STUDIES AREA ARTS - APPLIED ARTS • 26.4 million tickets to contemporary • 316 M€ in export revenues for • 930 M€ in ticket sales (2017) Music musical and variety performances; the French music sector, 2.3 million attendees at operas, ballets, • 456 conservatories; orchestral concerts (2017) 80.5 M€ of export revenues for the performing arts market of which 1 377 music students in Paris and • jobs in the music 13.5% for classical music (2019) 234,700 in Lyon (2020) world, up more than 3% in 2 years 654 (2020) Sources : INSEE - MC - MESRI France has long had a major presence on the world musical scene. In 1669, Louis XIV founded the Royal Academy of Music, and, since the 19th century, Paris has been a major concert venue for the greatest piano virtuosi of Europe (Liszt, Chopin, others). In the second half of the century, France was the world’s International leading venue for lyric opera. In 1966, seven years Claude Debussy, Hector Berlioz, Pierre Boulez, after André Malraux became France’s first minister Pierre Henry, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie - these are just Useful links of culture, an office of music was created under the a few of the French musicians who have set rather • Bureau Export-CNM: www.lebureauexport.fr leadership of Marcel Landowski, whose support for than followed trends. Many French musicians and the popularization of music bore fruit (in June 1982) composers are recognized abroad for their unique • Campusart, art, design, music, architecture, ... in the form of the first Fête de la Musique, which has musical mark, among them Michel Petrucciani, Pierre degrees online application: www.campusart.org since spread to 120 countries and 350 cities. Boulez, Daft Punk, Christine and the Queens, Indila, • CDMC, Contemporary music documentation Woodkid, Matthieu Chédid and Clovis Nicolas ... center: www.cdmc.asso.fr Musicians are trained in conservatories at the regional, Over the past 20 years, France’s Export Bureau has • CFPM, Centers for professional training in music: launched and supported the international careers of departmental, and communal levels. Only two www.cfpmfrance.com conservatories are national: the national conservatories more than 300 French artists and professionals. • Cité de la Musique-Philarmonie, Paris: of music and dance in Paris and Lyon. Arts Education RELATED Countless foreign musicians have lived in France while www.philharmoniedeparis.fr Clusters are also accredited by the Ministry of Culture pursuing an international career. Examples include FIELDS to confer degrees. The clusters operate in partnership Frederick Chopin (Poland), Jacques Offenbach • CNM, national center for music: www.cnm.fr with conservatories, universities, centers for the training (Germany), Yuri Boukoff (Bulgaria), Joel Cohen • Arts • Culture • Design • CNM-IRMA, center for information and resources of music and dance teachers, and centers for higher (United States), Ayo (Nigeria), Feist (Canada), • Enseignement • Management on contemporary music: www.irma.asso.fr education in music and dance. The programs offered by Stromae (Belgium), and Ibrahim Maalouf (Lebanon). • Culturethèque - Institut Français: the clusters are harmonized with the European degree SUBFIELDS www.culturetheque.com system (bachelor, master, doctorate). Admission Rebecca Tong (China) won the first prize of the Maestra, decisions are made by individual institutions. Certain Competition International Conductors, organized by the • Acoustics • Graphic arts • IRCAM, Acoustic research and coordination private schools grant credentials that are listed in the Philharmonie de Paris and the Paris Mozart Orchestra • Performing arts • Visual arts institute/mu-sic: www.ircam.fr for the fi rst edition in September 2020. French national registry of occupational certifications • Audio-visual arts • Film • La Maestra: www.lamaestra-paris.com (RNCP). Music festivals, supported by the national Ministry • Composition • Design • Heritage • Crafts • Multimedia • Musicology • Music Festival: of Culture and local governments, have gained Depending on their training and their instrument, • Music therapy • Digital technology https://fetedelamusique.culture.gouv.fr national and international recognition. They illustrate musicians and singers may choose the stage (orchestra, • Restoration and conservation • Media center of the Cité de la Musique: France’s musical diversity: classical, baroque, jazz, ensemble, or soloist), the recording studio (film scores, • Set design • Sculpture • Video http://catalogue.philharmoniedeparis.fr advertising, etc.), or the classroom. Age requirements rock, electronic, metal, and so on. Examples include • Ministry of culture: www.culture.gouv.fr vary with instruments, levels, and specializations. the International opera festival in Aix-en-Provence, the Musica creative festival in Strasbourg, Folle • RNCP, national register of professional Journée (crazy day) in Nantes, the Ambronay