First, the piano professional study abroad institutions
Curtis Conservatory of Music: The Curtis Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia, USA, is one of the most famous conservatories in the world, with very strict admission requirements. Curtis Institute of Music intends to control the number of students and provide the most personalized teaching. The most outstanding musicians of our time give students one-on-one guidance. Under the guidance of the concept of "learning by doing", the college provides students with more than 100 public performances every year. In this way, the school has trained many famous artists in the history of nearly a hundred years. Curtis Institute of Music has piano master Leon Fleischer; Loughman, Gary Ge, piano master; Famous pianist Solzhenitsyn and other famous teachers. Therefore, a number of excellent piano soloists including Lang Lang have been trained.
Berkeley Conservatory of Music: Berkeley Conservatory of Music was founded in 1945. Its founder is Professor Lauren Burke, who teaches piano and composition at MIT. In 1950s, the courses offered by Berkeley Conservatory of Music added country music, blues and rock music to jazz. In the 1960s, when pop music was prevalent, the Berkeley Conservatory of Music added a course of pop song composition, which enabled music creators to make full use of advanced technical equipment and music studios to record their works.
School of Shepherd Music, Rice University: The school facilities are very comfortable for pianists. They are the favorite of visiting artists from all over the country. Emmanuel Akers, Yefim Bronfman, Andre Watts and Nellie Tatru often come to the school to perform master classes and even serve as judges of the college concerto competition. There are also some famous teachers, such as Jenny kilman Fisher, who is a major supporter of modern classical music and often plays duets with cellist Norman Fisher.
Manhattan Conservatory of Music: As a top piano playing university, Manhattan Conservatory of Music regularly trains piano students and has become an important member of new york classical music circle. Their students have made remarkable achievements in teaching and performance, and they regularly give speeches in top journals such as The New York Times.
Jacob Conservatory of Music, Indiana University: Menachim Preissler is probably the most important piano teacher in the past 60 years. Since 1946, when eugene ormandy first cooperated with Philadelphia Orchestra, he has always occupied a place in classical music. He is over 90 years old. During his active career, young students taught by Menachem Praessler performed all over the world.
Second, the piano professional academic application requirements
There are many differences in procedures between the application of a professional conservatory of music and the application of an ordinary British university.
1, the application needs to be registered in UCKAS, and the British Professional Conservatory of Music applies in UCKAS. Schools include Birmingham Conservatory of Music, leeds college of music, Royal Conservatory of Music, Royal Northern Conservatory of Music, Royal Scottish Conservatory of Music and Drama, Royal Welsh Conservatory of Music and Drama, and Sanyilabang Conservatory of Music and Dance. To register UCKAS, you need to pay an application fee of 15, and you can choose up to 6 schools to apply.
2, portfolio, piano playing majors need to submit portfolios or on-site interviews, and some schools require mailing portfolios, so they prepare portfolios, determine tracks, record them, and finally supplement them to the school.
3. Interview. Among the schools applying, Birmingham Conservatory of Music, Royal Scottish Conservatory of Music and Royal Conservatory of Music can all interview in Beijing, arrange interview time with the school and prepare interview materials in advance. At present, Birmingham Conservatory of Music and Royal Scottish Conservatory of Music, two schools that have participated in the interview, have been accepted. The Royal Conservatory of Music needs an interview in Beijing in March, and the results need to be released after the interview.
Why did you go to Italy to learn piano? What are the advantages?
Italy is the birthplace of piano.
As the birthplace of piano, Italy invented the world's first piano. 1709, Bartolomeo Cristofori, a musical instrument manufacturer in medici family, Florence, Italy, designed and manufactured the world's first piano based on harpsichord and clavichord, and "tofori" became the first piano brand in the world. After more than 200 years of continuous improvement and perfection, it has become the modern piano we see today.
2. Italian music has a profound tradition.
Italy is also the birthplace of opera and has a unique advantage in music. Besides Verdi and Vivaldi, the most famous Italian composer in piano works is domenico scarlatti (1685- 1757).
3. Cost-effective, certified by China Ministry of Education.
All Italian public conservatories of music are free of tuition, and their academic qualifications are certified by the Ministry of Education of China. They only need an annual registration fee of about 1 0,000 euros (Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia needs 6,000 euros), and they can also apply for exemption from exams and scholarships. In terms of living expenses, it will be much cheaper than other developed countries.