Lahden kaupunginorkesteri - Sinfonia Lahti

Viola Player

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra is a dynamic, innovative orchestra maintained by the Finnish city of Lahti. Major functions are, in addition to offering audiences a wide range of concerts, touring, recording and education. Its home is the Sibelius Hall, famous for its magnificent acoustics. The orchestra, together with its Principal Conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, seeks to recruit first-class players with good team-working skills.

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra invites applications for the position of

Viola Player
The salary, including the individual pay component and recording supplement is 2637–2848 € per month. Work starts at January 7^th, 2020.

Audition repertoire

• Please choose one of the following:
  • A. Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto D Major, 1^st and 2^nd mvt with cadenzas or
  • Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D, 1^st and 2^nd mvt with cadenzas.
• Please choose one of the following:
  • Bartok: Viola Concerto, 1^st mvt or
  • Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher or
  • Walton: Viola Concerto, 1^st
• An invitation to the audition together with orchestral excerpts will be sent by email to selected candidates on Thursday October 3^rd, 2019 (during that day).

Auditions at October 19^th–20^th, 2019

• The orchestra will choose the participants to the audition based on the information in the
  applications
• The Auditions will be held in the Kalevi Aho Hall of the Lahti Music Institute (Hämeenkatu 4, Lahti) on Saturday October 19^th, 2019 from 11 a.m. onwards and cont´d possibly Sunday
  October 20^th if needed.

Applications

• Closing date for applications is Thursday September 26^th, 2019. Please fill in your application primarily at www.kuntarekry.fi (fill into the box “230658” or “viola player” and press ETSI) or secondarily please send it by email to audition[at]lahti.fi
• In the application you must give all the following information:
  • full contact details (home address, email and telephone number),
  • brief Curriculum vitae,
  • work details / repertoire you chose to play and
  • please inform whether you wish to use accompanist provided by the orchestra.

The selected person must present an acceptable medical certificate before signing the employment contract, and a trial period (6 months) is assigned to the selected person. The city of Lahti is a smoke-free working place.

Enquiries
Maija Kylkilahti, Deputy General Manager, audition[at]lahti.fi

 

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