Audition for 2nd Violin, Tutti

Chief conductor Martin Fröst
Has a vacancy for 2nd Violin, tutti – full time
From July 1st 2026 or as agreed

The Swedish Chamber Orchestra is a full-time ensemble of 39 players based in the city of Örebro (2 hours west of Stockholm by car or by train). The orchestra has its home in the Örebro Concert Hall, where each member of the orchestra has a private practice room. The orchestra gives some 90 concerts a year including national and international touring (Lincoln Center, BBC Proms, Salzburger Festspiele, Europe and Japan etc). The orchestra records for BIS, Hyperion, SIMAX, Chandos, SONY etc.

The audition will take place 11 & 12^th of March 2026 in Örebro Concert Hall, Sweden

Audition repertoire:

• W.A. Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 3 or 4 or 5
  1^st movement with cadenza
• Romantic concerto of your choice (1^st movement with cadenza)

Orchestral excerpts

• L. v Beethoven — Symphony no 3 E-flat major op 55
  3^rd movement: Scherzo, from the beginning to bar 127
  4^th movement: Finale, bar 277 – 303
• W. A. Mozart — Symphony no 41 C major K 551
  4^th movement: bar 1 – 94
• S. Prokofjev — Symphony no 1 D major op 25 “Classical”
  From the 1^st violin part:
  2^nd movement: Larghetto, from the start to figure 32
• S. Prokofjev — Symphony no 1 D major op 25 “classical”
  From the 2^nd violin part:
  4^th movement: Molto vivace, from the beginning to figure K
• Kurt Weill — Die sieben Todsünden
  No 6 Habsucht: 8 bars before figure 17 – to the End
• Bach — St Matthew Passion, no 39 Aria (Erbarme dich/Have mercy, Lord) Orchestra 1
  1^st violin: violin solo from the beginning – to bar 8
• D. Sjostakovitj — Chamber symphony op 73A (Arr Barshai)
  2^nd movement: Allegro molto, from the start – to the first quarter note in bar 34 (figure 14)

Ensemble Repertoire

• W A Mozart — String quartet in C major K 465
  1^st movement: from the beginning – to bar 154 (Violin 2)

Files

Repertoire list (pdf)
Orchestral excerpts (pdf)
Ensemble repertoire (pdf)
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Application

Please send your application with CV by email by the latest 12^th of January at 9:00 am CET. No special form for the application is needed. You may also include a video with repertoire of your own choice (optional). The video must not be longer than 3 minutes and not be older that two years. We will select applicants on both CV and, if applicable, video.

Orchester manager: Tina Sjögren +46 (0)722 43 23 22
Union representative: Marcus Carlsson +46 (0)709 76 01 85

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