Competitions & auditions

Audition: October 15, 2026 at 2:30 p.m

Auditions will be held at the Marie Laggé Hall
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 – 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Doors open one hour before each audition.

Registration deadline: 5 days before the audition date

To register, please email your CV and a copy of your ID (and, if available, a copy of your work permit) to: auditions@osr.ch

Conditions:
- Auditions are open to professional musicians and musicians pursuing higher education.
- The candidate’s CV must include their current residential address.
- Auditions are open only to candidates who are eligible for a work permit allowing them to take up a position at short notice, or who already hold a Swiss work permit.

Given the nature of these engagements, availability and geographical proximity enabling candidates to reach Geneva within a reasonable timeframe will be highly appreciated.

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

Programme available soon

1) Set piece
2) Orchestral excerpts for first violin
3) Sight-reading

Audition: October 19, 2026 at 2 p.m.

Auditions will be held at the Marie Laggé Hall
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 – 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Doors open one hour before each audition.

Registration deadline: 5 days before the audition date

To register, please email your CV and a copy of your ID (and, if available, a copy of your work permit) to: auditions@osr.ch

Conditions:
- Auditions are open to professional musicians and musicians pursuing higher education.
- The candidate’s CV must include their current residential address.
- Auditions are open only to candidates who are eligible for a work permit allowing them to take up a position at short notice, or who already hold a Swiss work permit.

Given the nature of these engagements, availability and geographical proximity enabling candidates to reach Geneva within a reasonable timeframe will be highly appreciated.

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

Programme available soon

Audition: October 29, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

Auditions will be held at the Marie Laggé Hall
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 – 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Doors open one hour before each audition.

Registration deadline: 5 days before the audition date

To register, please email your CV and a copy of your ID (and, if available, a copy of your work permit) to: auditions@osr.ch

Conditions:
- Auditions are open to professional musicians and musicians pursuing higher education.
- The candidate’s CV must include their current residential address.
- Auditions are open only to candidates who are eligible for a work permit allowing them to take up a position at short notice, or who already hold a Swiss work permit.

Given the nature of these engagements, availability and geographical proximity enabling candidates to reach Geneva within a reasonable timeframe will be highly appreciated.

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

1) One compulsory piece of your choice:
Stamitz - Concerto - 1st movement without cadenza
Hoffmeister - Concerto - 1st movement without cadenza

2) Orchestral excerpts:
Mozart - Symphony No. 35 KV 385, known as Haffner
Mendelssohn - Sommernachtstraum, Scherzo
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, 2nd and 3rd movements
R. Wagner - Tannhäuser, excerpts

Audition : October 29, 2026 at 2 p.m.

Auditions will be held at the Marie Laggé Hall
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 – 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Doors open one hour before each audition.

Registration deadline: 5 days before the audition date

To register, please email your CV and a copy of your ID (and, if available, a copy of your work permit) to: auditions@osr.ch

Conditions:
- Auditions are open to professional musicians and musicians pursuing higher education.
- The candidate’s CV must include their current residential address.
- Auditions are open only to candidates who are eligible for a work permit allowing them to take up a position at short notice, or who already hold a Swiss work permit.

Given the nature of these engagements, availability and geographical proximity enabling candidates to reach Geneva within a reasonable timeframe will be highly appreciated.

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

1) One compulsory piece:
- Ralph Vaughan Williams - Tuba Concerto - 1^er mouvement

2) Orchestral excerpts: :
TUBA CONTREBASSE
- Wagner - Das Rheingold - Solo du Dragon (3ème scène Wurm)
- Wagner - Les Walkyries - chevauchée
- Respighi - Fontane di Roma - chiffre 11 à 14
- Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra, 2ème tuba

TUBA BASSE
- Berlioz - Damnation de Faust - Marche Hongroise
- Berg - Wozzeck - Musique de scène du 2ème acte
- Strauss - Salomé, mesures 269-274

Audition : Friday november 20, 2026 at 10 a.m.

Auditions will be held at the Marie Laggé Hall
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 – 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Doors open one hour before each audition.

Registration deadline: 5 days before the audition date

To register, please email your CV and a copy of your ID (and, if available, a copy of your work permit) to: auditions@osr.ch

Conditions:
- Auditions are open to professional musicians and musicians pursuing higher education.
- The candidate’s CV must include their current residential address.
- Auditions are open only to candidates who are eligible for a work permit allowing them to take up a position at short notice, or who already hold a Swiss work permit.

Given the nature of these engagements, availability and geographical proximity enabling candidates to reach Geneva within a reasonable timeframe will be highly appreciated.

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

1) Choice of one of the following pieces
- K.-D. Dittersdorf, concerto - 1^er mouvement avec cadence.
- J.B.Vanhal, concerto - 1^er mouvement avec cadence

2) Orchestral extracts
- Beethoven - Symphonie N° 5: scherzo et trio (3^ème mouvement)
- Mozart - Symphonie N° 40: 1^er mouvement mesure 114-134; 191-221; 276-284
- Verdi - Othello, soli du 4^ème acte

Audition : November 20, 2026 at 2 p.m.

Auditions will be held at the Marie Laggé Hall
Boulevard Carl Vogt 102 – 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Doors open one hour before each audition.

Registration deadline: 5 days before the audition date

To register, please email your CV and a copy of your ID (and, if available, a copy of your work permit) to: auditions@osr.ch

Conditions:
- Auditions are open to professional musicians and musicians pursuing higher education.
- The candidate’s CV must include their current residential address.
- Auditions are open only to candidates who are eligible for a work permit allowing them to take up a position at short notice, or who already hold a Swiss work permit.

Given the nature of these engagements, availability and geographical proximity enabling candidates to reach Geneva within a reasonable timeframe will be highly appreciated.

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

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
Berlioz, Carnaval Romain - Ouverture
Dvořák, Symphonie N° 9 dite 'du Nouveau Monde'