https://www.tpo.or.jp/en/about/audition.php#ob

1) Screening & video audition
The URL of your performance video must be submitted with the application.
There is a possibility that the video of applicants who did not pass the document screening will not be viewed.
Video for the video screening should be uploaded on YouTube as “limited public access.”
The screening results will be notified by August 31, Saturday, 2024.
If you do not receive the results within a few days, please inquire at the contact points below.

Assigned works for the performance video
(1) W.A. Mozart Oboe Concerto in C-Dur KV.314, 1st movement, bars 26-97
(from any publisher, with piano accompaniment)

(2) Orchestral Study (All the music is ORCHESTER PROBESPIEL, Edition Peters)
・p.10 Brahms: Sinfonie Nr.1 2.Satz (Bar Numbers 17～43)
・pp.18-19 Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
・p.36 Verdi: Rigoletto 2.Akt

Instruction on the performance video
-The recording should be of the performance of the pieces only. No voice explanation is required for the performer’s name or the name of the pieces.
-The order of the pieces should be as above, and they should be performed from the beginning of the concerto to the end of the orchestral study consecutively.
-The video must be shot from the front so that the entire instrument, face, and hands can be seen.
-When uploading the video to YouTube, it must be made as "limited public access.”
-The account for posting the video does not have to be the candidate's.

2) First live audition
Successful applicants of the video audition will be invited to the first live audition.
Date: Monday 7 & Tuesday 8, October, 2024
Venue: Tokyo Opera City
Assigned Works:
-Solo work: W.A. Mozart Oboe Concerto C-Dur (with piano accompaniment)
-Orchestral Study (Successful applicants of the video audition will be informed by Email of the titles and the parts of the work to perform.)

Exact time & date to be decided and applicants will be informed accordingly from the above two days. In case you are not available on one of the dates, clearly write so in your document.

3) Second live audition
Successful applicants of the first video audition will be invited to the second live audition.
Date: Tuesday 15, October, 2024
Venue: Bunkamura Orchard Hall
Assigned Works:
-Solo work: W.A. Mozart Oboe Concerto C-Dur (with piano accompaniment)
-Orchestral Study: We will notify successful applicants of the First Live Audition.


Inquiries:
Any inquiries can be made to the following contact points by e-mail:
Audition/Oboe, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
E-mail:

We will not accept inquiries by phone.