We are looking for students for the vacancies listed below. Please send your complete application by the stated deadline. Invitations to audition or rejections will be issued only after this date. Unfortunately, it is not possible to deal with enquiries before then. The prescribed works listed in the announcement and invitation are all to be prepared.
Once an audition date is set, it will be announced immediately on this page.
Vacancies:
Viola
Two positions starting 1 September 2019
Audition: Friday, 17 May 2019, 10 am, Chamber Music Hall
Application deadline: 19 April 2019
A classic concerto, together with some other concerto or solo work from a different period, according to choice
Double Bass
A position starting 1 September 2019
Audition: Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 2.30 pm, Hermann Wolff Room
Application Deadline: 10 May 2019
A classical concert (1st movement with cadenza and 2nd movement)
A romantic concert
Ludwig van Beethoven: the well-known orchestral excerpts from the 3rd, 5th and 9 Symphony
Flute
A position starting 1 September 2019
Audition: Thursday, 30 May 2019, 10 am, Chamber Music Hall
Application deadline: 28 April 2019
W. A. Mozart: Concerto No. 1 G major KV 313 or No. 2 D major KV 314
A. Vivaldi: Concerto C-major for Piccolo-Flute RV 443 (1st and 2nd movement)
E. Bozza: Images
Oboe
A position starting 1 September 2019
Audition: Wednesday, 22 May 2019, 12.45 am, Hermann Wolff Room
Application Deadline: 24 April 2019
W. A. Mozart: Concerto C major KV 314
together with some other concerto or solo work from a different period, according to choice.
Clarinet
A position starting 1 September 2019
Audition: Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 1 pm, Chamber Music Hall
Application Deadline: 28. April 2019
German system only
Required piece:
W. A. Mozart: Concerto A major KV 622
C. M.v. Weber: Concerto No 1 f minor op. 73
Orchestra excerpts:
C. M. v. Weber: Freischütz Ouverture
L.v.Beethoven: Symphony No 6, F major
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo
Bassoon
One position, starting 1 September 2019
Audition: Thursday, 13 June 2019, 2 pm, Philharmonie
Application deadline: 12 May 2019
First round:
W.A Mozart: Concerto B flat major KV 191
Second round:
Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata op. 168
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata Wq 132 / H 562 transcribed for Solo Bassoon (D minor or C minor)
Drums
One position starting 1 September 2019
Audition: Friday, 1 March 2019, 10 am, Philharmonie
Application Deadline: 1 February 2019
Audition-Pieces (PDF)
Harp
One position starting on 1 September 2019
Audition: Monday, 25 March 2019, 3 pm, Hermann Wolff Room
Application Deadline: 24 February 2019
George Frideric Handel: Concerto in B flat major (any version)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata in G major
Louis Spohr: Phantasie
Gabriel Fauré Impromptu
Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane
Paul Hindemith: Sonata
together with another work according to choice
