Open Orchestra Positions in Germany
1st violin (tutti)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
1st (solo) trumpet (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven/Stadttheater
🇩🇪 Bremerhaven, Germany
Second violin section leader (m/f/d)
Sorbisches Kammerorchester/Sorbisches National-Ensemble (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Bautzen, Germany
Job: Viola (m/f/d) tutti (PASSAU)
Niederbayerische Philharmonie/Landestheater Niederbayern (Zweckverband)
🇩🇪 Landshut, Germany
Tuba with commitment to contrabass tuba and cimbasso
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Choir director (f/m/d) with conducting duties
Philharmonisches Orchester Würzburg/Theater Würzburg
🇩🇪 Wuerzburg, Germany
Solo trombone (ZV) 75% mVz alto, jazz and classical trombone
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Solo horn with obligation to Wagner tuba
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Job: Choirmaster and répétiteur (m/f/d) (PASSAU)
Niederbayerische Philharmonie/Landestheater Niederbayern (Zweckverband)
🇩🇪 Landshut, Germany
Solo viola (coord.)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
Deputy Solo Viola (m/f/d)
Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Städtisches Theater (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Chemnitz, Germany
Contrabassoon with commitment to 2nd bassoon (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Luebeck, Germany
Associate principal solo double bass
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
One solo piccolo (m/f/d) with commitment to 2nd, 3rd and 4th flute
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
2nd/3rd and other flutes with the obligation to play piccolo flute and alto flute
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
Deputy Solo Viola (permanent)
Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie/Theater Koblenz
🇩🇪 Koblenz, Germany
Solo contrabassoon - part-time 50% (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz/Theater Mainz
🇩🇪 Mainz, Germany
One trumpet (solo)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester/Oper Frankfurt (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
One deputy solo violoncello
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester/Oper Frankfurt (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Solo cello (coord.)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
Double bass tutti - part-time 50% (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz/Theater Mainz
🇩🇪 Mainz, Germany
1st Percussionist - 100% (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz/Theater Mainz
🇩🇪 Mainz, Germany
3rd / Associate principal 1. Horn with obligation to the Wagner tuba
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester/Oper Frankfurt (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Coord. 1st solo clarinet (m/f/d) with commitment to high clarinets (German system)
Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Coord. Solo horn, immediately
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
Associate principal solo oboe
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
Deputy principal 2nd violin, with immediate effect
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
2nd trumpet, probably from the 2025/2026 season
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
2nd violin section leader 50%
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
Coord. Solo cello, from season 2025/2026
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
Coord. Solo double bass, from season 2025/2026
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
1st and solo bassoon (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
1st violin tutti 50% (M/F/D)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
Deputy concertmaster (m/f/d) of the 2nd violins*
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Dresden, Germany
Coord. Solo Cello (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
Assistant principal 1st violins (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
2nd violin tutti full-time (M/F/D)
Philharmonisches Orchester Regensburg/Städtische Bühnen
🇩🇪 Regensburg, Germany
Coord. Solo trumpet, from 28.08.2025
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
Solo double bass (coord.)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
A 2nd and deputy 1st trombone
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester/Oper Frankfurt (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Viola (tutti)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester/Oper Frankfurt (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1st and solo horn (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
1st and solo trumpet with commitment to piccolo trumpet (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
1st concertmaster 1st violin (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Orchester Gießen/Stadttheater Gießen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Pour, Germany
Low horn with Wagner tuba and natural horn
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
1. Concertmaster (m/f/d)
Loh-Orchester Sondershausen/Theater Nordhausen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Nordhausen, Germany
Solo viola (m/f/d)
Theater für Niedersachsen – TfN-Philharmonie Hildesheim (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Hildesheim, Germany
1st violin tutti (temporary contract 100%)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Job: Solo timpani (m/f/d) (PASSAU)
Niederbayerische Philharmonie/Landestheater Niederbayern (Zweckverband)
🇩🇪 Landshut, Germany
Job: Viola part leader (m/f/d) (PASSAU)
Niederbayerische Philharmonie/Landestheater Niederbayern (Zweckverband)
🇩🇪 Landshut, Germany
deadline n/a
audition January 3, 2025
2nd/4th horn, from mid-January 2025
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
Job: 2nd violin tutti (m/f/d) (PASSAU)
Niederbayerische Philharmonie/Landestheater Niederbayern (Zweckverband)
🇩🇪 Landshut, Germany
1st violin tutti (m/f/d) audition 12.07.24
Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Low horn (m/f/d) with commitment to the treble horn Audition 28.06.24
Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
application 22 days ago
audition January 28, 2024
Assistant to the chief conductor/orchestra management/orchestra office (m/f/d)
Thüringer Symphoniker/Thüringer Landestheater (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Rudolstadt, Germany
1st solo oboe (m/f/d) with obligation to English horn
Lüneburger Symphoniker/Theater Lüneburg (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Lueneburg, Germany
application about 1 year ago
audition n/a