cellojobs

(full-time as of 14 August 2023 or September 2023)

Audition date: 26th June, 2023
Application deadline: 28th May, 2023

Please submit the application form including both links to your video recordings on YouTube AND send your CV and a copy of your diploma to: audition@czechphilharmonic.cz.

Application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfI_6MH8uviLFxt8TsnuNgBWqrKrncazAjK6lBG1UZ0B0pkiw/viewform?usp=share_link

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AUDITION REPERTOIRE:

PRE-SELECTION VIDEO RECORDINGS:
(With the application, you will send links to your uploaded video recordings on YouTube. The recordings must not be older than 1 year. The recordings must be with piano accompaniment (except for solo pieces). The maximum length of both recordings shall not exceed 15 minutes):

1. J. S. Bach: Prelude from the Suite for solo cello No. 4, 5 or 6
2. Major solo composition (a movement from a sonata, concert or a solo piece)
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1st ROUND (blind audition):

1. J. Haydn: Concerto for violoncello and orchestra No. 2 D major, Hob. VIIb/2 (1st mov. with cadenza)

2. Orchestral excerpts:
R. Strauss: Don Juan, symphonic poem, Op. 20 (selection)
L. van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, ballet music, Op. 43
(selection: Adagio – vlc solo)

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2nd ROUND (non-blind audition, with orchestra):

1. A. Dvořák: Concerto for violoncello and orchestra B minor, Op. 104 (1st mov.)

2. R. Strauss: Don Quixote, symphonic poem, Op. 35 (solo cello part, selection: Don Quixote theme + Var. I., V., VIII. and Finale)

3. Orchestral excerpts
J. Brahms: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2 B flat major, Op. 83
(3rd mov.)
J. Suk: Serenade for string orchestra E flat major, Op. 6 (3rd mov.)
D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 A major, Op. 141 (2nd mov.)
A. Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 4 F major, Op. 46
G. Rossini: Guill

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