and certifications: www.francecompetences.fr Beaune festivals, the Chorégies d’Orange, and, for • SACEM, Society of Authors, Composers and contemporary music, the Printemps de Bourges, the Francofolies in La Rochelle, the HellFest in Clisson, Music Publishers: www.sacem.fr and the Transmusicales in Rennes. A R T S - A P P L I E D A R T S S T U D I E S A R E A LEVELLicence LEVELMaster Music DIPLÔME NATIONAL D’ORIENTATION PROFESSIONNELLE DIPÔME DE 2nd CYCLE SUPÉRIEUR > The master in contemporary performance and composition DE MUSIQUE (DNOP) (BACCALAURÉAT + 5 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) – M2 (COPECO master) is offered jointly by four European partner institutions: (BACCALAURÉAT) This master’s-equivalent degree is offered only by the CNSMD in Paris Eesti Muusika-ja Teatriakadeemia (national academy of music and theater > The DNOP, offered in about 40 conservatories, requires 2–4 years of and Lyon. Students follow a curriculum that reflects their personal goals. of Estonia), Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Hamburg study. It prepares students for the first year of postsecondary education. The program develops their capacity for research, their autonomy, and their university of music and theater), Kungliga Musikhögskolan (royal college readiness for professional work. Various upper-level specializations are of music of Stockholm), and the CNSMD of Lyon. DIPLÔME DES MÉTIERS D’ART (DMA) possible—among them song, jazz, instrument, ancient music, and chamber (BACCALAURÉAT + 2 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) – L2 music. The upper-level programs are open to students who complete the > DMA programs in fabrication of musical instruments train future artisans. first two years at the conservatory or who hold a DNSPM in the area they DIPLÔME D’UNIVERSITÉ (DU) IN MUSIC EDUCATION wish to pursue. Other applicants undergo a competitive selection process. (BACCALAURÉAT + 2 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) – L2 > Some 10 centers and institutes offer a 2-year DU in music education. MASTER The degree recognizes the competence of graduates to teach and (BACCALAURÉAT + 5 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) – M2 NIVEAU + perform at the elementary and pre-school levels. Some 20 universities offer music-related masters in the broad fields of arts, letters, and languages; humanities and social sciences; and science DIPLÔME D’ÉTAT (DE) IN MUSIC EDUCATION and technology. Specializations include music and musicology; musical (BACCALAURÉAT + 3 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) – L3 heritage; music and the visual arts, history and analysis of music; acoustics > Students are qualified as music instructors after 3 years of study at and sound arts; orchestral performance; musical presentation; performance Beyond-M one of 15 centers for instrumental and vocal training (classical, ancient, of ancient music; choir direction; theory and practice of the language and traditional, jazz), music education, accompaniment, and direction of arts of music; sound engineering; and music therapy. The MEEF master in instrumental and vocal ensembles. music education is offered at five institutions. INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC MASTER’S CEFEDEM de Normandie: (M2 + 1, 2, OR 3 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) www.campusart.org/artsearch/#/program/1096 To apply online : > 1-year programs in contemporary repertory performance Université de Lille: www.campusart.org/artsearch/#/program/447 and composing/arranging are offered by the CNSMD in DIPLÔME NATIONAL SUPÉRIEUR PROFESSIONNEL DE Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne: Paris and Lyon. Admission is competitive. Applicants must MUSICIEN (DNSPM) www.campusart.org/artsearch/#/program/809 hold a master or equivalent in song, instrument, chamber (BACCALAURÉAT + 3 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) – L3 Université de Versailles (UVSQ): music, or similar specialization and seek to pursue a career of > The DNSPM, representing the full undergraduate cycle of 180 www.campusart.org/artsearch/#/program/649 high-level performance coupled with completion of an original ECTS credits), is offered in 10 institutions, with specializations in artistic project in performance, composition, arranging, or musical creation (instrumental composition, arranging), direction (of INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC DIPLOMAS/MASTER distribution. instrumental and vocal ensembles), or performance (instrumental, (BACCALAURÉAT + 5 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) – M2 > 1- and 2-year programs in composing film scores are vocal, ancient, jazz). The degree permits students to receive a licence in music and musicology in partnership with cooperating universities. > The CNSMD in Paris offers a 4-year degree in sound consisting of a open by competitive selection to holders of a