Auditions
BAYERISCHES STAATSORCHESTER AUDITIONS
BAVARIAN STATE ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS
The Bayerisches Staatsorchester has the following vacancies to fill:
1. CONCERTMASTER
Start of contract by agreement
Date of the audition: tba
Application deadline: tba
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VORSPIELER
Start of contract by agreement
Date of the audition: 25.07.2025, 10am
Application deadline: 18.05.2025
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DEPUTY LEADER 2ND VIOLIN
Start of contract by arrangement
Date of the audition: tba
Application deadline: tba
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VIOLA TUTTI
Start of contract by arrangement
Date of the audition: tba
Application deadline: tba
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SOLO-HORN (koord.)
mit Verpflichtung zur Wagnertube
Start of contract by arrangement
Date of the audition: tba
Application deadline: tba
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SOLO-TROMBONE (coord.)
Pre Audition: 26.11.2025, 2pm
Date of audition: 27.11.2025, 10am
Start of contract by arrangement
Application deadline: 21.09.2025
Please send applications exclusively via muvac
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Applications for vacant positions in the Statatsorchester and the Hermann Levi Academy - unless otherwise stated - should be uploaded to muvac with the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae in tabular form and, in the case of the Orchestra Academy, please do not forget to include your date of birth, certificates if applicable).
If requested, please send copies of your documents (as they cannot be returned) to:
Orchesterbüro der Bayerischen Staatsoper
PO box 100148
80075 Munich
or by e-mail to: [email protected].
For data protection reasons, please always send applications by e-mail in the PDF format.
Please do not send us links to cloud providers, but rather direct attachments in an e-mail only.
Please note: The application deadline is always about two months before the posted audition date.
All applications for a position will be deleted after a successful audition.
No applications will be saved! Please only apply again when the position is advertised again.
Payment – according to the Bayerisches Staatsorchester’s inhouse wage agreement
Please direct further questions to the e-mail address provided above or by phone to:
Sarah Sedlmeir
+49 89 21 85 13 10
The Bayerische Staatsoper is committed to employing severely disabled people. Severely disabled applicants with essentially identical technical and personal suitability will be preferentially selected.
HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY AUDITIONS
HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY AUDITIONS
TUBA - HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY
Start of contract: Term 2025/2026
Date of the audition: 08. July 2025, 2pm
Application deadline: 11. May 2025
Please send applications exclusively via muvac
DOUBLE BASS - HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY
Start of contract: 01. February 2026
Date of the audition: 02. December, 10am
Application deadline: 12. October 2025
Please send applications exclusively via muvac
HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
With applications for the Bayerisches Staatsorchester’s Hermann Levi Academy please note:
● Applicants must still be 25 when the scholarship begins.
● Application requirement – completed higher education or comparable training level
● Monthly scholarship of EUR 1,000
● Training period – two years
Training includes:
● Up to ten orchestral duties per month (opera, concert, ballet)
● Weekly instrumental lessons
● Regular workshops and one-on-one classes in “mental training” with graduate psychologist Ulrike Klees
● Two or three chamber concerts per season
● Baroque workshops
Please note: The application deadline is always one month before the posted audition date.
Please send applications to the following address:
Orchesterbüro des Bayerischen Staatsorchesters
Max-Joseph-Platz 2
80539 Munich
[email protected]
+49 89 21 85 13 10
+49 89 21 85 13 33 (Fax)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski
Honorary Conductors of the Musical Academy of the Bayerisches Staatsorchesters e. V., Zubin Mehta, Kirill Petrenko
You will find further information on the Bayerisches Staatsorchester at www.staatsoper.de/staatsorchester
The Bayerische Staatsoper is committed to employing severely disabled people. Severely disabled applicants with essentially identical technical and personal suitability will be preferentially selected.