Jobs

AUDITIONS SPRING 2025

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra invites applications for the positions of:

• Principal and co-principal 2nd violin
• Assistant principal viola
• Co-principal bassoon
• Principal and assistant principal cello

See below for more information about open positions.

PRINCIPAL AND CO-PRINCIPAL 2ND VIOLIN

Application period starts on 13 January and the application deadline is 9 February 2025 at 23:59 (11:59 PM, UTC+2). The positions are permanent, and work begins on 6 August 2025 or as agreed. Both open positions can be filled in this audition.

Applications are to be submitted only through the electronic form below..

Click here for the application form!

Audition on Thursday 13 March at 10 am (UTC+2) at Tampere Hall for those invited to the audition based on the applications. Invitations to the audition and a link to the required audition repertoire will be sent to the applicants by 17 February 2025.

Required repertoire

Concertos
1. W. A. Mozart: 3., 4. or 5. violin concerto, 1st movement + cadenza
2. 1st movement + possible cadenza of one of the following violin concertos: Bartók II, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn E minor, Prokofjev I or II, Sibelius or Tšaikovski. (The applicant will indicate the chosen concertos on the application form).

Chamber Music Excerpt, 2. violin
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 “Serioso” Op. 95: I mov

Orchestral Excerpts

2. violin
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1: II mov, b. 1-53
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3: III mov, b. 1-119
Brahms: Symphony No. 2: IV mov, b.1-60
Mahler: Symphony No. 9: IV mov, b. 1-27
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1: III mov, b. 238-274
Liszt: Faust Symphony: II mov “Gretchen” b. 25-49
Kaipainen: Audabe Beninoise, reh.letter E-H
Kaipainen: Symphony No. 3: I mov Allegro con Brio, reh.letter. D-F

1. violin
Strauss: Don Juan: b. 1-62
Brahms: Symphony No. 4: IV mov, b. 33-80

The orchestra will provide a pianist to the audition.

Further information:
Liisa Forsström
Deputy General Manager
liisa.forsstrom@tampere.fi
tel.: +358 50 388 7144

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL VIOLA (3rd chair, 12 musicians in the group)

Application period starts on 5 March 2025. Application deadline is 6 April 2025 at 23:59 (11:59 PM, UTC+3).

The position is permanent, and work begins on 6 August 2025 or as agreed. Applications are to be submitted only through the electronic form that opens here on 5 March 2025.

Click here for the application form!

Audition on Monday, 5 May at 10 am (Finnish summer time, UTC+3) at Tampere Hall for those invited to audition based on the applications. Invitations to the audition and a link to the required audition repertoire will be sent to the applicants by 11 April 2025.

Required repertoire

Concertos

1. Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto D Major, 1st Mov. and Cadenza
   or Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto D Major, 1st Mov. and Cadenza
2. Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata A Minor (D. 821), 1st Mov.

The applicant indicates their chosen first concerto on the application form.

Orchestral Excerpts
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: II mvt, b 1-146
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo, b. 17-93
Delibes: Coppelia: III act N:o 7 La Paix, b.709-759
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5: I mvt, b. 107-119
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen’s Return, reh.let N-Q
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra: III mvt, b 62-72
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra: IV mvt. b. 42-60
Prokofjev: Classical Symphony: I mvt, b. 1-45, 81-110

Chamber Music Excerpt
Dvorak: String Quintet No.2, Op.77: I mvt, from the beginning to the end of first refrain

The orchestra will provide a pianist to the audition.

Further information:
Liisa Forsström
Deputy General Manager
liisa.forsstrom@tampere.fi
tel.: +358 50 388 7144

CO-PRINCIPAL BASSOON

Application period starts on 10 March 2025. Application deadline is 20 April at 23:59 (11:59 PM, Finnish summer time UTC+3). The position is permanent, and work begins on 6 August 2025 or as agreed. The vacancy comes with an obligation to play secondary instruments (contrabassoon).

Applications are to be submitted only through the electronic form that opens here on 10 March 2025.

Click here for the application form!

Audition on Wednesday, 28 May at 10 am (Finnish time, UTC+3) at Tampere Hall, Main Auditorium for those invited to the audition based on the applications. Invitations to the audition and a link to the required audition repertoire will be sent to the applicants by 5 May 2025.

Required repertoire

Solo Concerto:
W. A. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, I and II mov. with cadenzas

Orchestral excerpts:

1st Bassoon:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
• I: b. 65-78, 107-109, 142-149, 221-237, 348-352, 381-383, 416-432
• II: b. 59-72
• IV: b. 184-187, 300-302, 348-355
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture: b. 1-7, 101-123, 133-135, 139-146, 156-164, 214-220, 229-236, 274-278
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: II: b. 5-26, 323-328
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9, IV: b. 1-34 V: b. 1-160
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring I: beginning – 4 b. after reh.no 12
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love: Act 2, no 19 Romanze des Nemorino, Larghetto: b.1-20, 47-48
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1: III: 12 b. after reh. letter E – H
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, II b.273-304
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, IV b. 1-36
Ravel: Bolero: b. 41-57
Kaipainen: Symphony No. 2: II: 3 b. before reh. letter F – H
Kaipainen: Symphony No. 3: I: reh. letter B – C II: beginning – 1 b. after reh. letter B
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen’s Return: reh. letter D – K
Smetana: The Bartered Bride: b. 1-8, 98-111, 168-176, 221-228, 237-241, 255-259, both 1st and 2nd Bassoon

2nd Bassoon:
Brahms: Violin Concerto: II: b. 1-22, 73-79, 93-98
Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture: b. 1–37

The orchestra will provide a pianist to the audition.

Further information:
Liisa Forsström
Deputy General Manager
liisa.forsstrom@tampere.fi
tel.: +358 50 388 7144

PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CELLO (2nd and 3rd position)

Application period starts on 12 March 2025. Application deadline is 20 April at 23:59 (11:59 PM, UTC+3). The position is permanent, and work begins on 6 August 2025 or as agreed.

Applications are to be submitted only through the electronic form that opens here on 12 March 2025.

Click here for the application form!

Audition on Monday, 26 May at 10 am (UTC+3) at Tampere Hall, Main Auditorium for those invited to the audition based on the applications. Invitations to the audition and a link to the required audition repertoire will be sent to the applicants by 5 May 2025.

Required repertoire

Concertos:
1. Haydn: Cello Concerto No 2 D major, I movement with cadenza
2. Dvořák: Cello Concerto B minor, I movement OR Schumann: Cello Concerto A minor, I movement

The applicant chooses the second concerto on the application form.

Chamber music and orchestral excerpts will be published on this page later.

The orchestra will provide a pianist to the audition.

Further information:
Liisa Forsström
Deputy General Manager
liisa.forsstrom@tampere.fi
tel.: +358 50 388 7144

Additionally, the following auditions will take place in the spring:

• Timpani/Percussion

We will provide more information about them at a later time.

Please note the following

• Our auditions are open to all nationalities.
• Please do not send us a tape unless we ask for one. The candidates are invited personally to the audition by e-mail after the application time.
• Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra will not provide any compensation for travel or accommodation expenses.
• Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra will provide a pianist for the auditions.
• Our orchestra tunes to a1 = 442 Hz.
• Please look for more information about the orchestra and its season schedule on our website. Also a useful source of information is the website of Tampere Hall (where the orchestra rehearses and performs).
• Instructions for video auditions

For further information about all auditions, please contact:

Liisa Forsström
Deputy General Manager
liisa.forsstrom@tampere.fi