Master’s degree · Other master’s award
Clavecin et Basse continue - 2ème Cycle
Harpsichord and basso continuo, second cycle
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris · Conservatoire de Paris - Direction des études musicales · Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Official award
- Diplôme de 2e cycle supérieur de Clavecin et Basse continue conférant le grade de Master
- Subject
- Early Music and Historical Performance (concentration)Instrument pathways: Harpsichord
- Format
- On campus2 years
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Two-year second-cycle cursus in harpsichord and basso continuo within the historical performance practice department, leading to a Diplôme de 2e cycle supérieur conferring the Master grade.
- Department
- Conservatoire de Paris - Direction des études musicales
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Diplôme de 2e cycle supérieur de Clavecin et Basse continue conférant le grade de Master
- Award family
- Other master’s awardAnother earned master’s-level award, such as MMusEd, MRes, MPhil, Diplom or a locally named qualification, shown with its official title.
- Qualification level
- Master’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Early Music and Historical Performance | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Pratiques musicales historiquesHow students choose it is not published“le département des pratiques musicales historiques forme les interprètes aux instruments historiques”Source |
Instrument and voice pathways
This is ONE program with the verified pathways below, not a separate degree per instrument. A pathway is listed only where an official page names the instrument in the title, as a major or as a formal principal-study option.
| Instrument | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Harpsichord | Named in the program titleThe official program title names the instrument. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 2 years
- Credits
- 120 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Conservatoire de Paris (Cité de la musique, Paris 19e)209 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris
Teaching language
- Taught in
- French
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- The cursus page states a French-language certificate level: B2.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Tests explicitly required
- Competitive entrance examination (concours d'entrée) with dates published for the 2027 session
- Deadlines
- Registration opens and exam dates as published on the cursus page: Date de début des inscriptions : 10 octobre 2026 Date des épreuves : répétitions et concours du 13 au 20 février 2027
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)