Performance Job

Czech Republic
Praha, Czech Republic
Posted: 06 Oct 2025
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

3rd Deputy, Viola (4th chair) - Czech Philharmonic

(full-time, permanent)
The Czech Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov announce an

AUDITION
for the position of
VIOLA
3rd deputy

(a full-time position with a trial period
starting 1st February 2026/to be agreed )

Audition date: 23rd January 2026

Please submit the completed application form, including your CV and a link to your video recording (preferably on YouTube):

APPLICATION FORM
ON THE CZECH PHILHARMONIC WEBSITE

AUDITION REPERTOIRE:

PRE-SELECTION VIDEO RECORDING
(With the application, please send a link to your uploaded video recording on YouTube. The recording must be with piano or orchestral accompaniment, live & not older than 1 year)
a) C. P. Stamitz: Concerto for Viola op. 1 – 1st movement, exposition & cadenza
b) orchestral excerpts: R. Strauss: Don Juan

1st ROUND (blind audition, solo piece with piano)

a) C. P. Stamitz: Concerto for Viola op. 1 – 1st movement with cadenza

b) Orchestral excerpts:

D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 – Leningrad Symphony
R. Strauss: Don Juan

2nd ROUND (non-blind audition, solo piece with piano):

a) First and second movements of one of the following viola concertos:
B. Bartók / W. Walton /P. Hindemith: „Der Schwanendreher“

b) Orchestral excerpts:

L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
B. Smetana: From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
B. Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Overture)
L. Janáček: Sinfonietta

c) orchestral solos:
J. Suk: Pohádka léta - Slepí hudci/A Summer´s Tale - The Blind Musicians
V. Novák: O věčné touze/ Of Eternal Longing
B. Martinů: The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca



THE ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS CAN BE FOUND
ON THE WEBSITE & WILL BE SENT WITH THE INVITATION

+420 775 958 465
audition@czechphilharmonic.cz
https://www.ceskafilharmonie.cz/en/auditions/
Closing date: 12 Dec 2025
Start date: February 2026
More details/How to apply:
Czech Philharmonic website- application form, info
Orchestral excerpts (pdf)
Audition - viola 3rd deputy - adv. to print (pdf)
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