Аudition program

Candidates should meet the following minimum requirements for application:

1. Bachelor degree
2. A minimum of three years of orchestral experience

FIRST ROUND

Candidate’s choice: 

First and second movement of a Classical concerto (1st movement with cadenza, 2nd movement without)

Orchestral tutti parts

– L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement
– L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 3rd movement
– R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

SECOND ROUND

Candidate’s choice: 

First movement of a Romantic concerto, with cadenza

– Giovanni Bottesini
– Serge Koussevitzky

Orchestral solos

– Stravinsky: Pulcinela
– G. Verdi: Othelo (IV act)
– G. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (3rd movement solo)

Orchestral tutti parts

– L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, recitative
– W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40, 1st and 4th movement
– R. Wagner: Die Walküre (Vorspiel)
– F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian