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AUDITIONS
ORCHESTRAL VACANCIES
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES — ORCHESTRAL VACANCIES
The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is seeking a highly qualified musician for the position of:
VIOLA TUTTI (M/F)
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025, commencing at 1:30 pm.
About the position:
Full-time employment with 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.
Audition process:
Interested candidates are required to submit the following:
- CV/résumé (including mailing address, phone number and email address),
- Copy of a 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: mojca.slapnicar@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 Sunday, December 15th, 2024.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend an auditionby email no later than Thursday, December 19th, 2024.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
1st round
1st movement of any of the concertos listed below by candidates’ choice with cadenza:
- Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D Major
- A. Hoffmeister: Concerto in D Major
2nd round
1st movement of any of the Concertos listed below by candidates’ choice with cadenza:
- Walton: Viola Concerto
- Bartok: Viola Concerto
- Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
3rd round
Provided and marked orchestral excerpts of:
- van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd Movement
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4, 1st Movement
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 7, 1st Movement
- Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Ein Sommernachtstraum, 1st Movement
- A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40, 4th Movement
- Strauss: Don Juan
- Mahler: Symphony No. 10
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement (no. 15 – no. 17)
The audition programme is available here.
Monthly salary est. starting at €1.877,01 gross.
Published November 12th, 2024, 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)
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonics Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Thursday, January 16th, 2025, commencing at 1:30 pm.
About the position:
Employment on a temporary basis: Temporary full-time employment with 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.
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: mojca.slapnicar@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 Thursday, January 9th, 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 Friday, January 10th, 2025.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
1st round
- Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, 1st movement (Allegro) on B-flat or E-flat Trumpet
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, role of the 2nd Trumpet
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5, role of the 2nd Trumpet
2nd round
- George Enescu: Légende
- Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, role of the 2nd Trumpet
3rd round
- Robert Schumann: Symphony No.2, Op.61, role of the 2nd Trumpet
- Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7, role of the 3rd Trumpet
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3, role of the 2nd Trumpet
- Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, role of the 3rd Trumpet
The audition programme is available here.
Monthly salary est. starting at €2.264,68 gross.
Published December 11th, 2024, Ljubljana
Matej Šarc,
General Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic