Audition for Principal Viola

Berwaldhallen is part of the Swedish Radio and thereby shares the same common values: independency, reliability, openness and innovativeness. Berwaldhallen is the home of the world's leading ensembles - the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir. Through concerts and tours all over the world as well as recordings we have become important ambassadors for Swedish music and culture both nationally and internationally. Our ensembles attract the foremost conductors and soloists, such as our current internationally well-established Chief Conductors Daniel Harding and Peter Dijkstra. As one of us, whether you are a musician or work in an administrative function you will be involved in promoting the highest possible artistic quality, with a passion for the new and love of the classical.

Audition information
Date: September 26th, 2016
Place: Stockholm, Sweden

Compulsory pieces
•   1st and 2nd movements without cadenzas from one of the following pieces: C. Stamitz: Viola concerto in D major or F. Hoffmeister: Viola concerto in D major or F. Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor.
•   1st movement from one of the following concertos: P. Hindemith, W. Walton or B. Bartók
•   Orchestral excerpts and ensembleworks (will be sent to applicants)

The employment
We offer a half time permanent contract. A full time working schedule is based on maximum of 29 hours a week and maximum 230 working days during a year. Normally rehearsals are held Monday till Friday with concerts twice a week. Also tours are part of the contract.

More than a hundred first-class musicians form the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, which serves as Sweden's entire symphony orchestra, as all concerts are broadcasted via the Swedish Radio. Most of the orchestra’s concerts are also broadcasted to large regions of the world through the European Broadcasting Union.

The orchestra continuously collaborates with the world's leading soloists and conductors. Besides the prestigious series of artistic directors, international star conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev and Myung-Whun Chung, just to mention a few, have conducted and praised the orchestra.

An interest in contemporary music is clearly reflected in the repertoire. Swedish composers are regularly commissioned, and the maintenance and promotion of the Swedish orchestra repertoire is an important goal of the program planning. We also collaborate with Swedish pop stars and give concerts for children in an aim to broaden the audience base. Major tours in Europe, Asia and elsewhere are held thus being the guest of many important concert halls and festivals. The orchestra is a continuous nave in the well-established Baltic Sea Festival.

Application
Last day of application Aug 8th 2016. Thereafter we will send a personal letter to ask you to verify your participation and you will receive the orchestra excerpts.

Further details about the audition can be obtained from Gunnar Eklund, Orchestra Coordinator gunnar.eklund@sverigesradio.se or Dace Vinklere, Personnel Manager dace.vinklere@sverigesradio.se

Union enquiries should be addressed to union representatives: Maj Widding (SYMF) maj.widding@sverigesradio.se Ulf Bjurenhed (SMF) ulf.bjurenhed@sverigesradio.se

Welcome with your application!