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AUDITIONS
ORCHESTRAL VACANCIES
The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is seeking a highly qualified musician for the position of:
DEPUTY LEADER – DOUBLE BASSIST (M/F)
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonics Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024, 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 email 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 October 29th, 2024.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend an auditionby email no later than November 5th, 2024.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
AUDITION programme:
1st round
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Concerto No.2 in E major for Double Bass and Orchestra, 1st and 2nd movement (with cadenza)
or
- Jan Křtitel Vaňhal: Double Bass Concerto in D Major, 1st and 2nd movement (with cadenza)
2nd round
Romantic period Concerto by one’s own choice – 1st movement (with cadenza).
3rd round – orchestral excerpts (will be provided and marked)
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5, 2nd and 3rd movement
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9, 4th movement
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 3, 3rd movement
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no. 40, 1st movement
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute – overture
- Franz Schubert: Symphony no. 8, 3rd movement
- Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 1 in D Major, 3rd movement
- Igor Stravinski: Pulcinella
- Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 31, 4th movement – Variation 7
Monthly salary est. starting at €2,030.17 gross.
Matej Šarc,
General Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic
Published September 20th, 2024, Ljubljana
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES — ORCHESTRAL VACANCIES
The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is seeking a highly qualified musician for the position of:
DEPUTY CONCERTMASTER (M/F)
Auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Concert Hall, Slovenian Philharmonic Building (Kongresni trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) on Thursday, November 28th, 2024, commencing at 9:30 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 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 email 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 Monday, October 28th, 2024.
Résumés will be reviewed after submission, and all applicants will be notified of their invitation to attend an auditionby email no later than Wednesday, October 30th, 2024.
Piano accompaniment will be provided.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses will not be reimbursed.
1st round
- A. Mozart: any of the Violine concertos listed below by one’s own choice, 1st and 2nd movements with cadenza:
- 5 in A major, KV 219
- 4 in D major, KV 218
- 3 in G major, KV 216
2nd round
By one’s own choice – 1st movement with cadenza:
- Brahms, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 77
- I. Tchaikovsky, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35
- v. Beethoven, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
- Sibelius, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, op. 47
3rd round
Orchestral excerpts (will be provided and marked)
- Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony no. 4 in A major, Italian
- Schumann: Symphony no. 2 in C major, 2nd movement
- Strauss: Don Juan
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
- v. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
- S. Bach: Erbarme dich (Matthäuspassion), BWV 244
Monthly salary est. starting at €2.195,84 gross.
Matej Šarc,
General Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic
Published September 27th, 2024, Ljubljana
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 Monday, November 25th, 2024, commencing at 9:30 am.
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 Friday, November 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 Monday, November 18th, 2024.
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
orchestral excerpts (will be provided and marked)
Monthly salary est. starting at €1.877,01 gross.
Published October 15th, 2024, Ljubljana
Matej Šarc,
General Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic
CHOIR
Audition for soloists – soprano, alto, tenor, bass
The Choir of the Slovenian Philharmonic announces auditions for soloists (soprano, alto, tenor, bass).
Candidates between the ages of 19 and 26 can apply for the audition. Invitations to participate will be sent on the basis of a video recording, which will be evaluated by the conductor Stephen Layton and the expert committee.
Audition programme:
W.A. Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 (solo parts)
The solo singing audition will take place on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., while the ensemble singing audition will take place on Friday, November 8, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
The auditions will be held in the Marjan Kozina Hall of the Slovenian Philharmonic.
The soloists selected at the audition will perform Mozart’s Requiem at the concert on Friday, May 23, 2025, with the Slovenian Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra under the direction of Stephen Layton.
Please send applications and recordings to pika.znidarsic@filharmonija.si by Monday, October 21, 2024.
Ljubljana, 10 June 2024
Gregor Klančič
Artistic director of the Slovenian Philharmonic Choir