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Violin Orchestra Auditions
OAcademy
🇺🇸 Online / Remote, United States
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Double Bass
Flute
French Horn
Harp
Oboe
Percussion
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Viola
Violin
Concertmaster (1st Violin)
Bielefelder Philharmoniker/Theater Bielefeld
🇩🇪 Bielefeld, Germany
Cello
Percussion
Viola
Violin
9 days to apply
event: November 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027
Violin 1 Tutti
Royal Swedish Opera
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Violin section
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO)
🇨🇦 Saskatoon, Canada
Section Violin (Temporary Positions)
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Indianapolis, United States
CONCERTMASTER - October 19, 2026
Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lexington (Kentucky), United States
First Violin, Chairs 7 & 8 Auditions
Arizona Opera
🇺🇸 Phoenix, United States
an audition for: 1st Violin tutti
Pilsen Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Pilsen, Czech Republic
an AUDITION for: 2nd Violin tutti
Pilsen Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Pilsen, Czech Republic
an audition for: Concertmaster
Pilsen Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Pilsen, Czech Republic
II CONCERTMASTER (PERMANENT POSITION)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO)
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland
1st Violin Section Leader
ORF-Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Principal/Associate Principal Violin II and Section Violin (5 positions)
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Davenport (Iowa), United States
2nd violin tutti
Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie/Theater Görlitz (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Gorlitz, Germany
Assistant principal 2nd violin
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Prelude:in 1st violin
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Section Violin (2 Vacancies)
San Diego Symphony
🇺🇸 San Diego, United States
First Violin Co-Leader and Sub-Leader
London Symphony Orchestra (LSO)
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
Competition: Concertmaster
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
🇮🇹 Roma, Italy
Bliv en del af vores orkester - Tutti 1. violin
Aalborg Symfoniorkester
🇩🇰 Aalborg, Denmark
Core Section Violin
Richmond Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Richmond, United States
Bliv en del af vores orkester - Violin 3. Koncertmester
Aalborg Symfoniorkester
🇩🇰 Aalborg, Denmark
Concertmaster
Tucson Symphony Orchestra (TSO)
🇺🇸 Tucson, United States
Audition for Violin Tutti
Fondazione Haydn Stiftung
🇮🇹 Bolzano, Italy
Audition: Associate Concertmaster
Göteborg Opera
🇸🇪 Nordstaden, Sweden
Audition Violin I – 2nd Soloist
La Monnaie / De Munt
🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium
NHSO Section Violin (3 positions)
New Haven Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 New Haven, United States
Associate Concertmaster
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), United States
Section Violin (3 positions)
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A2SO)
🇺🇸 Ann Arbor (Michigan), United States
Co-Concertmaster (with Assistant Concertmaster & Tutti duties)
Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
🇮🇹 Venice, Italy
3rd Concertmaster and 1st Violin Tutti
Gävle Symphony Orchestra
🇸🇪 Gävle, Sweden
2nd violin tutti (m/f/d)
Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Städtisches Theater (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Chemnitz, Germany
Assistant Principal Violin II
Rockford Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Rockford (Illinois), United States
Vacancy: 2nd Violin tutti (50%)
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Audition for a violin tutti (1 position) on the 9th and 10th of November, 2026
Orchestre National de France
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Tutti Violin (3 positions)
Fondazione Arturo Toscanini
🇮🇹 Parma, Italy
tutti 2nd violin 100% (permanent)
Brussels Philharmonic
🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium
Coord. 1st concertmaster:in
NDR Radiophilharmonie
🇩🇪 Hanover, Germany
1. concertmaster (application deadline: November 1, 2026)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
🇳🇴 Stavanger, Norway
Concertmaster* of the 1st violins
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Substitute Violin
San Diego Symphony
🇺🇸 San Diego, United States
Co-solo violin capable of playing solo in the second violin section
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg (OPS)
🇫🇷 Strasbourg, France
Section Violin - National Audition
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec
🇨🇦 Quebec, Canada
Two violins tutti
Berliner Philharmoniker (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
tutti 1st violin 100% (permanent)
Brussels Philharmonic
🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium
SECTION VIOLIN (PER SERVICE, TENURE TRACK )
Virginia Symphony Orchestra (VSO)
🇺🇸 Norfolk, United States
SECTION VIOLIN : September 14
Eugene Symphony
🇺🇸 Eugene (Oregon), United States
1st concertmaster 1st violin
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
Concertmaster
Toledo Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Toledo (Ohio), United States
Orchestra Academy: Violin (m/f/d) (160 shifts per season)
Nürnberger Symphoniker (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Nuremberg, Germany
Concertmaster of the Second Violins* (m/f/d)
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Dresden, Germany
1st Violin, tutti (m/f/d), 50%
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Dresden, Germany
Concertmaster, First Violins* (m/f/d)
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Dresden, Germany
One concertmaster (m/f/d) with a special contract - Permanent
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
A:n Deputy Principal 2nd Violin 100% (m/f/d)
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
1st Coordinated Concertmaster (2)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
An intern for first violin in the tutti section, full-time (m/f/d)
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
2026/27 Violin (Two positions: Assistant Principal Violin 2, section rotating) | Tuesday, Novembe...
