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Violin Orchestra Auditions
Concertmaster
Winston-Salem Symphony
🇺🇸 Winston-Salem (North Carolina), United States
Associate Concertmaster
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Section Violin Per Service (Full Contract)
Omaha Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Omaha, United States
Cello
Clarinet
French Horn
Piano
Viola
Violin
Core Section Violin (4 positions)
Omaha Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Omaha, United States
Cello
Conductor
Piano
Viola
Violin
Section Violin Per Service (Auxiliary)
Omaha Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Omaha, United States
Ticino Musica Festival
🇨🇠Lugano, Switzerland
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Flute
French Horn
Oboe
Piano
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Viola
Violin
Associate Concertmaster - Chair 2
Omaha Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Omaha, United States
SECTION VIOLIN (TWO POSITIONS)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)
🇺🇸 Boston, United States
Cello
Viola
Violin
Co-Concertmaster
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO)
🇳🇿 Wellington, New Zealand
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL 2nd VIOLIN
Fort Collins Symphony
🇺🇸 Fort Collins (Colorado), United States
OAcademy
🇺🇸 Online / Remote, United States
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Double Bass
Flute
French Horn
Harp
Oboe
Percussion
Trombone
Trumpet
Viola
Violin
Associate Leader
The Hallé Orchestra
🇬🇧 Manchester, United Kingdom
Assistant Section Leader (m/f/d) for Second Violins
Bad Reichenhaller Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Bad Reichenhall, Germany
1st Concertmaster
Wiener Symphoniker
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Section Musician First Violin
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO)
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Australia
Assistant Concertmaster (5th Chair)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
🇺🇸 Dallas, United States
Section Violin 1
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 St. Louis, United States
Section Violin I (1: A2) and Violin II (1: A1 | 1: A2)
Austin Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Austin, United States
Principal 2nd violin- apply by 2nd of August
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
🇫🇮 Turku, Finland
Assistant Principal Violin II
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Fort Worth, United States
20 days to apply
audition September 7, 2026
Section Violin (3 positions)
Sarasota Orchestra
🇺🇸 Sarasota, United States
2nd violin tutti (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Orchester des Theaters Plauen-Zwickau (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Plauen, Germany
First Violin (5th chair + 2 section positions)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO)
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, United States
Assistant Concertmaster and Section Violins
Yakima Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Yakima (Washington), United States
ALL STRING SECTIONS
Valley Symphony Orchestra (McAllen, Texas)
🇺🇸 McAllen (Texas), United States
Orchestra - Section Violin Audition
Oklahoma City Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Oklahoma City, United States
Section Violin (two 1-year & two tenure track) – September 10, 2026
Boise Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Boise (Idaho), United States
Assistant Concertmaster auditions - Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Evansville (Indiana), United States
Section Violin auditions - Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Evansville (Indiana), United States
SECTION VIOLIN : September 14
Eugene Symphony
🇺🇸 Eugene (Oregon), United States
Section First Violin
Los Angeles Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States
Associate Concertmaster
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Tutti violin, 2 positions (application deadline: August 16, 2026)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
🇳🇴 Stavanger, Norway
Section Violin | (volunteer/unpaid)
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Bloomington (Minnesota), United States
Associate Concertmaster Audition
Elgin Symphony Orchestra (ESO)
🇺🇸 Elgin (Illinois), United States
1st violin tutti (m/f/d) - half position
Theater für Niedersachsen – TfN-Philharmonie Hildesheim (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Hildesheim, Germany
Section Violin, Section Viola, Assistant Principal Bass, and Section Bass
Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lincoln (Nebraska), United States
Sub Auditions: Bass/Violin
Nashville Symphony
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
AUDITION FOR THE POSITION OF SECOND VIOLIN TUTTI
Brno Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Brno, Czech Republic
Audition for Violin (Assistant Concertmaster)
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan
Job Opening: Second Concertmaster, Second Violins, NED
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
🇳🇱 Hilversum, Netherlands
Job Opening: Assistant Principal Second Violin
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
🇳🇱 Hilversum, Netherlands
Rudolf Kempe Orchestra Academy - 1st violin
Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Städtisches Theater (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Chemnitz, Germany
Section Violin IChair 5 | Date: September 9, 2026
Spokane Symphony
🇺🇸 Spokane (Washington), United States
Violin
Tucson Symphony Orchestra (TSO)
🇺🇸 Tucson, United States
Section Violin
Sioux City Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Sioux City (Iowa), United States
II violin player (tutti), two positions
Oulu Symphony Orchestra
🇫🇮 Oulu, Finland
Violin Auditions: Sunday, September 13, 2026 | Application Deadline: September 2, 2026
Stockton Symphony
🇺🇸 Stockton (California), United States
Principal 2. Violin
Odense Symfoniorkester
🇩🇰 Odense, Denmark
Section Violin | (3 positions) | September 25, 2026, 10:00am
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Binghamton (New York), United States
Vacancy: 2nd Violin tutti (80%)
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Assistant Concertmaster, Second Violin | Application Deadline: September 6, 2026
Staatskapelle Berlin/Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Concertmaster (1st Violin)
Bielefelder Philharmoniker/Theater Bielefeld
🇩🇪 Bielefeld, Germany
Violin 1 Tutti
Royal Swedish Opera
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Section 1st Violin (Temporary Position)
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Indianapolis, United States
CONCERTMASTER - October 19, 2026
Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lexington (Kentucky), United States
an audition for: Concertmaster
Pilsen Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Pilsen, Czech Republic
an AUDITION for: 2nd Violin tutti
Pilsen Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Pilsen, Czech Republic
II CONCERTMASTER (PERMANENT POSITION)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO)
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland
Assistant principal 2nd violin
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Prelude:in 1st violin
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Section Violin
San Diego Symphony
🇺🇸 San Diego, United States
Bliv en del af vores orkester - Tutti 1. violin
Aalborg Symfoniorkester
🇩🇰 Aalborg, Denmark
Audition Violin I – 2nd Soloist
La Monnaie / De Munt
🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium
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
Vacancy: 2nd Violin tutti (50%)
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Audition for a violin tutti (1 position) on the 9th and 10thof November, 2026
Orchestre National de France
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Coord. 1st concertmaster:in
NDR Radiophilharmonie
🇩🇪 Hanover, Germany
1. concertmaster (application deadline: November 1, 2026)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
🇳🇴 Stavanger, Norway
Co-solo violin capable of playing solo in the second violin section
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg (OPS)
🇫🇷 Strasbourg, France
Two violins tutti
Berliner Philharmoniker (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
SECTION VIOLIN (PER SERVICE, TENURE TRACK )
Virginia Symphony Orchestra (VSO)
🇺🇸 Norfolk, United States
August 18, 2026 – Section Strings (volunteer/unpaid)
Salt Lake Symphony
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, United States
Principal Second / Section Violin
Canton Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Canton (Ohio), 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
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
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 concertmaster (from 26/27)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
🇩🇪 Berlin, 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
1. Violin tutti (m/f/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
1st concertmaster of the 1st violins (m/f/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
I violin (tutti)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
🇫🇮 Lahti, Finland
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
Tutti Second Violin (1) – permanent
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
🇨🇠Lucerne, Switzerland
2. Violin Academy
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany
Associate Concertmaster of the 1st violins
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Concertmaster* of the 1st violins
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Principal of the 2nd violins
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
1st violin tutti
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
I CONCERTMASTER (PERMANENT POSITION)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO)
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland
A 1st violin tutti 100% (m/f/d)
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
1st concertmaster (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany
A 2nd concertmastera double bass tutti
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Herford, Germany
1st concertmaster 1st violin (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Orchester Gießen/Stadttheater Gießen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Pour, Germany
Deputy principal 2nd violin, with immediate effect
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
1st Violin Tutti, starting September 3, 2026
Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Essen, Germany
Assistant Concertmaster (m/f/d) (1) – Permanent Position
Elbland Philharmonie Sachsen
🇩🇪 Riesa, Germany
Extra musician 1st/2nd violin
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
🇨🇠Lucerne, Switzerland
1st violin tutti (2) – permanent positions
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
🇨🇠Lucerne, Switzerland
2nd violin tutti
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
2nd concertmaster:in ZV (100%)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Section Violin
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO)
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, 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 Tutti （a few position）
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan
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 about 1 month ago
audition June 27, 2026
Orchestra Academy Violin
Bruckner Orchester Linz
🇦🇹 Linz, Austria
application about 2 months ago
audition June 22, 2026
2nd Violin, tutti 100% | Audition date: June 19, 2026
Philharmonia Zürich/Opernhaus Zürich
🇨🇠Zurich, Switzerland
deadline n/a
audition June 19, 2026
1st Violin Tutti (5 Positions)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
deadline n/a
audition June 18, 2026
Audition: associate concertmaster - framework contract (permanent)
Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen
🇧🇪 Gent, Belgium
application 2 months ago
audition June 15, 2026
Two Vacant Tutti Violin Positions — First Violin Section
Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO)
🇮🇸 ReykjavÃk, Iceland
Audition for the Orchestral Academy - Violin
Czech Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Prague, Czech Republic
application about 2 months ago
audition May 29, 2026
Section Violin
Regina Symphony Orchestra (RSO)
🇨🇦 Regina, Canada
application 2 months ago
audition May 29, 2026
start ~ September 1, 2025
Assistant Principal Second Violin
Regina Symphony Orchestra (RSO)
🇨🇦 Regina, Canada
application 2 months ago
audition May 28, 2026
start ~ September 14, 2026
Concertmaster
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
🇫🇮 Lahti, Finland
application 3 months ago
audition May 27, 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
Section Violin
Battle Creek Symphony
🇺🇸 Battle Creek (Michigan), United States
application 4 months ago
audition April 12, 2026
Coord. 1st concertmaster:in
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
1st violin tutti 50%
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
NHSO Section Violin (3 positions)
New Haven Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 New Haven, United States
Applications open for the positions of First and Second Concertmaster
Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO)
🇮🇸 ReykjavÃk, 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
First Violin (tutti) | Application deadline: June 28, 2026
Staatskapelle Berlin/Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Concertmaster, First Violin (Deputy) | Application Deadline: June 28, 2026
Staatskapelle Berlin/Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Section Violin (I & II)
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
1st Violin Tutti (100% / permanent) 2 positions
Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz Reichenbach (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Greiz, Germany
application about 2 months ago
audition n/a
Concertmaster Spring 2026
West Michigan Symphony
🇺🇸 Muskegon (Michigan), United States
Associate Concertmaster, Section Violin
Artis-Naples, Naples Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Naples (Florida), United States
I Violin Principal
Pori Sinfonietta
🇫🇮 Pori, Finland
application 7 months ago
audition n/a
I Violin Tutti
Pori Sinfonietta
🇫🇮 Pori, Finland
Section/Per Service Violin
The Gainesville Orchestra
🇺🇸 Gainesville, United States
application 10 months ago
audition n/a
Associate Principal 2nd Violin
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
application 11 months ago
audition n/a
Section Violin
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
Principal 2nd Violin
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
Assistant Concertmaster
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States