Institution

Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam

Description complète

Viola 100% (2) – Académie

Nombre de postes

2

Type

Académie

100%

Durée / Début

1 septembre 2023 - 30 juin 2024

Date limite pour le dépôt des inscriptions

Terminé

Remarques supplémentaires

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

IN THE ACADEMY OF THE CONCERTGEBOUWORKEST AMSTERDAM

The Academy offers talented young musicians the opportunity to gain experience as orchestral players in one of the world’s leading symphony orchestras.

During the academy course, which starts 1 September 2023, the academists play in up to fifteen programs of the orchestra under the guidance of mentors from the orchestra. In addition, the academists attend private lessons given by the principals, and they play chamber music with fellow academists and with members of the orchestra. They participate in various workshops such as auditioning, educational activities and mental training, and they are offered classes in movement and posture training including Alexander Technique. The academists receive Academy certificates on successful completion of the course.

Compensation

The Academy offers each participant a salary of 1,689 euros gross per month ( 10 months).

We require all participants to be present in the Netherlands for the full season (September 2023 through June 2024) and to participate in all activities offered. The academists are responsible for obtaining their health insurance and their housing in Amsterdam.

Who can apply? Musicians who:

• are not older than 26 at 1 September 2023 and

• preferably have a Bachelor’s degree or are studying for a Master’s degree and

• are holding the nationality of a European Union country plus, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland. Or are in the possession of a valid Dutch working permit.

We require a video with good sound quality. The requested repertoire can be found below under topic video.

The Concertgebouworkest reserves the right to make a preliminary selection based on letters / video of application. The results will be communicated by the end of December 2022.

More information about the Academy can be found at:

https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/academy

Événement

• Concours – 6 février 2023 • 09:00
  Amsterdamzaal - RCO house
  Gabriël Metsustraat 16
  1071 EB Amsterdam (Pays-Bas)
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Oeuvres imposées

LIVE AUDITION

First round:

Stamitz or Hoffmeister Viola Concert : exposition first movement (without cadenza)

Oeuvres au choix

LIVE AUDITION (same day)

Second round:

Bartok or Walton or Hindemith - Viola Concerto - first movement

Or

Reger - a fast and a slow movement of a suite by Max Reger

Traits d’orchestre

Mozart - Ouverture Magic Flute

Strauss - Don Juan

Shostakovich - Symphony no.5

- what are your motivations and interests?

Conditions préalables

• Age maximum le 1 septembre 2023: 26

Document(s) requis

• Copie numérisée du passeport ou de la CNI

Vidéo

Vidéo(s) obligatoire(s) pour la présélection (veuillez spécifier ci-joint).

Requested repertoire video:

Stamitz or Hoffmeister Viola Concerto – exposition first movement ( without cadenza)

•  Preferably with piano accompaniment but is not mandatory

Technical specifications and recording tips

Recording devices

- 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

- a sound recorder with build-in camera or combined with video from phone/tablet or camera

Camera frame and microphone placement

- experiment with the placement of your recording device(s) to achieve the following results:

         Visual

             -           Make sure to have adequate lighting while recording, with no bright lights or bright windows in the background. 

                           If the lighting in a room isn't sufficient you can use a window with daylight as a natural light source.

             -           Play standing

             -           Frame yourself so that at least your entire upper body and face are visible. Have the full instrument in the frame.

             Audio

             -           A clear and undistorted recording is the goal. If the sound is distorted, change the distance or orientation to the microphone. 

             -            Choose a quiet and well sounding location that is not too dry or has too much echo.

Editing and recording "takes"

             - You are allowed to combine audio and video from different sources but the recording as a whole should be made in one unedited take.