Portfolio template for Sibelius Academy doctoral applicants

Published 19.11.2025 | Updated 24.9.2026

1. Personal details and date

family name (also previous ones)
first names
date when the portfolio was finalised

2. Artistic activities

A brief description of a maximum of 10 artworks or projects that are of relevance for your proposed doctoral thesis, such as:

performances or rehearsals
other audio materials
scores or other documentation explaining how a composition is executed

Please include samples as Internet links. Ensure that the links are functional. If you upload the material to a private Vimeo or YouTube page, please provide its address and password (if any).

You may also attach the samples as separate files to your application in the Studyinfo application service. Each attachment must not be larger than one gigabyte (1 GB). Studyinfo accepts common audio and video file formats. If you attach your samples as separate files, list the titles of the attachment files at this point in your portfolio.

Please include a list of other projects of relevance for your proposed doctoral thesis (recordings, performances, productions, compositions, etc.) separately at the end of your portfolio (Item 7).
Published writings relating to your artistic activities (e.g. articles); if there are many of these, you may include a list of them at the end of the portfolio (Item 7).

3a. Compulsory attachments for composer and conductor applicant

Please include samples as Internet links. Ensure that the links are functional. If you upload the material to a private Vimeo or YouTube page, please provide its address and password (if any).

Composer applicants: a selection of scores (4 to 6) with recordings, or audio samples (3 to 5) with scores or other documentation of how the compositions were realised.
Orchestra, wind orchestra and choir conductor applicants: a video recording no more than two years old, of a high technical and artistic quality, that allows the admission board to evaluate your potential to carry out the project. Please list the details of the video recording: which works are performed, where and when it was recorded and who the musicians are. The recording where you conduct must be made with a professional (or professional student) orchestra or choir and must have a duration of 20 to 30 minutes. The recording, in which you must both conduct and rehearse the repertoire, should include 2 or 3 segments and must be shot from the perspective of the orchestra or choir so that you are facing the camera and some of the musicians or singers are also visible. You may submit recordings by uploading them to an online video hosting service and providing a link (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.).

3b. Compulsory attachments for performing musician and sound artist applicants

For performing musician and sound artist applicants: the portfolio must include a link to an audiovisual recording file, which is produced expressly as ‘audition material’ for the Sibelius Academy doctoral application 2027, and in which the applicant performs a 15-minute programme of music that is clearly related to the doctoral thesis.

Please provide in this section:

details of your 15-minute programme (works performed, fellow musicians/instruments)
when and where it was recorded
a short (150–200 words) rationale on how this recording is related to your proposed project

4. Prizes and recognitions

prizes awarded in competitions
prizes and recognitions awarded for artistic merit

5. Other major artistic merits

such as artistic collaborations

6. Impact of artistic activities

activities in artistic contexts of relevance for your proposed doctoral thesis (brief description and explanation of the impact)
artistic activities with societal impact (brief description and explanation of the impact)
other artistic activities of relevance for your proposed doctoral thesis

7. Other

any other content of relevance for your proposed doctoral thesis
list of publications or artistic activities (see item 2 above)