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EXPIRED VACANCY

Concertmaster

Slovak State Philharmonic Košice

Košice, Slovakia

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General information

Instrument or role

Violin

Job category

Performance

Number of positions

1 open position

Employment details

Type

Full-time (100%)

Tenure

Permanent

Employment beginning

September 2024

Application process

Apply by

June 16, 2024, 23:55 (time zone: Bratislava)

Where to apply
Please send your applications, along with a CV, contact information, and consent to the processing of personal data, by email to
konkurz@sfk.sk or by mail to the following address: Slovak State Philharmonic Košice, Moyzesova 66, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic.

Audition dates

Main audition

June 28, 2024, 09:00 (time zone: Bratislava)

Audition information

Audition repertoire
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

Additional audition information
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