Oboe principal

The Swedish Chamber Orchestra, chief conductor Martin Fröst, is a full-time ensemble of 39 players based in the city of Örebro (two 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, Sony Classics, Naxos, Hyperion, SIMAX, Chandos, SONY etc.

The audition will take place in Örebro Concert Hall, Sweden, on 4th of October, 2024.

The repertoire for the audition will be:
Audition 1st round

Solo repertoire:
Mozart Oboe concerto K 314

• 1st movt, bar 2698 plus cadenza

Orchestral excerpts:
Ravel Tombeau de Couperin, 1st movt

Beethoven Fidelio, Zweiter Aufzug:
No 11 Arie des Florestan
Audition 2nd round

Solo repertoire:
Schumann Romanze No 2 op 94 from Drei Romanzen

Orchestral excerpts:
Stravinskij Pulcinella Suite, 2nd movt
Tjajkovskij Symphony No 4 in f minor, 2nd & 3rd movt
Brahms Violin concerto in D major op 77, 2nd movt
Schubert Symphony No 7 in b minor D 759, 2nd movt
Schubert Symphony No 8 in C major D 944, 2nd movt
Brahms Symphony No 1 in c minor op 68, 1st & 2nd movt
Schumann Symphony No 2 in C major op 61, 3rd movt
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in Eb major op 55, 2nd & 4th movt
Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A major op 92, 1st & 2nd movt

Audition 3rd round:

Ensemble repertoire:
Nielsen Wind Quintet op 43, 1st & 2nd movt
Mozart Quartet No 30 in F major K 370, 1st & 2nd movt

Orchestral excerpts and ensemble repertoire are published on our website.

Please send your application with CV by e-mail by 2nd of September 2024 at 8:00 am CET to No special form for the application is needed.

Applicants for the audition will get a personal invitation.

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