MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE FILHARMONIE BRNO ORCHESTRA
invites applications for
THE POSITION OF ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CLARINET WITH OBLIGATORY E FLAT CLARINET
The audition is taking place at 9 a.m. on April 2nd 2024
in the concert hall of Besední dům, Komenského náměstí 8, Brno, Czech Republic
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
1st round:
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 74 (1st and 2nd mov.)
Orchestral excerpts (1st Clarinet):
B. Smetana: Overture to the opera The Bartered Bride
My country (Vltava, Šárka)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 „Pastoral“
L. Janáček: Glagolitic Mass
I. Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4, Op. 61 „Mozartiana“
P. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from the opera Prince Igor
2nd round:
A Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 (1st and 2nd mov.)
Orchestral excerpts (1st Clarinet):
A. Dvořák: Carnival, Op. 92
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op. 95 „From The New World“
L. Janáček: Sinfonietta
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 „Pathétique“
N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
I. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
The Firebird – Concert Suite
S. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 „Classical“
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
D. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 99
Respighi Pines of Rome (The Pines of the Janiculum)
M. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, 2nd Suite
Written applications with CV, contact details, information about the applicant’s education (a diploma from a conservatory or a music academy or university, at least secondary school-leaving certificate to be submitted by the start of the contract) and overview of previous artistic experience are due on March 1st 2024 at the following address:
Filharmonie Brno, p.o., Komenského náměstí 534/8, 602 00 BRNO, Czech Republic
or at the following e-mail address: romana.miksova@filharmonie-brno.cz, (phone +420 539 092 802).
Please note in your application if you will require piano accompaniment. After the closing date for applications (March 1st 2024) and upon the applicant´s request the parts can be sent to invited participants or are available at the Brno Philharmonic archive (magdalena.dostalova@filharmonie-brno.cz, phone +420 539 092 848). They can also be downloaded at www.filharmonie-brno.cz.
The first round is screened/ anonymous.
Expected start of the contract: 1. 9. 2024
In Brno on 18.12.2023
Dr. Marie Kučerová
managing Director of the Filharmonie Brno Orchestra
