competitions & auditions

Wednesday 20 September 2023, 9h30

1) Required piece
Mozart, 1^er mouvement avec cadence d’un concerto (sol, ré ou la)
 
2) Orchestral Extracts (violon I)
Strauss Don Juan (1^ère page)
Mendelssohn Songe d’une nuit d’été - Scherzo (1^ère page)
Brahms Symphonie № 4 - 1^er mouvement
Mahler Symphonie № 2 - 2^e mouvement (1^er divisi)
Weber Ouverture d’Oberon (13 mesures avant lettre B à 6 mesures après lettre C)

3) Sight-reading

Auditions will take place at:
Salle Marie Laggé
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 - 1205 Genève

The scores and extracts will be sent to candidates after their application.
Orchestral extracts must be prepared based on the scores provided.

Applications should be sent by e-mail, with CV and copy of a piece of ID to: auditions@osr.ch
Application deadline: 5 days before the date of the audition

The OSR prioritises applicants located close to Geneva. 

Friday 22 September 2023 – 14h30

1) Choice of one of the following pieces
Koussevitzky Concerto - 1^er mouvement
Dittersdorf Concerto - 1^er mouvement avec cadence
Bottesini Concerto № 2 - 1^er mouvement avec cadence
Vanhal Concerto - 1^er mouvement avec cadence
 
2) Orchestral extracts
Bartók Concerto pour orchestre, Introduzione: début à mesure 74
Mahler Symphonie № 9, 4^e mouvement Adagio: début à mesure 27
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra: 3 avant chiffre 3 à 16 après chiffre 3
Moussorgski-orch. M. Ravel Tableaux d’une exposition: № 6 Samuel Goldenberg, chiffre 56 à 58 et 60 à la fin.
Verdi Nabucco: Scène et final acte 2, chiffre 27 à 29
 
We accept both French and German bow player - All pieces must be played in orchestral tuning.

Auditions will take place at
Salle Marie Laggé
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 - 1205 Genève

The scores and extracts will be sent to candidates after their application. Orchestral extracts must be prepared based on the scores provided.

Applications should be sent by e-mail, with CV and copy of a piece of ID to: auditions@osr.ch
Application deadline: 5 days before the date of the audition

The OSR prioritises applicants located close to Geneva. 

Tuesday 03 October 2023 - 14h30

1) Required piece
Strauss Concerto pour cor et orchestre № 1, 1^er mouvement
 
2) Orchestral Extracts
Chostakovitch Symphonie № 5, 1^er mouvement, Cor 2
Saint-Saëns Symphonie № 3, lettres Q-S, Cor 3
Beethoven Symphonie № 7, 1^er mouvement, Cor 2
 
3) A choice of Orchestral Extracts
Either
COR AIGU
Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Kraftstelle, Cor aigu
Berlioz Roméo et Juliette, La reine Mab, Cor 3
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Cor 1 solo
or
COR GRAVE
Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Kraftstelle, Cor grave
Haydn Symphonie № 31, Cor 2
Strauss Don Quichotte, variations 7 et 8, Cor 4

Auditions will take place at
Salle Marie Laggé
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 - 1205 Genève

The scores and extracts will be sent to candidates after their application. Orchestral extracts must be prepared based on the scores provided.

Applications should be sent by e-mail, with CV and copy of a piece of ID to: auditions@osr.ch
Application deadline: 5 days before the date of the audition

The OSR prioritises applicants located close to Geneva. 

Thursday 5 October 2023, 9h00
 
1) Required piece
Mozart Concerto en do majeur - 1^er et 2^e mouvements sans cadences
 
2) Orchestral Extracts - Oboe
Stravinski Pulcinella - Serenata et Gavotte, 1^er hautbois
Mendelssohn Symphonie № 3 - Scherzo, 1^er hautbois
Brahms Variations sur un thème de Haydn - thème, 2^e hautbois
 
3) OPTIONAL : Orchestral Extracts - English Horn
Wagner Tristan et Yseult - solo du 3^e acte
Berlioz Carnaval Romain - Ouverture
Dvořák Symphonie № 9 dite 'du Nouveau Monde'

Auditions will take place at
Salle Marie Laggé
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 - 1205 Genève

The scores and extracts will be sent to candidates after their application. Orchestral extracts must be prepared based on the scores provided.

Applications should be sent by e-mail, with CV and copy of a piece of ID to: auditions@osr.ch
Application deadline: 5 days before the date of the audition

The OSR prioritises applicants located close to Geneva. 

Friday 20 October 2023, 9h30
 
1) Required piece
Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto - 1^er mouvement
 
2) Orchestral Extracts
Tuba contrebasse :
Wagner Das Rheingold - Solo du Dragon (3^e scène Wurm)
Wagner Les Walkyries - La Chevauchée
Respighi Fontane di Roma - chiffre 11 à 14
Hindemith Sinfonische Metamorphosen - Turandot
 
Tuba basse :
Berlioz Damnation de Faust - Marche Hongroise
Berg Wozzeck - Musique de scène du 2^e acte
Wagner Meistersinger - Ouverture

Auditions will take place at:
Salle Marie Laggé
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 - 1205 Genève

The scores and extracts will be sent to candidates after their application.
Orchestral extracts must be prepared based on the scores provided.

Applications should be sent by e-mail, with CV and copy of a piece of ID to: auditions@osr.ch
Application deadline: 5 days before the date of the audition

The OSR prioritises applicants located close to Geneva. 

Friday 20 October 2023, 14h00
 
Caisse claire 
Delécluse Étude 6 dans les 12 études
 
Orchestral Extracts
Castagnettes
Debussy Iberia début jusqu’à 5 avec piano
Rimski-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol mouvement 5 début jusqu’à 12 avant R

Glockenspiel
Debussy La Mer, Jeux de vagues, début jusqu’à 19 avec piano

Grosse caisse
Mahler 1 mouvement 3 de 6 à 7 (G.C + Cymbales) avec piano
Mahler 5 début jusqu’à 2 avec piano

Basque
Martynciow Tour de main

Triangle
Tschamper Étude de triangle

Cymbales
Tschamper Étude de cymbales avec piano

Xylophone
Stravinski L’Oiseau de feu de 127 à 133

Auditions will take place at
Salle Marie Laggé
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 - 1205 Genève

The scores of the orchestral excerpts will be sent to the candidates after registration. The orchestral excerpts must be prepared on the basis of the scores provided.

Registration by e-mail, with CV and copy of ID to: concours@osr.ch
Registration deadline: 5 days before the audition date.

The OSR prefers to offer positions to those geographically located close to Geneva.

Luca Casciato (Italie/Canada, 28)

Zhelin Wen (China, 25)

Merry Mechling (France, 31) and Cristian Zimmerman (USA, 28)