Clarinet Group Musician
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Liepāja, Latvia
General information
- Instrument or role
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Clarinet
- Job category
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Performance
- Number of positions
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1 open position
- Additional information
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The audition will be held on 23 September 2025 at the "Great Amber" Concert Hall (8 Radio Street, Liepaja).
Requirements for the Contestants:- Professional higher musical education in the clarinet specialty, or the Contestant may apply in the capacity of a student of a higher education establishment in the required specialty;
- The Contestant’s working experience in an orchestra shall be preferred;
- The Contestant’s ability to have his/her primary job at the LSO.
Main job duties:- To prepare and play the orchestral pieces of the clarinet section at high artistic quality;
- To adhere to the work plans and structure, as well as other internal regulations of the LSO;
- To maintain and to improve his/her individual mastery throughout duration of the contract.
Place of work: Radio iela 8, Liepāja, Latvija.
For more information go on www.lso.lv/en/orchestra/vakances
Employment details
- Type
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Full-time
- Tenure
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Permanent
- Employment beginning
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Start on October 2025
Salary information
- Gross (before tax) (EUR)
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€1,450.00 per Month
Application process
- Apply by
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September 15, 2025, 23:59 (time zone: Riga)
- Application instructions
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Deadline for sending the applications: 15 September 2025, by 23:59. The application and documents shall be submitted electronically to the LSO electronic mail address [email protected] with the reference "For Audition":
- CV (Curriculum vitae);
- copies of documents supporting educational qualifications and further training; for students – a statement issued by the higher educational establishment.
- Application link
- https://www.lso.lv
Audition dates
- Main audition
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September 23, 2025
Audition information
- Audition repertoire
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The 1st round program:
- A. Mozart – Clarinet Concerto, 1st movement K.622, Allegro (K.622, A Major)
The Contestant shall perform the first-round program from his/her sheet music material.
The 2nd round program:
Clarinet:- L. van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, 1st movement (bars 418–438 and 474–492)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – “Scheherazade”
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, 1st movement
- Felix Mendelssohn – “Hebrides” Overture”
- Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- B. Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra, 2nd movement
Bass Clarinet:- Richard Strauss – three excerpts from the symphonic poem "Don Quixote"
- Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 1, 2nd movement
The sheet music material for the second round shall be downloaded from the LSO website: lso.lv/orkestris/vakances