The Czech Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov announce an

AUDITION

for the position of

VIOLA

3rd deputy

(a full-time position, starting date to be agreed )

Audition date: 18th December 2026

Please submit the completed application form, including your CV and a link to your video recording (preferably on YouTube):

APPLICATION FORM ON THE CZECH PHILHARMONIC WEBSITE

https://www.ceskafilharmonie.cz/en/auditions/

AUDITION REPERTOIRE:

PRE-SELECTION VIDEO RECORDING

(With the application, please send a link to your uploaded video recording on YouTube. The recording must be with piano or orchestral accompaniment, live & not older than 1 year)

a) C. P. Stamitz: Concerto for Viola op. 1 – 1st movement, exposition & cadenza

b) Orchestral excerpts: R. Strauss: Don Juan

1st ROUND (blind audition, solo piece with piano)

a) C. P. Stamitz: Concerto for Viola op. 1 – 1st movement with cadenza

b) Orchestral excerpts:

D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 – Leningrad Symphony

R. Strauss: Don Juan

2nd ROUND (non-blind audition, solo piece with piano):

a) First and second movements of one of the following viola concertos:

B. Bartók / W. Walton /P. Hindemith: „Der Schwanendreher“

b) Orchestral excerpts:

L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

B. Smetana: From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

B. Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Overture)

L. Janáček: Sinfonietta

c) orchestral solos:

J. Suk: Pohádka léta - Slepí hudci/A Summer´s Tale - The Blind Musicians

V. Novák: O věčné touze/ Of Eternal Longing

B. Martinů: The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca

THE ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS CAN BE FOUND

ON THE WEBSITE & WILL BE SENT WITH THE INVITATION

+420 775 958 465

audition@czechphilharmonic.cz

https://www.ceskafilharmonie.cz/en/auditions/