Cape Symphony
🇺🇸 Barnstable (Massachusetts), United States
1st violin tutti (100%)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
2nd violin tutti (100%)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
Assistant Concertmaster, Second Violins (m/f/d)
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Dresden, Germany
Violin (Orchestra Academy)
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1st violin tutti
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
A 1st violin tutti 100% (m/f/d)
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
Associate principal 1st concertmaster 1st violin
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
2nd Violin Soloist (m/f/d)
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal/Wuppertaler Bühnen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Wuppertal, Germany
Section First & Second Violin (Tenure Track; Multiple Positions)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Atlanta, United States
1. Concertmaster (m/f/d)
Beethoven Orchester Bonn/Theater der Bundesstadt Bonn
🇩🇪 Bonn, Germany
Violin 1 (Academy)
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Luebeck, Germany
Violin
Royal Air Force Music Services
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
One concertmaster 2nd violin
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Violin
Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO)
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Australia
1st violin (m/f/d)
Beethoven Orchester Bonn/Theater der Bundesstadt Bonn
🇩🇪 Bonn, Germany
A 1st violin tutti 100%
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Violin 2 (Academy)
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Luebeck, Germany
2. concertmaster:in
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
2nd violin tutti (m/f/d)
Beethoven Orchester Bonn/Theater der Bundesstadt Bonn
🇩🇪 Bonn, Germany
2nd violin fixed
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany
Violin
Fulham Symphony Orchestra (FSO)
🇬🇧 Fulham, United Kingdom
1st concertmaster of the 1st violins (m/f/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
1. Violin tutti (m/f/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
1st violin tutti
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
2nd violin tutti
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Deputy Principal 2nd Violin (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
2. Violin Academy
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany
Principal of the 2nd violins
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Associate Concertmaster of the 1st violins
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
1st violin tutti
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
I CONCERTMASTER (PERMANENT POSITION)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO)
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland
1st concertmaster (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
1st Violin Tutti, starting September 3, 2026
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
Assistant Concertmaster (m/f/d) (1) – Permanent Position
Elbland Philharmonie Sachsen
🇩🇪 Riesa, Germany
Associate Concertmaster
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO)
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia
I violin (tutti)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
🇫🇮 Lahti, Finland
Assistant Principal second violins (coordinated)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande OSR
🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland
Principal 2nd Violin
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (RPhO)
🇳🇱 Rotterdam, Netherlands
1st Violin Tutti
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (RPhO)
🇳🇱 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Coordinator and Section Leader of the Second Violins
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Coord. 1st concertmaster:in
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
A second concertmaster*
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Herford, Germany
A first concertmaster
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Concertmaster (2 positions)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
All violins (I or II) or All cellos
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
🇨🇭 Lugano, Switzerland
2nd concertmaster:in ZV (100%)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Tutti Violin
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Violin Auditions: Sunday, September 13, 2026 | Application Deadline: September 2, 2026
Stockton Symphony
🇺🇸 Stockton (California), United States
Assistant Concertmaster
Orchestra della Toscana - ORT
🇮🇹 Florence, Italy
Section Violin (3 positions)
Sarasota Orchestra
🇺🇸 Sarasota, United States
Section Violin
Sioux City Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Sioux City (Iowa), United States
Violin, Multiple Positions | Violin I, 9th Chair, Salaried, Permanent, Tenure Track | Violin II, ...
