The Czech Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov announce an audition for the position of viola 3rd deputy. This is a full-time position with a trial period starting 1st February 2026 or by agreement.
Application deadline: 12th December 2025
Audition date and place: 23rd January 2026, Rudolfinum, Praha
(With the application, please send a link to your uploaded video recording on YouTube. The recording must be with piano or orchestral accompaniment, live & not older than 1 year.)
a) C. P. Stamitz: Concerto for Viola op. 1 – 1st movement, exposition & cadenza
b) orchestral excerpts: R. Strauss: Don Juan
a) C. P. Stamitz: Concerto for Viola op. 1 – 1st movement with cadenza
b) Orchestral excerpts:
D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 – Leningrad Symphony
R. Strauss: Don Juan
a) First and second movement of one of the following viola concertos:
B. Bartók
or
W. Walton
or
P. Hindemith: „Der Schwanendreher“
b) Orchestral excerpts:
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
B. Smetana: From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
B. Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Overture)
L. Janáček: Sinfonietta
c) Orchestral solos
J. Suk: Pohádka léta, Slepí hudci/A Summer´s Tale, The Blind Musicians
V. Novák: O věčné touze/ Of Eternal Longing
B. Martinů: The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
The audition for the Czech Philharmonic consists of two or sometimes three rounds, followed by the final meeting of the audition committee.
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