The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Academy offers talented young musicians an extensive orchestral program in one of Europe’s leading symphony orchestras.
During the 22-23 season we offer:
The live audition will be held in Concertgebouw de Doelen, Kruisstraat 2, 3012 CT Rotterdam. Invited candidates will be informed about the exact date (21 or 23 March) and hour during the week of 21 February 2022.
For the live audition you choose:
· Koussevitsky Concerto – 1st. movement (orchestral tuning)
or
· Bottessini Concerto – 1st movement (orchestral tuning)
1. W.A. Mozart Symphonie no. 40 mov. 1& 4
2. L. van Beethoven Symphonie no. 5 mov. 2& 3
3. M. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
4. G. Mahler Symphonie no.2 mov. 1
5. J.S. Bach Orchestra suite no.2 - Badinerie
You can request the parts by sending an email to academy@rpho.nl
What is your motivation to join the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Academy?
Video(s) are required for pre-selection purposes (details below).
1. W.A. Mozart - Symphony no. 40 - mov. 1 & 4
2. L. van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 - mov. 2 & 3
3. L. van Beethoven - Symphony no.9 - mov. 4 (Recitative)
4. R. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben
You can request the parts by sending an email to academy@rpho.nl
Deadline to submit your video recordings is 6 February 2022.
Audition recording guidelines:
You are allowed to record your concerto and your excerpts in 2 separate takes. However, your excerpts should be recorded in a single take to replicate a live audition.
In between the different works/excerpts you are allowed to re-tune or clean your instrument if necessary. This must remain part of the integral recording. Time may be taken between works, just as may happen in a live audition.
You have to be visible from the front, from head to toe at all times including your hands.
Edited recordings are inadmissible.
Please record in a room with a dry/medium dry acoustic.
You may use a phone or tablet with a good internal microphone, or preferably with an external microphone attachment, a laptop with a USB microphone or microphone connected to an audio interface, or a sound recorder with build-in camera, or combined with video from phone/tablet or camera.