | Certificate |
| No age limit | |
Entrance exam dates and application Instrumental Accompaniment
Entrance exam dates and application Vocal Accompaniment for Song and Oratorio
Entrance exam dates and application Vocal Accompaniment for Opera