Jobs

AUDITIONS SPRING 2024

CO-PRINCIPAL DOUBLE BASS

Application period starts from 12th of December 2023. Application deadline is on 21st January 2024 at 23:59 (11:59 PM, Finnish time UTC+2). The position is permanent, and work begins on August 8th of 2024 or as agreed. The position comes with obligation to play 5-string double bass.

Applications are to be submitted only through the electronic form that opens here on 12 December 2023.

Audition on Monday 11 March 2024 at 10am at Tampere Hall Small Auditorium 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 26th January 2024. In the audition all the works must be performed on an instrument with orchestral tuning. The orchestra will not provide a double bass for the applicants to the audition. The orchestra will provide a pianist to the audition.

Required audition repertoire

Solo Concertos
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Double Bass Concerto D Major, I movement with Gruber cadenza
Serge Koussevitzky Double Bass Concerto: 1st and 2nd movement

Orchestral excerpts
Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins BWV 1043: I Vivace, b. 1-22
Wennäkoski: Hele, b. 89-109
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1.  IV Finale, letter K – 4 bars after letter O
Mahler: Symphony No. 1: III movement solo, b. 1-10
Mahler: Symphony No. 2: I Andante Moderato, b 1-41
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: III Scherzo, b. 1-99 and 137-218
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: IV Presto, b. 1-90
Mozart: Symphony No. 40: IV Allegro assai, b. 153-236
Haydn: Symphony No. 31: IV Finale, Variation 7 solo
Verdi: Otello: Act IV solo, letter U – 7 bars after letter X
Brahms: Symphony No. 1:.II Andante sostenuto, b. 46-60
Brahms: Symphony No. 2: I Allegro non troppo, b. 54-66, 118-155, 212-224
Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, 19 bars after letter D – 5 bars after letter F
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Fugue, b. 648-686
Prokofjev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2: V Romeo and Juliet before Parting, 5 bars before number 50 – number 51

Chamber music excerpt
Schubert: Trout Quintet D 667: Theme & Variations I-V

Further information:
Anu Piispanen, Deputy General Manager
anu.piispanen@tampere.fi
tel. 050 388 7144.

CONCERTMASTER

Application period starts on 10th of January 2024. Application deadline is 10th of March 2024 at 23:59 (11:59 PM, UTC+2). The position is permanent, and work begins on August 8th of 2024 or as agreed.

Applications are to be submitted only through the electronic form that opens here on 10th of January 2024.

Click here to fill the electronic application form!

Audition on Mon-Tue 22.-23.4.2024 at Tampere Hall, Main Auditorium for those invited to audition based on the applications. Invitations to the audition and a link / pdf-file to the required audition repertoire will be sent to the applicants by 22nd March 2024. The audition will take place on Monday from 10 am to 2pm (concertos, solos and chamber music excerpt) and on Tuesday from 2 to 3pm (orchestral excerpts).

Required repertoire

Mozart: Violin concerto No. 3., 4. or 5.: 1st movement + cadenza
AND 1st movement + cadenza of a violin concerto from either Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius or Mendelssohn (E minor Op. 64)

The applicant will indicate their chosen concertos on the application form.

Orchestral repertoire

Solo parts in orchestral material
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben solo, 1 bar after reh.No. 22 – reh.No 32
Bach: St Matthew Passion: No. 39 Erbarme dich
Brahms: Symphony No. 1: II mov. solo
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite No. 1: No. 4 Scene
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade solos
Beethoven: Missa solemnis: Sanctus – Benedictus solo b. 110-184

Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: III mov., b. 99-114
Schumann: Symphony No. 2: II mov. Scherzo, b 1-90
Mahler: Symphony No. 5: IV Adagietto, b. 38-72
MacMillan: Symphony No. 4, b. 248-285
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture complete
Brahms: Symphony No. 4: I movement complete

Chamber music excerpt
Sibelius: String Quartet “Voces intimae” Op.56: I movement

The orchestra will provide a pianist to the audition.

