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Kongresni trg 10,
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija
T: +386 1 2410 800
info@filharmonija.si
AUDITIONS
ORCHESTRAL VACANCIES
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES — ORCHESTRAL VACANCIES
The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is seeking a highly qualified musician for the position of:
PRINCIPAL OBOE (M/F)
Auditions will be held at the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonics Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, commencing at 9.30.
About the position:
Employment on a temporary basis: Temporary full-time Employment with 5-month probationary period.
Job requirements:
- bachelor’s degree (university level degree in music – previous program) or master’s degree (Bologna second level degree in music)*
- Slovene language proficiency**
- foreign language proficiency (English or German or French or Spanish or Russian)
- Minimum of two years’ relevant work experience
- Successful completion of the audition
*Please note that if a candidate does not meet the educational requirements for the position, an exceptionally successful audition may be considered as a compensatory factor for the required degree, on an exceptional basis.
**If a candidate does not speak Slovene, an exceptionally successful audition may, as an exception, compensate for the required language proficiency.
Audition Process:
Interested candidates are required to submit the following:
- CV/résumé (including mailing address, phone number and email address),
- copy of one’s degree diploma/certificate validating the level of education completed,
- copy of an ID,
- language certificate / proof of foreign language proficiency.
The application can be sent by an e-mail to: blaz.zupan@filharmonija.si or by post mail to the following address:
Slovenska filharmonija
Kongresni trg 10
SI-1000 Ljubljana
(Marked: Audition application – do not open!)
The Slovenian Philharmonic will be accepting applications through Sunday, August 31st, 2025.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend the audition by email no later than Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025.
Piano accompaniment will be provided. The piano is tuned to 443 Hz.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
1st round
W. A. Mozart, Oboe Concerto K. 314
1st movement (without cadenza)
2nd movement (without cadenza)
Orchestral excerpt:
L. van Beethoven, 3rd Symphony, Marcia funebre
2nd round
R. Strauss, Oboe Concerto:
1st movement
2nd movement (without cadenza)
Orchestral excerpt:
M. Ravel, Le Tombeau de couperin, Prelude
3rd round – orchestral excerpts (will be provided and marked)
J. Brahms, Violin Concerto, 2nd movement
J. S. Bach, Matthaus passion, Arie: Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen
I. Stravinsky, Pulcinella, Serenata
R. Strauss, Don Juan
G. Rossini, La Scala di Seta, Overture
P. I. Tchaikovsky, 4th Symphony, 2nd movement
G. Mahler, 3rd Symphony, 2nd movement
Monthly salary est. starting at 2.295,84 EUR gross.
Published July 11th, 2025, Ljubljana
Matej Šarc,
General Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES — ORCHESTRAL VACANCIES
The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is seeking a highly qualified musician for the position of:
2nd TRUMPET (M/F)
with the obligation to perform on 3rd and 4th trumpet, cornet, piccolo trumpet and flugelhorn. Proficiency in baroque trumpet is also desirable.
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonics Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, commencing at 1:30 pm.
About the position:
The selected candidate will be employed on a permanent basis, with full-time working hours and a 5-month probationary period.
Job requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree (university level degree in music – previous programme) or master’s degree (Bologna second level degree in music)*
- Slovene language proficiency**
- Foreign language proficiency (English, German, French, Spanish or Russian)
- Minimum of six months’ relevant work experience
- Successful completion of the audition
*Please note that if a candidate does not meet the educational requirements for the position, an exceptionally successful audition may be considered as a compensatory factor for the required degree, on an exceptional basis.
**If a candidate does not speak Slovene, an exceptionally successful audition may, as an exception, compensate for the required language proficiency.
***A successfully passed audition may, due to the candidate’s abilities, exceptionally substitute for the missing educational qualification required for the position, but no more than for two levels.
Audition process:
Interested candidates are required to submit the following:
- CV/résumé (including mailing address, phone number and email address),
- Copy of degree diploma/certificate validating the level of education completed,
- Copy of an ID document,
- Language certificate/proof of foreign language proficiency.
Applications can be sent by e-mail to: tamara.kotnik@filharmonija.si or by regular post to the following address:
Slovenska filharmonija
Kongresni trg 10
SI-1000 Ljubljana
(Marked: Audition application – do not open!)
The Slovenian Philharmonic will be accepting applications until Wednesday, November 5th, 2025.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend an audition by email no later than Monday, November 10th, 2025.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
1st round
- Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, 1st movement Allegro (up to the recapitulation) – on B-flat or E-flat trumpet
- Georges Bizet: Carmen (2nd trumpet)
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (2nd trumpet)
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor (2nd trumpet)
2nd round
- George Enescu: Légende
- Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (2nd trumpet)
- Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (2nd trumpet)
3rd round
- Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 (2nd trumpet)
- Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (2nd trumpet)
- Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (2nd trumpet)
- Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major (3rd trumpet)
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor (2nd trumpet)
- Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony (3rd trumpet)
- Richard Wagner: Die Walküre (3rd trumpet)
Candidates may perform on instruments of their own choice (piston or rotary).
Monthly salary est. starting at €2.264,68 gross.
Published September 8th, 2025, Ljubljana
Matej Šarc,
General Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic