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Violin Orchestra Auditions
Section VIOLIN (2 positionS)
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A2SO)
🇺🇸 Ann Arbor (Michigan), United States
Cello
Double Bass
Viola
Violin
Concertmaster
West Michigan Symphony
🇺🇸 Muskegon (Michigan), United States
1st violin tutti
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Orchestra Academy Violin
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Concertmaster Job Description – November 13 & 14, 2025
Boise Philharmonic Symphony and Orchestra
🇺🇸 Boise (Idaho), United States
Section Violin Three (3) Tenure Track Positions Available Section Violin
The Phoenix Symphony
🇺🇸 Phoenix, United States
1st violin tutti (100%)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
Violin Substitute Auditions
Minnesota Orchestra
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, United States
Section Violin
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada
2nd violin tutti (m/f/d)
MDR Sinfonieorchester
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
Section First Violin
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO)
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia
2nd violin tutti
Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Städtisches Theater (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Chemnitz, Germany
Section Second Violin (Up to two positions may be offered)
Philadelphia Orchestra
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, United States
Associate Concertmaster Audition
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Fort Worth, United States
Section 2nd Violin
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO)
🇨🇦 Winnipeg, Canada
Principal Second Violin Auditions
Minnesota Orchestra
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, United States
Audition for Associate Principal Second Violin
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (OPRL)
🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium
Section First Violin
Kansas City Symphony (KCS)
🇺🇸 Kansas City, United States
Section First Violin
Philadelphia Orchestra
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, United States
Audition for Tutti Second Violin
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (OPRL)
🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium
1. violin tutti - two positions
Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
🇩🇰 Sønderborg, Denmark
Applications open for the positions of First and Second Concertmaster.
Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO)
🇮🇸 Reykjavík, Iceland
A 1st concertmaster
Berliner Philharmoniker (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
1st violin tutti (5)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
2nd violin tutti 100%
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
Concertmaster - October 26, 2025
Colorado Ballet
🇺🇸 Denver, United States
Principal Second Violin
Fort Wayne Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Fort Wayne (Indiana), United States
An intern 1st violin tutti (m/f/d) during the course of studies
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
Lead player 2nd violin
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
A 1st violin tutti (m/f/d)
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
Section Violin
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Bloomington (Minnesota), United States
Deputy concertmaster 50%
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
9, 10 and 11 December 2025 - second violin
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
5, 6 and 7 January 2026 - 1st principal second violin
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1st Coordinated Concertmaster (2)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
2nd violin tutti (100%)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
16, 17 and 19 March 2026 - associate principal second violin
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1st violin tutti
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
28, 29 and 30 April 2026 - first violin tutti
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
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
Principal of the 2nd violins
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Associate Concertmaster of the 1st violins
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Violin
Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO)
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Australia
1st coord. Concertmaster:in
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
1st violinist:in tutti
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
1st violin tutti
WDR Sinfonieorchester
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
2nd violin tutti
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany
2nd violin tutti
Nationaltheaterorchester Mannheim
🇩🇪 Mannheim, Germany
1st violin tutti 50% (M/F/D)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
Assistant principal 1st violins (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
1st violin tutti
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Violin
Fulham Symphony Orchestra (FSO)
🇬🇧 Fulham, United Kingdom
1st violin (m/f/d)
Beethoven Orchester Bonn/Theater der Bundesstadt Bonn
🇩🇪 Bonn, Germany
1st violin tutti 50%
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Concertmaster* of the 1st violins
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
1st violin tutti
Nationaltheaterorchester Mannheim
🇩🇪 Mannheim, Germany
Audition for the position of principal II violin
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO)
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland
A 1st violin tutti 100%
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
One deputy concertmaster 2nd violin
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
A 1st concertmaster (from 26/27)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
A 2nd concertmaster a second violin tutti a double bass tutti
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Herford, Germany
1. Violin tutti (m/f/d)
Beethoven Orchester Bonn/Theater der Bundesstadt Bonn
🇩🇪 Bonn, Germany
2nd violin tutti (m/f/d)
Beethoven Orchester Bonn/Theater der Bundesstadt Bonn
🇩🇪 Bonn, Germany
Violin (Tutti)
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan
Section First Violin
Los Angeles Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States
1st concertmaster (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
Tutti Violin
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HKPhil)
🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
1st concertmaster of the 1st violins (m/f/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
Sistema Teaching Artist - Violin and Viola
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO)
🇨🇦 Winnipeg, Canada
QSO Academy 2026 - Violin, Flute, French Horn and Trumpet
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO)
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Australia
Recruitment (Violin)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
1. Violin tutti (m/f/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
Section Violin
Canton Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Canton (Ohio), United States
2nd concertmaster:in ZV (50%)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Assistant principal 2nd violin
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Prelude:in 1st violin
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Violin 2 (Academy)
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Luebeck, Germany
VACANCY 1ST CONCERTMASTER
Bruckner Orchester Linz
🇦🇹 Linz, Austria
1st concertmaster 1st violin (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Orchester Gießen/Stadttheater Gießen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Pour, Germany
Concertmaster
Detroit Opera
🇺🇸 Detroit, United States
Principal Second Violin
Houston Symphony
🇺🇸 Houston, United States
1st violin tutti ZV (3)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Associate group leader 2nd violin (1st Solo) / Ligestillet 1. solo 2. violin (full-time, permanent)
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark
Principal & Assistant Principal 2nd Violin
Olympia Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Olympia (Washington), United States
🇨🇿 Brno, Czech Republic
PRINCIPAL 2nd VIOLIN (shared 1st chair)
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
🇫🇮 Turku, Finland
Tutti 1st violin (full-time, permanent)
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark
Second concert master (90%)
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Associate Principal Second Violin & Section Violin (MULTIPLE POSITIONS)
San Francisco Symphony
🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States
Concertmaster
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
🇫🇮 Lahti, Finland
Second Violin Tutti
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Associate Concertmaster
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Indianapolis, United States
Assistant Concertmaster (Fourth Chair)
The Cleveland Orchestra
🇺🇸 Cleveland, United States
Section First Violin
Symphony Nova Scotia
🇨🇦 Halifax, Canada
1st violin audition (m/f/d) (100%)
Nürnberger Symphoniker (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Nuremberg, Germany
Section Violin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
Section Violin (“A”, “B”, and “C” contracts)
Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lincoln (Nebraska), United States
Tutti First Violin
Washington National Opera
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., United States
Position of Principal Second Violin
Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO)
🇮🇸 Reykjavík, Iceland
Associate Principal Second Violin | Violin – multiple tutti positions
Traverse City Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Traverse City (Michigan), United States
Principal 2nd Violin
Austin Opera (Austin Lyric Opera)
🇺🇸 Austin, United States
Concertmaster
Austin Opera (Austin Lyric Opera)
🇺🇸 Austin, United States
Section Violin
Austin Opera (Austin Lyric Opera)
🇺🇸 Austin, United States
Section VIOLIN (2 positionS)
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Little Rock (Arkansas), United States
application about 2 months ago
audition September 6, 2025
Violin I | Date: September 5, 2025
Spokane Symphony
🇺🇸 Spokane (Washington), United States
Associate Concertmaster | Date: September 3, 2025
Spokane Symphony
🇺🇸 Spokane (Washington), United States
Section Violin (3 positions)
Santa Barbara Symphony
🇺🇸 Santa Barbara, United States
One Year Concertmaster and Section Violin (5 openings)
Lansing Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lansing (Michigan), United States
Violin Repertoire List
Lansing Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lansing (Michigan), United States
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 and II
Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United States
Assistant Principal Second Violin
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO)
🇨🇦 Edmonton, Canada
application 2 months ago
audition August 16, 2025
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER (one year, possibly permanent) and PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Victoria Symphony
🇨🇦 Victoria, Canada
Assistant Concertmaster (1st Violin, Fixed 3rd Chair)
Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
🇺🇸 Columbus (Ohio), United States
1st violin foreplayer:in (1) - fixed
Bremer Philharmoniker (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Bremen, Germany
application 3 months ago
audition June 30, 2025
start ~ July 19, 2025
2nd violin tutti
NDR Radiophilharmonie
🇩🇪 Hanover, Germany
Concertmaster
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland
Interim Section Second Violin – One Year Position
Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
🇺🇸 Dallas, United States
Principal Second Violin
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Peoria (Illinois), United States
Section Second Violin (2 openings)
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Peoria (Illinois), United States
Assistant Concertmaster
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Peoria (Illinois), United States
Section First Violin (6 openings)
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Peoria (Illinois), United States
ISO 2025 String Auditions – Violin 1
International Symphony Orchestra (Sarnia and Port Huron)
🇨🇦 Sarnia, Canada
deadline n/a
audition May 31, 2025
ISO 2025 String Auditions – Violin 2
International Symphony Orchestra (Sarnia and Port Huron)
🇨🇦 Sarnia, Canada
deadline n/a
audition May 31, 2025
1st violin tutti
NDR Radiophilharmonie
🇩🇪 Hanover, Germany
Coord. 1st concertmaster:in
NDR Radiophilharmonie
🇩🇪 Hanover, Germany
Violin (Orchestra Academy)
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Section Violin - 10/5/2025
Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lexington (Kentucky), United States
Assistant Concertmaster & Section Violin | Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Youngstown Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Youngstown (Ohio), United States
Deputy. Principal:in the second violins
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
2. concertmaster:in
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Section Violin
Lyric Opera of Chicago
🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
The Audition for the Position of second violin tutti
Brno Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Brno, Czech Republic
Application for associate principal first violin (3rd chair)
Brno Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Brno, Czech Republic
I Violin Tutti – Permanent II Violin Principal – Substitute
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
🇫🇮 Kuopio, Finland
Associate Principal 1st Violin and Tutti Violin (deadline: October 3)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
🇳🇴 Stavanger, Norway
2nd Concertmaster (deadline: October 3)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
🇳🇴 Stavanger, Norway
Violin II,
New Mexico Philharmonic (NMPhil)
🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United States
Violin II, Chair 7
New Mexico Philharmonic (NMPhil)
🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United States
Violin II, Chair 8
New Mexico Philharmonic (NMPhil)
🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United States
2nd concertmaster (100 % / permanent)
Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz Reichenbach (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Greiz, Germany
1st violin tutti (100 % / fixed)
Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz Reichenbach (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Greiz, Germany
an audition for: 1st Violin tutti
Pilsen Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Pilsen, Czech Republic
an audition for: Concertmaster
Pilsen Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Pilsen, Czech Republic
Section Violin Auditions (4 Positions)
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO)
🇨🇦 Saskatoon, Canada
Sub-Principal Second Violin
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO)
🇬🇧 Birmingham, United Kingdom
Tutti second violin
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO)
🇬🇧 Birmingham, United Kingdom
Associate Principal 2nd Violin
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
application about 1 month ago
audition n/a
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
1st/2nd violin, Orchestra Academy
Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich
🇦🇹 Sankt Polten, Austria
2nd violin tutti (1) - Festival
Bremer Philharmoniker (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Bremen, Germany
application 3 months ago
audition n/a
start ~ July 19, 2025
Co-Concertmaster
Artis-Naples, Naples Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Naples (Florida), United States
application 7 months ago
audition n/a
Violin I + II (application deadline: December 6, 2024) (Orchestra Academy)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Philharmoniker
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria