| Code | INS-OB-SL |
|---|---|
| Organizational unit | Department of Instrumental Studies |
| Field of studies | Instrumental studies |
| Form of studies | Full-time |
| Level of education | First cycle |
| Educational profile | academic |
| Language(s) of instruction | Polish |
| Duration | 3 years |
| Required document | |
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The studies are addressed to musically gifted candidates with a secondary school diploma who want to continue their musical education and improve their skills in playing a selected instrument. Candidates, when taking the tests for the first year of studies, should have skills in playing an instrument at the secondary music school level (no diploma is required) and general musical knowledge. Upon completion of these studies, the graduate is qualified as a musician: instrumentalist, soloist and chamber musician. At the same time, completing studies at the Pedagogical Department and taking up further education in the same specialization, the graduate will obtain the qualifications to practice as a teacher.
The major subject will be taught by:
- prof. dr hab. Arkadiusz Krupa
- dr hab. Tytus Wojnowicz
- mgr Paulina Sochaj
Tests
- instrument
- sight reading
- preparation of a given piece
- ear training – an oral test
Scope of material
- instrument – performing the prepared programme, according to the choice made by the exam board:
- any Baroque piece
- a concerto
- a piece of candidate’s choice
- sight reading –performing the pieces as selected by the exam board, major and minor scales, intervals (thirds), passages and dominant seventh chords,
- preparation of a given piece
- ear training – an oral test:
- sight singing,
- performance of rhythmic sequences.
The candidate does not need to have an instrument during the examination.
Additional documents
should be sent by e-mail to the address instrumentalistyka@chopin.edu.pl by 3 June 2026
- a repertoire list signed by the supervising teacher,
- entrance examination programme,
- copies of the scores of pieces performed with the pianist provided by the FCUM (digital version; pdf files preferred).

