1st ROUND OF THE AUDITION:

a) Solo repertoire:

J. S. BACH: Sonatas and Partitas – Ciaccona or one of fugues

One of the following concertos – exposition of the 1st movement:

W. A. MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major (KV 216)

W. A. MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major (KV 218)

W. A. MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major (KV 219)

b) Orchestral excerpts – 1st Violin:

STRAUSS: Don Juan, symphonic poem

MOZART: Symphony No. 39 E-flat major – 4th movement

2nd ROUND OF THE AUDITION:

a) Solo repertoire:

One of the following concertos – 1st and 2nd movements including cadenzas:

W. A. MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major (KV 216)

W. A. MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major (KV 218)

W. A. MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major (KV 219)

Any violin concerto from the Romantic period – complete

b) Orchestral solos – 1st Violin:

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade

BEETHOVEN: Missa solemnis

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8

SUK: Pohádka (Fairy Tale)

c) Orchestral excerpts – 1st Violin:

SMETANA: My Country – Šárka

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 – 4th movement

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 – 2nd movement

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 – 3rd movement

Piano accompaniment in concertos is mandatory. The application must indicate whether the applicant requests the piano

accompaniment to be provided by the Slovak State Philharmonic Košice or if they will arrange their own accompanist. In case

the applicant requests an accompanist from the Slovak State Philharmonic Košice, they should also send information about the

selected concertos along with their application (or provide, upon request, a scan/copy of the piano parts). Applicants may perform

from sheet music.
All orchestral excerpts are available for download on the website https://www.sfk.sk/konkurzy