Please make every effort to produce good sound and image quality within your means. However, it is not necessary to produce a professional studio recording. You are free in your choice of recording equipment.

They must remain visible in the picture during the performance and be clearly identifiable. Within the works (single movements in the case of cyclical works such as sonatas or suites), no image or sound recordings are permitted. Video recordings that have already been produced on another occasion are also accepted; settings from different cameras are also permitted.

Recordings must not be older than 6 months.

Please upload your videos to a streaming platform of your choice (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, Clouds, etc.). The videos must be accessible without a password and streamable without downloading the file.

Please create one video file per work (e.g. a sonata, suite, aria). You can provide up to 6 links.

3 pieces from 3 stylistic periods. Single movements are enough.

The complete program (see homepage) is not required in digital form. Submit at least two different sets with one take per set.

The program to be submitted includes
- one etude of your choice.
- additionally two works from at least two different epochs (complete works or representative excerpts of at least 10 minutes each).

Duration of the video: approx. 25-30 minutes

2 works (also single movements) from 2 different epochs.
Duration 7-10 min

A 15-minute recording that should include a piece of classical music, a work of free choice, and 2 orchestral parts of your own choice.

1. a first movement from one of Mozart's violin concertos
2. a first movement or last movement from a violin concerto of the romantic, classical modern or modern period
3. a caprice by Paganini or Wieniawski

Total duration: at least 20 minutes

two pieces of different genres with a total of max. 10 minutes of playing time (possibly also in excerpts)

Please record at least ten minutes from your prepared entrance examination repertoire for an application video. Each of the works from the three epochs should be represented; you can determine the excerpts (e.g. individual movements or form parts) yourself. Of course, sight-reading is not required.

The three pieces do not have to be recorded in one take, but they should come from the same recording situation (i.e. no recordings from different concerts) and be uncut.

The duration of the practical exam varies - depending on the instrument - between 10 and 30 minutes.
The requirements correspond to those of the Master's program in Artistic Instrumental Education in the respective artistic major subject.

For saxophone, please note the following examination requirements in the major subject:

• Preparation of four complete works from at least 3 different periods
• One of the works should be a solo piece from the field of contemporary music (composed after 1970)
• One of the works may be a transcription
• Sight-reading

The examination committee will select the performance sequence in the qualifying examination.
In the practical examination, the candidate should demonstrate artistic-technical ability, interpretative skills, sense of style and creative ability.

The teaching sample of approx. 20 minutes serves as proof of pedagogical talent and the ability to structure a teaching unit in a meaningful and methodically coherent manner. The student teacher and the teaching sample (lower/intermediate level) are provided by the HfMDK.

The approx. 10-minute colloquium on the teaching sample and on instrumental pedagogical issues should provide information on the applicant's ability to reflect on his/her own teaching style as well as on issues concerning professional profiles and fields of work in instrumental pedagogy.

All parts must be passed. The colloquium will only be graded "passed" / "failed". The grade is composed of the arithmetic mean of the grades for the practical examination and the teaching sample.

1. current passport photo (the following formats are accepted: GIF, JPEG, JPG or PNG)
2. Complete and up-to-date curriculum vitae in tabular form (up to the year of application)
3. School leaving certificate (if not yet available, the last school certificate is sufficient for the time being), in case of foreign certificates a certified translation in German or English is required*
4. If applying for a Master's degree: Bachelor's certificate or equivalent, "Transcript of Records", if applying for a concert exam: Master's certificate or equivalent, "Transcript of Records "*
5. For applicants from the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, certificate of the Academic Evaluation Service (APS) (PR China // Vietnam)
6. Proof of German language skills according to the requirements of the degree programmes (see below, Language certificates)
7. Please note that you have to submit additional documents in the different study programmes. Please inform yourself about this on the website of the respective study program for which you are applying under "aptitude test". Among other things, letter of motivation, assignments, phoniatric report (voice)...

*If you do not have all final certificates at the time of application, please submit the most recent certificates and supporting documents in advance. Submit the final documents without being asked and in good time before the start of your studies. If you have any questions, please contact us immediately.  

Please fill out the online application completely and upload all requested documents. After you have submitted your online application with a final mouse click, you will receive an email from us confirming the receipt of your application.

After the application deadline, you will receive an invoice from us for an administrative fee of 50 Euro. Please transfer the fee to the account of the HfMDK stating your invoice number and name within the mentioned payment deadline. Only when the administrative fee has been credited to the university's account is your application complete and can be processed.

The application fee is charged per applicant. If you apply for two courses or subjects, no further fee is due. The fee will be due again if you reapply at a later date (new round of applications).

A refund of the application fee is excluded - this also applies if the application is withdrawn.