Further information:
Anu Piispanen, Deputy General Manager
anu.piispanen@tampere.fi
tel. 050 388 7144

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

Application period starts on 27th of February 2024. Application deadline is 24th March 2024 at 23:59 (11:59 PM, UTC+2). The position is permanent, and work begins on August 8th of 2024 or as agreed.

Applications are to be submitted only through the electronic form that opens here on 27th of February 2024.

Click here to fill the electronic application form!

Audition on Monday 15th of April 2024 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 / pdf-file to the required audition repertoire will be sent to the applicants by 28th March 2024.

Required repertoire

Concertos
Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto D Major, 1st Mov. and Cadenza or Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto D Major, 1st Mov. and Cadenza AND Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata A Minor (D. 821), 1st Mov. The applicant indicates their chosen concertos on the application form.

Orchestral excerpts
R.Strauss: Don Quixote, 4 b. after reh.no 14 – reh.no 18, reh.no 26 – reh.no 34
Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Viola Solo, I Adagio, 9 b. after reh.no 2 – 5 b. after reh.no 8
Grieg: Holberg Suite, V Rigaudon, beginning – 6 b. after reh.letter U
Mozart: Magic Flute Overture, b. 1-96
Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture, beginning – reh.letter A
Wagner: Master-Singers of Nuremberg Overture, b. 1-38, 59-122, 140-174
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, I allegro moderato, 6 b. before reh.no 4 – reh.no 5, reh.no 7 – 4 b. before reh.no 11

The orchestra will provide a pianist to the audition.

Further information:
Anu Piispanen, Deputy General Manager
anu.piispanen@tampere.fi
tel. 050 388 7144

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

Previous auditions

  • Co-principal trumpet
    Application deadline 25 October 2023. Audition on 27 November 2023. Eero Kiukkonen was elected to the position.

    Co-principal oboe
    Application deadline 10 September 2023. Audition on 12 October 2023. Simeon Overbeck was elected to the position.

    Solo cello
    Application deadline 23 April 2023. Audition on 31 May 2023. Kalle-Pekka Koponen was elected to the position.

    Concertmaster
    Application deadline 23 April 2023. Audition on 29 May 2023. No one elected to the position.

    Assistant principal viola
    Application deadline 20 March 2023. Audition on 17 April 2023. No one elected to the position.

    Assistant principal trumpet
    Application deadline 9 March 2023. Pre-selection video round on 13-14 March and audition on 29 April 2023. Permanent position, work begins on August 9th 2023 or as agreed. The vacancy is with obligation to play secondary instruments. Pawel Marciniak was elected to the position.

  • Assistant principal viola + viola tutti vacancy
    Application deadline 9 Nov 2022. Kaisa Anttila was elected to the position of viola tutti. No one elected to the position of assistant principal viola.


    II violin tutti vacancy.
    Application deadline 10 Oct 2022. Linda Halme was elected for the position.

    Concertmaster, 2 posts
    Application deadline was 26 September 2022. Based on the audition, Johannes Põlda was selected for the position. The other position was left unfilled.

    3rd concertmaster substitute
    Application deadline 19 July 2022, audition on 4 August 2022. Tatevik Ayazyan was elected to the post.

    Assistant principal viola + viola tutti vacancy
    Application deadline 9 May 2022 at 11.59 pm (Finnish summer time UTC+3). Audition on Monday 30 May 2022. No-one was elected.

    I violin tutti vacancy
    Application deadline 25 April 2022. Audition on Saturday 21 May 2022. Permanent position, work begins on 1 August 2022 or as agreed. Ivi Ots was elected to the post.

    Principal trumpet
    Application deadline 27 February 2022. Pre-selection video round on 1 March and audition on 25 April 2022. Permanent position, work begins on August 1st 2022 or as agreed. The vacancy is with obligation to play secondary instruments. Xiang Guo was elected to the post.

For further information about all auditions

please contact

Anu Piispanen
Deputy General Manager
anu.piispanen@tampere.fi