BUDAPEST CONCERTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA András Keller chief conductor and artistic director announces auditions for the following positions
FRENCH HORN 1st-3rd and 2nd-4th shift positions
Budapest Concerto Symphony Orchestra is one of Hungary’s leading orchestras with rich 110 years of history and dynamism of its young musicians. It is one of the most progressive and versatile symphonic orchestras, whose playing is characterized by the passion, energy, and commitment that its musicians give to their performances of repertoire ranging from well- loved masterpieces to newly composed works of the twenty-first century.
András Keller, world-renowned violinist, pedagogue, conductor and the founder of the highly acclaimed Keller Quartet, is the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the orchestra. Keller’s innovative concert programs are designed to engage both musicians and audience members alike in a dialogue with the music. Budapest Concerto’ s repertoire ranges from virtuosic, large-scale symphonic works from Mahler, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky or Shostakovich to classical concertos from Mozart or Beethoven, or contemporary pieces from Thomas Adés, Lera Auerbach, György Kurtág, Krzysztof Penderecki and László Vidovsky among others.
The Orchestra is welcoming highly acclaimed musicians as returning guest soloists and collaborators, who include Gidon Kremer, Krzysztof Penderecki, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Martha Argerich, Roberto Abbado, Vadim Repin, Heinz Holliger, Isabelle Faust, Khatia Buniatishvili, Anna Vinnitskaya, Sir James Galway and Evgeni Koroliov.
We are seeking two musicians of outstanding ability for these shift positions.
Auditions will take place on September 18, 2017 in Budapest at the orchestra’s auditorium. (Concerto Budapest Music House - Páva street 10-12., Budapest-1094, Hungary)
Application deadline: September 7, 2017
The orchestra excerpts will be sent to all applicants by e-mail. Piano accompanist will be provided at the audition. Please send your resume to the following email address [email protected] www.concertobudapest.hu Candidates are required to present the following works:
Audition repertoire for 1st-3rd horn:
I. round – behind folding screen
Mozart: Horn Concerto in E-flat major (Kv. 495.), 1st movement with cadenza
II. round:
Orchestral parts – details from the following works:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (Op. 68) „Pastoral”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major (Op. 92)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor (Op.15)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major (Op. 83)
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - detail: Nocturne (Op. 61.)
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks (Op. 28)
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)- symphonic poem (Op. 40)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor (Op. 64)
Wagner: The Twilight of the Gods – detail: Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Audition repertoire for 2nd-4th horn:
I. round – behind folding screen
Mozart: Horn Concerto in E-flat major (Kv. 447.), 1st movement with cadenza
II. round:
Orchestral parts – details from the following works:
Beethoven: Fidelio (Op. 72)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major (Op. 92)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Op. 125)
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor (Op. 56) „Scottish”
Schostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor (Op. 47)
Wagner: Rienzi (WWV 49)