M.A. Con­cert Per­for­mance - Kron­berg Aca­de­my

Nahaufnahme einer Violine
(Photo: Janine Bächle)

Kron­berg Aca­de­my and the HfMDK Frank­furt joint­ly of­fer the de­gree pro­gram "M.A. Con­cert Per­for­mance - Kron­berg Aca­de­my".

Course content

Course content

With the aim of be­co­m­ing a so­loist in the in­ter­na­tio­nal con­cert sce­ne for the vio­lin, vio­la or vio­lon­cel­lo, the de­gree pro­gram trains a small num­ber of high­ly ta­len­ted mu­si­ci­ans to be­co­me dis­tinc­tive ar­tis­tic per­so­na­li­ties who can make an im­portant con­tri­bu­ti­on to the cur­rent dis­cour­se on the works of their in­stru­ment. They are aut­ho­ri­ta­ti­ve re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ves of their in­stru­ment wi­t­hin their ge­nera­ti­on, pos­sess an in­di­vi­du­al and un­mistaka­ble ex­pres­si­ve abi­li­ty and act as im­portant am­bassa­dors of clas­si­cal mu­sic and con­tem­pora­ry ar­tis­tic crea­ti­on. They are awa­re of their re­spon­si­bi­li­ty to so­cie­ty, the pre­ser­va­ti­on of mu­si­cal he­ri­ta­ge and the sha­ping of con­tem­pora­ry trends. In en­sem­bles, they can con­tri­bu­te their skills in an in­spi­ring way for fel­low play­ers and au­di­en­ces, ad­apt their role ap­pro­pria­te­ly and va­ria­b­ly and con­vey it in an ex­em­pla­ry man­ner. Gra­dua­tes have de­epe­ned, ex­pan­ded or spe­ci­fied their in­di­vi­du­al ar­tis­tic pro­fi­le through the elec­tive area.

Suc­cess­ful com­ple­ti­on of the de­gree pro­gram qua­li­fies stu­dents to work as so­loists in the in­ter­na­tio­nal con­cert busi­ness for the vio­lin, vio­la or cel­lo and also for lea­ding ro­les in a cul­tu­ral con­text.

in the winter semester
Start of study
4 semesters
Standard duration of study
Master of Music (M.Mus.)
Degree
120 CP
Credit Points
German
Language

Dates & Dead­lines

Dates & Deadlines

Dates & deadlines

Kronberg: Application deadline for the winter semester 2023/24

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Kronberg: Aptitude test for the winter semester 2023/24 in Kronberg

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Subject to change

WiSe = winter semester // SoSe = summer semester

Requirements

Requirements

Ad­mis­si­on to the Mas­ter's de­gree pro­gram Con­cert Per­for­mance - Kron­berg Aca­de­my re­qui­res a first uni­ver­si­ty de­gree in the re­spec­tive ma­jor sub­ject and a suc­cess­ful ap­ti­tu­de test.

The pre­ce­ding first pro­fes­sio­nal­ly qua­li­fy­ing uni­ver­si­ty de­gree must com­pri­se at least 180 ECTS credits. Suf­fi­ci­ent know­ledge of Ger­man or Eng­lish is re­qui­red for ad­mis­si­on to the cour­se (see pro­of of lan­guage skills un­der ap­p­li­ca­ti­on).

Application

Application

Online application

The ap­p­li­ca­ti­on por­tal is only ac­tiva­ted wi­t­hin the ap­p­li­ca­ti­on pe­ri­od. If you have al­rea­dy ap­p­lied, you can track the cur­rent sta­tus of your ap­p­li­ca­ti­on on the plat­form.

↗Ap­p­ly here

What do I need for the application?

Nachweis von Sprachkenntnissen

Hier fin­den Sie eine Lis­te der Nach­wei­se deut­scher Sprach­kennt­nis­se für alle Stu­di­en­gän­ge. Bit­te prü­fen Sie, wel­che An­for­de­run­gen für Ih­ren ge­wünsch­ten Stu­di­en­gang gel­ten.

Digital preselection

Digital preselection

Au­dio­vi­su­al files (vi­deo links) with at least two works or mo­ve­ments of dif­fe­rent cha­rac­ter must be sub­mit­ted.

Aptitude test

Aptitude test

The ap­ti­tu­de test in the main ar­tis­tic sub­ject lasts 30-45 mi­nu­tes. Your pro­gram should in­clu­de the fol­lo­wing and last ap­pro­xi­mate­ly 45 mi­nu­tes in to­tal:

  • one etu­de
  • two mo­ve­ments of an un­ac­com­pa­nied work by J.S. Ba­cho­ne mo­ve­ment of a so­na­ta from the late 18th, 19th or 20th cen­tu­ry*
  • one mo­ve­ment of a con­cer­to from the late 18th, 19th or 20th cen­tu­ry* (a cha­rac­ter pie­ce
  • a work by a com­po­ser born in the last 70 ye­ars

With re­gard to the selec­ted mo­ve­ments of the Bach work, the so­na­ta and the con­cer­to, plea­se in­di­ca­te whe­ther the com­ple­te work is known and can be per­for­med or not.

* The selec­ted so­na­ta and con­cer­to should be from dif­fe­rent sty­listic pe­ri­ods.

Re­mark:

  1. With the ex­cep­ti­on of the so­na­ta and the con­tem­pora­ry work, all pie­ces should be play­ed from me­mo­ry.
  2. It is pos­si­ble that only a selec­tion of the pre­pa­red pie­ces will be heard du­ring the ap­ti­tu­de test.
  3. A pia­nist will be avail­ab­le, alt­hough ap­p­li­cants are ad­vi­sed to bring their own ac­com­pa­nist.
  4. The ex­ami­na­ti­on com­mit­tee con­sists of two re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ves each from Kron­berg Aca­de­my and the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts.

The selec­tion and or­der of per­for­mance of in­di­vi­du­al pie­ces and mo­ve­ments from the pre­pa­red pro­gram is de­ter­mi­ned by the ex­ami­na­ti­on board. The dates for the main sub­ject ex­ami­na­ti­ons are ar­ran­ged in­di­vi­dual­ly.

Lesefassung: Eignungsprüfungsordnung der HfMDK Frankfurt

[Nicht-amt­li­che Le­se­fas­sung. Stand: 27.10.2025]

Study and Examination regulations

Study and Examination regulations

The Stu­dy and Ex­ami­na­ti­on Re­gu­la­ti­ons (SPO) set out the frame­work con­di­ti­ons and re­gu­la­ti­ons for your stu­dies. They ap­p­ly tog­e­ther with the Ge­ne­ral Re­gu­la­ti­ons (for Ba­che­lor's and Mas­ter's de­gree pro­gram­mes) or the SPoL (for tea­cher trai­ning de­gree pro­gram­mes). All ver­si­ons of the SPO for your de­gree pro­gram­me (in­clu­ding ear­lier ver­si­ons for stu­dents of pre­vious aca­de­mic ye­ars) can be found at Ex­ami­na­ti­ons.

Lesefassung: Allgemeine Bestimmungen für Bachelor- und Masterstudiengänge der HfMDK Frankfurt

Stand: 27.05.2019

Study and Examination Regulations for the Master’s Degree Concert Performance – Kronberg Academy (2025)

This is a trans­la­ti­on of the ori­gi­nal Ger­man do­cu­ment, pu­blished as Amt­li­che Be­kannt­ma­chun­gen Nr. 157/2026. Only the Ger­man ver­si­on is le­gal­ly bin­ding.

Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für den Masterstudiengang Concert Performance – Kronberg Academy (2025)

[157/2026, 22.01.2025]

Questions & Contact

Questions & Contact

Expert advice

Prof. Su­san­ne Stoodt: su­san­ne.stoodt@hfmdk-frank­furt.de

Questions about the online application?

Pho­ne: +49(0)69154007330

You can re­ach the of­fice of stu­dent af­fairs by pho­ne du­ring the fol­lo­wing hours:

  • Mon, Tue and Thu from 10-12 and 14-16
  • Fri from 10-12

You can also send us an e-mail: stu­die­ren­den­se­kre­ta­ri­at@orga.hfmdk-frank­furt.de

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