MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE FILHARMONIE BRNO ORCHESTRA

invites applications for 

THE POSITION OF FIRST TROMBONE

 

The audition is taking place in the concert hall of Besední dům, Komenského náměstí 8, Brno, Czech Republic, at 9 a.m. on October 16^th 2026.

 

AUDITION CONDITIONS:

1. round (anonymous):

Ferdinand David         Concertino for Trombone, Op. 4,

1^st movement: from the beginning to measure 130

2^nd movement: from the beginning to measure 196

 

Orchestral excerpts:

W. A. Mozart              Requiem-Tuba Mirum

Maurice Ravel           Bolero

Antonín Dvořák        Symphony No. 8

Richard Strauss        Also sprach Zarathustra

Richard Wagner        Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries

 

2. round:

Henri Tomasi              Fanfares Liturgiques

Robert Schumann     Symphony No. 3, (Alto trombone required

W. A. Mozart               Requiem (Kyrie – Alto trombone required)

Gustav Mahler           Symphony No. 3

Giaccomo Rossini     La Gazza Ladra – Overture

Berlioz                        Symphonie fantastique

Richard Strauss         Eine Alpensinfonie

Leoš Janáček:           Taras Bulba

P. I. Tschaikowski      Symphony No. 5

Gustav Mahler           Symphony No. 5

 

 

 

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 the date of orchestra arrival)  and  overview of  previous artistic experience are due on 15th September 2026 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 the piano accompaniment. After the closing date for applications (15.9.2026) and upon the applicant´s request the excerpts can be sent to invited participants or available at Brno Philharmonic archive

(vojtech.linhart@filharmonie-brno.cz, phone +420 539 092 848), also downloaded at www.filharmonie-brno.cz.

 

Expected start of contract: 1. 12. 2026 or by an agreement

In Brno on  June 5^th  2026

 

Dr. Marie Kučerová

managing Director of the Filharmonie Brno