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The D. D. Shostakovich St Petersburg Academic Philharmonia

announces contest to the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Five vacancies in the 1st Violin section

A vacancy in the Viola section

A vacancy in the Clarinet group (Second clarinet)

Two vacancies in the French horn group (Second and Third horns)

Contest will be held from 19 to 21 September 2023 at the Grand Philharmonic Hall

Performing program for the contest to the 1st Violin section includes a compulsory work and a large-scale work by composers of the second half of the XIX or the XX century (at the performer’s discretion), as well as a performance of excerpts from the Orchestra’s repertoire.

Compulsory work (at your choice):

Mozart. Violin concerto ¹ 3, ¹ 4 or ¹ 5 (Part I in full, with cadence)

Performing program for the contest to the Viola section includes a compulsory work and a large-scale work by composers of the second half of the XIX or the XX century (at the performer’s discretion), as well as a performance of excerpts from the Orchestra’s repertoire.

Compulsory work (at your choice):

Stamitz. Viola concerto in D major (Part I in full, with cadence)

Hoffmeister. Viola concerto in D major (Part I in full, with cadence)

Performing program for the contest to the Clarinet group includes a compulsory work and a large-scale work by composers of the second half of the XIX or the XX century (at the performer’s discretion), as well as a performance of excerpts from the Orchestra’s repertoire.

Compulsory work:

Mozart. Clarinet Concerto in A major (Parts I and II in full)

Performing program for the contest to the French horn group includes two compulsory works, as well as a performance of excerpts from the Orchestra’s repertoire.

First compulsory work (at your choice):

Mozart. Horn Concerto ¹ 2 in E-flat major (Part I in full)

Mozart. Horn Concerto ¹ 4 in E-flat major (Part I in full, with cadence)

Second compulsory work:

R. Strauss. Horn Concerto ¹ 1 in E-flat major (Part I in full).

Admission paperwork to join the contest:

  • Application form
  • Curriculum vitae
  • References from the place of employment or a certified copy of the work book
  • Photo (for documents, size no more than 6õ6 cm)
  • Consent to personal data processing 
  • Audio recording of a solo performance (duration over five minutes) on any kind of digital carrier

 

Documents are accepted from 13 June 2023 to 5 September 2023 on work days from 11 am to 3 pm (lunch break 13-14:00) by the administration of the St Petersburg Philharmonic located at address:

St Petersburg, Mikhailovskaya St., 2, office ¹ 417 or Personnel Department office ¹ 411.

The results of preliminary selection and the name-list of musicians admitted to the contest auditioning will be published on September 12, 2023.

Please note that the Philharmonic does not provide an accompanist.

Phone inquiries: (812) 314-90-50, (812) 710-40-70 from 11:00 to 15:00.

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191186, St. Petersburg, Mikhailovskaya st., 2
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