THE AUDITION for THE POSITION OF CONCERTMASTER PRINCIPAL CELLO

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE FILHARMONIE BRNO ORCHESTRA 

invites applications for

THE POSITION OF CONCERTMASTER PRINCIPAL CELLO

 

The auditions are taking place in the concert hall of Besední dům, Komenského náměstí 8, Brno, Czech Republic, at 10 a.m. on June 28^th 2021.

 

AUDITION CONDITIONS:

1^st round:

Solo performance

one preludium – J. S. Bach – solo suites for cello 1–6

one concert with cadenza – J. Haydn – Cello Concerto in C major or in D major or

L. Boccherini Cello Concerto in B-flat major

 

Orchestra parts

B. Smetana – The Bartered Bride – overture

L. van Beethoven – Symphony no. 9 – Recitative

A. Dvořák – Symphony no. 8 Introduction of 1^st movement and Introduction of 4^th movement

B. Smetana – From Bohemia’s woods and fields – Fugue

P. I. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 6 – 2^nd movement

 

2^nd round:

Solo performance

choose one:

P. I. Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme + Pezzo capriccioso

A. Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor

R. Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor

S. Prokofiev – Symphony-concerto

 

Orchestra parts

G. Rossini – William Tell – Introduction of ouverture

F. von Suppé – Poet and Peasant  – Ouverture

L. Janáček – Suite for strings – 5^th movement

A. Dvořák – Slavonic Dance no. 4 (Slovanský tanec)

J. Brahms – Piano Concerto no. 2

G. Verdi – Aria Rigoletto

 

Written applications with CV, contacts, information on 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 May 28^th 2021 at the following address:

Filharmonie Brno, p. o., Komenského náměstí 534/8, 602 00 BRNO, Czech Republic or at the following email address: romana.bartonova@filharmonie-brno.cz (phone +420 539 092 802).

Along with the application, please state your potential interest in providing piano accompaniment and sending sheet music. After the closing date for applications, these will be provided to registered applicants on request in printed or electronic form by the archive of Filharmonie Brno, (magdalena.dostalova@filharmonie-brno.cz, phone +420 539 092 848), at the same time they will also be available for download at www.filharmonie-brno.cz.

 

Expected time of arrival: 1. 12. 2021

Brno, January 19^th, 2021

Dr. Marie Kučerová

managing Director of the Filharmonie Brno Orchestra