Major in Performance – Piano

The Bachelor of Music in Classical and Contemporary Music Performance, Major in Piano, is one of the most prestigious and historical programs at the Liceu Conservatory. Nowadays, the Liceu Conservatory counts on a Piano Department composed of very prestigious concert pianists, linked to the most important performing traditions. They range from names of the most respectable trends of the international piano world to the heirs of the prestigious Catalan School.

The Bachelor Curriculum allows working with very varied repertoires and gives great significance to the ensemble music. The Piano students get their teaching lessons not only in chamber music but also in the art of the accompaniment. They also practice the improvisation and acquire knowledge about historical keyboard instruments. Altogether, the students have at their disposition the 90 classrooms of the Center equipped with Steinway and Yamaha pianos, always in optimal conditions, ready for the classes.

The Center’s students have a program of visiting teachers and Masterclasses, as well as several opportunities to perform auditions and internal and external concerts. The Liceu Jove concert cycle organized by the Department (with the opportunity of playing at the Centers’ Auditorium and with its exceptional pianos: the Steinway & Sons model D and the Yamaha CFX Full Concert Grand Piano artisan series) provides these concerts. There are, also, other opportunities to perform in renowned music seasons and other events, as soloists or in different ensembles.

Degree: Bachelor of Music, Performance Major

Credits: 240 ECTS (60 ECTS per academic year)

Specialty Entry Profile

In the Performance specializations, it is expected that people aspiring to study the Bachelor in Higher Artistic Education in Music can interpret the repertoire indicated for the Entrance Tests with a technical level and a clear awareness of the stylistic features of the works presented.

The entry profile for the Performance specialties is that of a person with a significant mastery of their instrumental or vocal specialty, which allows them to face the Bachelor in Higher Artistic Education in Music with advantage.

The person aspiring to this modality has rigorous prior training, which allows him to demonstrate his mastery of the instrument through the interpretation of complex works.

Training Profile

The graduate in Performance is a person who knows in depth the repertoire of their instrumental or vocal excellence and the diversity of expressions it allows, its history, its acoustic characteristics and has developed a personality throughout their studies and a language of their own. He is able to interpret pieces of great technical complexity and expressive demands and shows a wide creative capacity, as well as a deep knowledge of the characteristics of his instrument or voice.

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Curriculum:

Teaching plans

• Analysis I
• Analysis II
• Elective Credits
• Aesthetics
• Ear Training I
• Music History I
• Music History II
• Composition Techniques I
• Composition Techniques II
• Bachelor’s Thesis
• Accompaniment and Improvisation I
• Accompaniment and Improvisation II
• Accompaniment and Improvisation III
• Choir
• History of Piano Repertoire I
• History of Piano Repertoire II
• Chamber Music I
• Chamber Music II
• Chamber Music III
• Chamber Music IV
• Classical Piano I
• Classical Piano II
• Classical Piano III
• Classical Piano IV
• Practical Seminar on Keyboard Instruments
• Contemporary Music Seminar