Programme for the Competition to fill six vacancies of permanent artistic personnel of the Athens State Orchestra, February 2023

The programme for the Competition is as follows:

Position for First Principal in flutes:
a) One of the concerti Ibert, Nielssen, in full
b) The first movement with cadenza of one of the following Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concerti: flute concerto in D major or flute concerto in G major
c) Orchestral excerpts. The orchestral excerpts are available to download here.
d) Prima vista.

Position for First Principal in timpani:
a) One piece of the candidate’s choosing for tympani or percussion of one (1) minite and thirty (30) seconds duration approximately 
b) Orchestral excerpts. The orchestral excerpts are available to download here.
c) Prima vista.

Position for Associate Principal in percussion with obligation to timpani:
a) One piece of the candidate’s choosing for tympani or percussion of one (1) minite and thirty (30) seconds duration approximately 
b) Orchestral excerpts. The orchestral excerpts are available to download in three parts; for the first part, click here; for the second part, click here; for the third part, click here.
c) Prima vista.

Positions for Musician Tutti in 1st violins:
a) The first movement with cadenza of one of the following concerti: Wieniavvsky's violin concerto no. 2, Mendelssohn's violin concerto or Bruch's violin concerto
b) The first movement with cadenza of one of the following Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concerti: violin concerto No. 3 in G major or violin concerto no. 4 in D major or violin concerto No. 5 in A major
c) Orchestral excerpts. The orchestral excerpts are available to download here.
d) Prima vista.

Positions for Musician Tutti in 2nd violins:
a) The first movement with cadenza of one of the following concerti: Wieniavvsky's violin concerto no. 2, Mendelssohn's violin concerto or Bruch's violin concerto
b) The first movement with cadenza of one of the following Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concerti: violin concerto No. 3 in G major or violin concerto no. 4 in D major or violin concerto No. 5 in A major
c) Orchestral excerpts. The orchestral excerpts are available to download here.
d) Prima vista.

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.

The orchestral extracts will be available shortly at the Athens State Orchestra's offices and on this website.

In case a candidate applies for two (2) positions, the examination for the second one concerns only the parts of the examination programme that differ.