Buxton International Festival Orchestra 2025 Violin

Buxton International Festival is seeking 40 emerging instrumentalists to form the inaugural Buxton International Festival Orchestra bringing together young musicians from across the UK and Europe for a four-week residency culminating in performances across the festival.

The Buxton International Festival Orchestra will:
- Rehearse and perform in Festival opera productions of Mozart’s 'The Impresario' conducted by Dame Jane Glover, and a double bill of Bernstein’s 'Trouble in Tahiti' and Poulenc’s 'La voix humaine'
- Rehearse and perform in two symphonic concerts: Mark Wrigglesworth OBE and Sir Stephen Hough in Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat // Dame Jane Glover and Braimah Kanneh-Mason in Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
- Have the opportunity to present chamber music at venues across Buxton
- Have sectional rehearsals with musicians from the Orchestra of Opera North

NB – Not all players will perform in both operas owing to differences in instrumentation. Some brass players will play off-stage music in Hamlet (with the Orchestra of Opera North).

Participants will receive:
- A stipend of £1000 and a per diem allowance for the duration of the residency
- Accommodation (as required) in Buxton for 4 weeks
- Expenses for travel to and from Buxton at the start and end of the residency
- Access to free tickets for certain events and performances

Applicants must:
- Have the right to live in the UK or mainland Europe (including students)
- Be 31 or under on 1st July 2025
- Be available for the duration of the residency: 29th June – 27th July 2025 (inclusive)

We welcome applications from chamber groups who would like to be part of the orchestra and also present as part of the Festival concert programme. All members of the group must be eligible.

BIF welcomes applications from all sections of the community regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or any ot