The study programme has been designed for Bachelor’s graduates (or equivalent degree) who stand out through artistic excellence and wish to specialize in concert singing. It enhances the artistic competence gained during the Bachelor’s course. The focus is on lieder interpretation and oratorio. Master’s graduates usually work free-lanced as soloists on the concert stage or aim for an engagement as a choir singer in a professional choir (like radio choirs).

Foreign students whose native language is not German must provide evidence that their knowledge of German is sufficient for their chosen course. 
For the Master’s degree (Concert Singing), students are required to have reached level B2 as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 
Applicants’ linguistic competence will be established during the aptitude test. 

You will find further information in the Aptitude Test Regulations and Matriculation Regulations (only in German) of Rostock University of Music and Drama.

Please apply via our application website by uploading the required documents and application video by 15^th of April for the next winter semester and 15^th of November for the next summer semester.
In order to take part in the aptitude test part 1, you need to submit your application as well as one  video according to the regulations of the study course you are applying for.

In order to take part in the aptitude test, please upload a single uncut video recording. 

The video recording must comprise

• 1 oratorio/aria from the Barock era (Bach/Händel)
• 2 lieder, one by Schubert

Play time of the video: 15 minutes max.

The performance can be with or without a répétiteur.

Each video has to start with a short introduction (your name, your application number, the title of the piece you are about to present). The video has to be filmed in one take and live, which means the material must not be cut or post-edited. There is no need for professional video production. Videos taken with your mobile phone are absolutely fine. However, you should be clearly visible and audible whilst singing.

You will receive an e-mail with the results of part 1 of the aptitude test. If you have passed part 1 of the aptitude test, you will be invited to part 2 which will take place in June for the winter semester and in January for the summer semester. The exact dates will be published under apply for studies.

Requirements for the aptitude test part 2:

• five art songs from at least three eras,
• one song cycle
• five oratorio or concert arias, if possible with recitative, from at least three eras.

The works must be performed in the original language; at least three languages must be represented. 
One aria/song must date from the Baroque era and one from the 20th century or later.

Additionally, foreign students have to pass a German proficiency test.

We look forward to your application.