First Concertmaster
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Posted: 13 Nov 2024
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
First Concertmaster
Auditions will be held on 19, 20 and 21 May 2025 in Amsterdam.
Skills required:
- Outstanding instrument proficiency, ability to perform solos at the highest level
- Profound knowledge of orchestral repertoire
- Strong (natural) leadership skills
- Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills, with regard to the first violin section, the orchestra and the conductor
- Providing bowings for the string section
- Equivalent experience in a professional orchestra.
Repertoire will include :
- Mozart, KV 216, KV 218 or KV 219, 1st Movement
- Romantic Concerto of choice: Beethoven/Mendelssohn (E minor)/Brahms/Tchaikovsky/Sibelius.
The full repertoire list of solos and excerpts will be sent to invited applicants at a later date.
The Concertgebouworkest works to provide its members with suitable instruments, which are loaned to the musicians during their employment with the orchestra.
We reserve the right to make a preliminary selection based on applications and recordings.
Skills required:
- Outstanding instrument proficiency, ability to perform solos at the highest level
- Profound knowledge of orchestral repertoire
- Strong (natural) leadership skills
- Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills, with regard to the first violin section, the orchestra and the conductor
- Providing bowings for the string section
- Equivalent experience in a professional orchestra.
Repertoire will include :
- Mozart, KV 216, KV 218 or KV 219, 1st Movement
- Romantic Concerto of choice: Beethoven/Mendelssohn (E minor)/Brahms/Tchaikovsky/Sibelius.
The full repertoire list of solos and excerpts will be sent to invited applicants at a later date.
The Concertgebouworkest works to provide its members with suitable instruments, which are loaned to the musicians during their employment with the orchestra.
We reserve the right to make a preliminary selection based on applications and recordings.
Closing date: 01 Feb 2025
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