BAYERISCHES STAATSORCHESTER AUDITIONS

The Bayerisches Staatsorchester has the following vacancies to fill:

1. CONCERTMASTER (COORD.)
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: to be announced in good time
Application deadline: to be announced in good time
Please send applications for this position by post or e-mail to the address provided above.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, 2ND VIOLINS
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: 15 November 2021, 10 am
New date! Application process completed!

2. VIOLIN TUTTI
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: to be announced in good time
Application deadline: to be announced in good time
Please send applications for this position by post or e-mail to the address provided above.
 
VIOLA TUTTI
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: 6 October 2021, 10 am
New date! Application process completed!

BASS CLARINET (GERMAN SYSTEM)
with duty of 2nd clarinet
Contract commencement as agreed
Preliminary audition date/time: 20 October 2021, 10 am
Main audition date/time: 21 October 2021, 10 am
New date! Application process completed!

PRINCIPAL ENGLISH HORN (COORD.) 
with duty to 2nd oboe
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: 19 November 2021, 10 am
Application deadline: 19 September 2021
Please send applications for this position by post or e-mail to the address provided above.

HIGH HORN
with duty to Wagner tuba
Contract commencement as agreed
Preliminary audition date/time: 21 December 2021, 10 am
Main audition date/time: 22 December 2021, 10 am
Application deadline: 21 October 2021 
(candidates of last year’s cancelled audition already invited must not apply again)
Please send applications for this position by post or e-mail to the address provided above.
 
PRINCIPAL TIMPANI (COORD.)
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: to be announced in good time
Application deadline: to be announced in good time 
(candidates of last year’s cancelled audition already invited must not apply again)
Please send applications for this position by post or e-mail to the address provided above.
 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please send applications for the Staatsorchester and Orchesterakademie vacant positions, where not otherwise specified, with the usual papers (cover letter, CV in tabular form with photo, and with the Orchesterakademie please be sure to provide date of birth and certificates if any – all papers as copies only, as they will not be returned) to:

Orchesterbüro der Bayerischen Staatsoper
PO box 100148
80075 Munich
or by e-mail to: probespiel@staatsoper.de. 

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 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:
Mia Huppert
+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.

PROBESPIELE DER HERMANN-LEVI-AKADEMIE

HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY AUDITIONS

VIOLIN – HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: to be announced in good time
Application deadline: to be announced in good time
Please send applications for this position by post or e-mail to the address provided above.

CELLO – HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: to be announced in good time
Application deadline: to be announced in good time
Please send applications for this position by post or e-mail to the address provided above.

DOUBLE BASS – HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: to be announced in good time
Application deadline: to be announced in good time
The audition programme was announced with the invitations.

FRENCH HORN – HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY
Contract commencement as agreed
Audition date/time: 16 December 2021, 10 am
Application deadline: 16 November 2021
The audition programme is announced with the invitations.
Please send applications for this position by post or e-mail to the address provided above.

HERMANN LEVI ACADEMY APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

With applications for the Bayerisches Staatsorchester’s Hermann Levi Academy please note:
●    The age limit is 26, so 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
probespiel@staatsoper.de
+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.