Tucson Symphony Orchestra (TSO)
🇺🇸 Tucson, United States
Audition for PRINCIPAL 2ND VIOLIN and ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
🇮🇹 Padua, Italy
AUDITION FOR THE POSITION OF SECOND VIOLIN TUTTI
Brno Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Brno, Czech Republic
Sub Auditions: Bass/Violin
Nashville Symphony
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Assistant Concertmaster (5th Chair)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
🇺🇸 Dallas, United States
Associate Concertmaster
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Section Violin
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO)
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, United States
Section Violin | (3 positions) | September 25, 2026, 10:00am
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Binghamton (New York), United States
1st Concertmaster
Wiener Symphoniker
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Section Violin 1
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 St. Louis, United States
Principal 2. Violin
Odense Symfoniorkester
🇩🇰 Odense, Denmark
Section First Violin
York Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 York (Pennsylvania), United States
SECTION VIOLIN (TWO POSITIONS)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)
🇺🇸 Boston, United States
Vacancy: 2nd Violin tutti (80%)
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
II violin player (tutti), two positions
Oulu Symphony Orchestra
🇫🇮 Oulu, Finland
Assistant Concertmaster
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO)
🇨🇦 Edmonton, Canada
First Violin (5th chair + 2 section positions)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO)
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, United States
Section First Violin
Los Angeles Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States
Audition for Violin (Assistant Concertmaster)
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan
Section Violin (two 1-year & two tenure track) – September 10, 2026
Boise Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Boise (Idaho), United States
Section Violin IChair 5 | Date: September 9, 2026
Spokane Symphony
🇺🇸 Spokane (Washington), United States
Section Violin, Section Viola, Assistant Principal Bass, and Section Bass
Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lincoln (Nebraska), United States
Principal Second / Section Violin
Canton Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Canton (Ohio), United States
Associate Concertmaster Audition
Elgin Symphony Orchestra (ESO)
🇺🇸 Elgin (Illinois), United States
Principal 2nd violin- apply by 2nd of August
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
🇫🇮 Turku, Finland
Section Violin | (volunteer/unpaid)
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Bloomington (Minnesota), United States
VIOLIN IN A ROW
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Section Violin I (1: A2) and Violin II (1: A1 | 1: A2)
Austin Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Austin, United States
ALL STRING SECTIONS
Valley Symphony Orchestra (McAllen, Texas)
🇺🇸 McAllen (Texas), United States
August 18, 2026 – Section Strings (volunteer/unpaid)
Salt Lake Symphony
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, United States
Associate Concert master: One position
Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa
🇯🇵 Kanazawa, Japan
Section Leader / Assistant Section Leader, Second Violins (m/f/d)
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie
🇩🇪 Constance, Germany
Violin - Academy (2)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
deadline n/a
audition June 29, 2026
Principal Violin II
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Concertmaster / Associate Concertmaster
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Interim Associate Concertmaster
Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Fargo (North Dakota), United States
application 3 months ago
audition June 27, 2026
Orchestra Academy Violin
Bruckner Orchester Linz
🇦🇹 Linz, Austria
application 4 months ago
audition June 22, 2026
1st Violin Tutti (5 Positions)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
deadline n/a
audition June 18, 2026
Assistant Concertmaster with section duties
Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
🇮🇹 Venice, Italy
application 3 months ago
audition June 15, 2026
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, United States
Section Violin
Victoria Symphony
🇨🇦 Victoria, Canada
Assistant Concertmaster
Victoria Symphony
🇨🇦 Victoria, Canada
Section Violin
National Symphony Orchestra (NSO)
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., United States
1st violin tutti 50%
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Tutti Violin
Teatro Regio di Torino
🇮🇹 Turin, Italy
application 7 months ago
audition February 22, 2026
Applications open for the positions of First and Second Concertmaster
Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO)
🇮🇸 Reykjavík, Iceland
Section Violin 1
Springfield Symphony Orchestra MO
🇺🇸 Springfield (Missouri), United States
Section Violin 2
Springfield Symphony Orchestra MO
🇺🇸 Springfield (Missouri), United States
Assistant Principal Violin 2
Springfield Symphony Orchestra MO
🇺🇸 Springfield (Missouri), United States
VIOLIN I & VIOLIN II
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO)
🇺🇸 Sioux Falls (South Dakota), United States
Associate Principal Second Violin (1 position)
Winston-Salem Symphony
🇺🇸 Winston-Salem (North Carolina), United States
Section Violin (5 positions)
Winston-Salem Symphony
🇺🇸 Winston-Salem (North Carolina), United States
Assistant Concertmaster, Second Violin | Application Deadline: September 6, 2026
Staatskapelle Berlin/Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Associate Concertmaster
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
Co-principal 2nd Violin
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
Section Violin
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
Assistant Concertmaster
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
Tutti violin, 2 positions (application deadline: August 16, 2026)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
🇳🇴 Stavanger, Norway
Competition: Violin
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
🇮🇹 Roma, Italy
application about 1 month ago
audition n/a
Concertmaster, First Violin (Deputy) | Application Deadline: June 28, 2026
Staatskapelle Berlin/Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
First Violin (tutti) | Application deadline: June 28, 2026
Staatskapelle Berlin/Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Section Violin (I & II)
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Tutti Violin
Teatro Regio di Torino
🇮🇹 Turin, Italy
application 3 months ago
audition n/a
Associate Concertmaster, Section Violin
Artis-Naples, Naples Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Naples (Florida), United States
I Violin Principal
Pori Sinfonietta
🇫🇮 Pori, Finland
application 9 months ago
audition n/a
I Violin Tutti
Pori Sinfonietta
🇫🇮 Pori, Finland
Section/Per Service Violin
The Gainesville Orchestra
🇺🇸 Gainesville, United States
application about 1 year ago
audition n/a