Programme for the Competition to fill four vacancies of permanent artistic personnel of the Athens State Orchestra, May 2025
The programme for the Competition is as follows:
A. Category III - Principal in cellos:
a. One of the concerti composed by Robert Schumann or Antonín Dvořák, in full
b. Franz Joseph Haydn, concerto for cello in D major, 1st movement with cadenza
c. Johann Sebastian Bach, sarabande from one of the suits for solo cello.
b. Franz Joseph Haydn, concerto for cello in D major, 1st movement with cadenza
c. Johann Sebastian Bach, sarabande from one of the suits for solo cello.
d. Orchestral excerpts. The orchestral excerpts are available for download on the present website by clicking here.
B. Category V - Musician Tutti in cellos
a. One of the concerti by Édouard Lalo or Camille Saint-Saëns, 1st movement
e. Prima vista.
B. Category V - Musician Tutti in cellos
a. One of the concerti by Édouard Lalo or Camille Saint-Saëns, 1st movement
b. Franz Joseph Haydn, concerto for cello in C major, 1st movement with cadenza
c. Orchestral excerpts. The orchestral excerpts are available for download on the present website by clicking here.
C. Category V - Musician Tutti in 1st violins
c. Orchestral excerpts. The orchestral excerpts are available for download on the present website by clicking here.
C. Category V - Musician Tutti in 1st violins
a. One of the concerti: Henryk Wieniawski No. 2, Felix Mendelssohn, Max Bruch, 1st movement with cadenza.
b. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: one of the concerti Νο. 3 in G, Νο. 4 σε D, Νο. 5 in A, 1st movement with cadenza.
c. Orchestral excerpts (without soli). The orchestral excerpts available for download on the present website by clicking here.
Candidates living in Greece should assure the presence of their own piano accompanist. The Athens State Orchestra will provide a pianist to accompany permanent residents of abroad. Residents of abroad are kindly requested to contact us (+30 210 7257601, 602 and 603, papostolidis@koa.gr) to schedule their travel to Athens and to purchase in time their tickets.
In case a candidate applies for two positions, the examination for the second one concerns only the parts of the examination programme that differ.