AUDITIONS
VACANCIES
The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is seeking a highly qualified musician for the position of:
VIOLIN TUTTI (M/F)
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Thursday, February 5th, 2026, commencing at 1:30 pm.
About the position:
The employment contract with the selected candidate will be concluded for a fixed term of one year, or for the duration of the replacement of a temporarily absent employee, with full-time employment and a five-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: 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, January 28th, 2026.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend an audition by email no later than Saturday, January 31st, 2026.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
AUDITION PROGRAMME:
W. A. Mozart: first and second movement without cadenzas from one of the following concertos:
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, or
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, or
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219
Orchestral excerpts:
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony No. 4 – “Italian” (sheet music attached)
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (sheet music attached)
The audition will be conducted in a single round.
Monthly salary est. starting at €2.264,68 gross.
Published January 6th, 2026, Ljubljana
Matej Šarc, General Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic
The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is seeking a highly qualified musician for the position of:
VIOLIN TUTTI (M/F)
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Thursday, February 5th, 2026, commencing at 1:30 pm.
About the position:
The employment contract with the selected candidate will be concluded for a fixed term of three months, or for the duration of the replacement of a temporarily absent employee, with full-time employment and a probationary period of five months.
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: 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, January 28th, 2026.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend an audition by email no later than Saturday, January 31st, 2026.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
AUDITION PROGRAMME:
W. A. Mozart: first and second movement without cadenzas from one of the following concertos:
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, or
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, or
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219
Orchestral excerpts:
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony No. 4 – “Italian” (sheet music attached)
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (sheet music attached)
The audition will be conducted in a single round.
Monthly salary est. starting at €2.264,68 gross.
Published January 9th, 2026, 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:
PRINCIPAL VIOLA (M/F)
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Thursday, February 13th, 2026, commencing at 2:00 pm.
About the position:
The employment contract with the selected candidate will be concluded for a fixed term of six months, or for the duration of the replacement of a temporarily absent employee, with full-time employment and a probationary period of five months.
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 three 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 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: 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, February 4th, 2026.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend an audition by email no later than Saturday, February 7th, 2026.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
AUDITION PROGRAMME:
Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto – exposition of 1st movement only
or
Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D-major – exposition of 1st movement only.
Four Orchestral Excerpts:
- 1st movement, bars 297 to 330
- 2nd movement, bars 51 to 83.
Bela Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin – Suite
- Energico, 7 bars after figure 6 to 3 bars before 11 (concert version, letter B)
- Figure 62 to figure 71
The audition will be conducted in a single round.
Monthly salary est. starting at € 2.704,15 gross.
Published January 26th, 2026, 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:
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL VIOLA (M/F)
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Thursday, February 13th, 2026, commencing at 2:00 pm.
About the position:
The employment contract with the selected candidate will be concluded for a fixed term of six months, or for the duration of the replacement of a temporarily absent employee, with full-time employment and a probationary period of five months.
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 one year 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: 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, February 4th, 2026.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend an audition by email no later than Saturday, February 7th, 2026.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
AUDITION PROGRAMME:
Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto – exposition of 1st movement only
or
Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D-major – exposition of 1st movement only.
Four Orchestral Excerpts:
- 1st movement, bars 297 to 330
- 2nd movement, bars 51 to 83.
Bela Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin – Suite
- Energico, 7 bars after figure 6 to 3 bars before 11 (concert version, letter B)
- Figure 62 to figure 71
The audition will be conducted in a single round.
Monthly salary est. starting at € 2.402,60 gross.
Published January 26th, 2026, 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:
VIOLA TUTTI (M/F)
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Thursday, February 13th, 2026, commencing at 2:00 pm.
About the position:
The employment contract with the selected candidate will be concluded for a fixed term of six months, or for the duration of the replacement of a temporarily absent employee, with full-time employment and a probationary period of five months.
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: 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, February 4th, 2026.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend an audition by email no later than Saturday, February 7th, 2026.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
AUDITION PROGRAMME:
Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto – exposition of 1st movement only
or
Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D-major – exposition of 1st movement only.
Four Orchestral Excerpts:
- 1st movement, bars 297 to 330
- 2nd movement, bars 51 to 83.
Bela Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin – Suite
- Energico, 7 bars after figure 6 to 3 bars before 11 (concert version, letter B)
- Figure 62 to figure 71
The audition will be conducted in a single round.
Monthly salary est. starting at €2.264,68 gross.
Published January 26th, 2026, Ljubljana
Matej Šarc,
General Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic