Substitutes for our orchestra

Thrilling, versatile, lively! The Philharmonie Salzburg with its varied and innovative program with over 100 concerts and more than 70,000 listeners per year invites you to audition in November 2025.

We look forward to receiving your application. As a member of the ensemble of the Philharmonie Salzburg you have many opportunities:

  • Play up to 100% of our concerts
  • Founding new chamber music ensembles or integrating into one
  • Leading workshops as part of the Salzburg Children's Festival
  • and much more.

Remuneration is based on the fee scheme of the Philharmonie Salzburg 2025.

Jobs:

  • Concertmaster (Deputy)
  • 1st / 2nd violin tutti
  • Viola Tutti
  • Cello Tutti
  • Double bass
  • Flute / Piccolo
  • Oboe / English horn
  • 2nd clarinet / bass clarinet
  • Bassoon
  • Horn high
  • Horn low
  • Tenor trombone
  • Bass trombone
  • Timpani
  • Percussion

Audition dates:

  • November 17, 2025, 9:30 - 16:30
  • November 20, 2025, 9:30 - 16:30
  • November 21, 2025, 9:30 - 18:30

Registration until November 14, 2025, 11:59 pm: online
Location of the audition: Rehearsal room of the Philharmonie Salzburg, PS-Haus, Nonntaler Hauptstr. 39c, 5020 Salzburg

Accompaniment: available, UNANIMOUSLY bring a piano score with youThere will be a short rehearsal with the accompanist 10 minutes before each audition.

Please arrive 30 minutes before your appointment. We have a recording room available 30 minutes before your appointment.

Jury members: Elisabeth Fuchs (artistic director), Teodor Ganev (head of the orchestra office)

Please book dates online in our audition calendar from mid-September:

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Audition locations:

Concertmaster:in

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

Optionally the first movement with cadenza of one of the following works:
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for violin in D major, KV 211
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for violin in G major, K. 216
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for violin in A major, K. 219
and
Optionally the first movement with cadenza of one of the following works:
M. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, G minor, op. 26
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
P. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, D major, op. 35
J. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47

Audition locations:

J. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68, 4th movement (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
R. Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20 (bars 1-35, bars 50-62), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, 2nd movement (bars 149-163), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543, 4th movement (bars 1-41, violin I.), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
W. A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro K. 492, Overture (bars 1-7, bars 236-264 violin I.), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60, 4th movement (bars 1-15, 96-114, 302-313 violin I.), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
R. Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, op. 61, 2nd movement (bars 1-48), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)

Solo positions for concertmaster:in:

J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion "Erbarme Dich" (bars 1-28)
L. v. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (bars 110-235)
N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 1st movement (bars 94-181), 2nd movement (Recit. Lento bars 1-5), 3rd movement (Recit. Lento bars 142-165)
J. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (bars 90-128)
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, first measure (bars 22-39)

Violin

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

Optionally the first movement with cadenza of one of the following works:
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for violin in D major, KV 211
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for violin in G major, K. 216
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for violin in A major, K. 219
and
Optionally the first movement with cadenza of one of the following works:
M. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, G minor, op. 26
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
P. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, D major, op. 35
J. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47

Audition locations:

J. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68, 4th movement (bars 22-28) (see Orchester Probespiel Vol. 2 Schott ED 7851)
R. Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20 (bars 1-35, bars 50-62), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, 2nd movement (bars 149-163), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543, 4th movement (bars 1-41, violin I. or violin II.), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
W. A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro K. 492, Overture (bars 1-7, bars 236-264 violin I. or violin II.), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60, 4th movement (bars 1-15, 96-114, 302-313 violin I. or violin II.), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)
R. Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, op. 61, 2nd movement (bars 1-48), (see orchestral audition volume 2 Schott ED 7851)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

Optionally the first movement with cadenza of one of the following works:
C. Stamitz: Concerto for viola in D major, op. 1
F. A. Hoffmeister: Concerto for viola and orchestra in D major
and
Optionally the first movement with cadenza of one of the following works:
B. Bartók: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, BB 128
W. Walton: Concerto Viola and Orchestra (1929)

Audition locations:

A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, 2nd movement (bars 51-83)
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 10, 1st movement (bars 1-15, bars 102-111, bars 195-268)
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1st movement: Scherzo (bars 70-93, bars 280-323)
R. Strauss: Don Juan op. 20 (bars 1-22)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55, 3rd movement: Scherzo (bars 32-119)
P. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 1st movement: Allegro non troppo (bars 19-66)
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, 4th movement (bars 146-236)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

Optionally the first movement with cadenza of one of the following works:
J. Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
J. Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2
and
Optionally the first movement with cadenza of one of the following cello concertos:
Dvorak, Schumann or Elgar

Audition locations:

J. Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73, 1st movement (bars 82-106, bars 340-371) 2nd movement (beginning to bar 15) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)
W. A. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, KV492 (Overture, Presto) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, F major, op. 93, 3rd movement (Trio) (bars 45-78) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)
L. v. Beethoven: Egmont op. 84, Overture (bars 17-37) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 4, G major, 1st movement (bars 11-27, bars 322-335) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)
R. Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20 (bar 1 letter E) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)
B. Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Overture (Vivacissimo) (bars 1-143, bars 248-290) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)

Solo positions:

J. Brahms: 2nd Piano Concerto, 3rd movement (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)
P. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Act 2, No. 13 (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)
W. A. Mozart: Abduction from the Seraglio, Act 2, Aria No. 11 (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)
G. Rossini: William Tell Overture (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7853)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

A freely selectable corner movement of a concerto by K. Dittersdorf or J. B. Vanhal
and
A freely selectable corner movement of a romantic concerto

Audition locations:

W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40, KV 550, 1st movement (bars 114-134, bars 191-284) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7854)
W. A. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, KV492 (Overture, Presto) (bars 1-7, bars 85-95, bars 156-164, bars 274-284) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7854)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, C minor, op. 67, 3rd movement (Scherzo) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7854)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, D minor, op. 125, 4th movement (bars 8-16, bars 24-29, bars 38-47, bars 53-90) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7854)
A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, E flat major "Romantic", 4th movement: Finale (bars 155-183, bars 295-338) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7854)
F. Schubert: Symphony No. 8, C major, 3rd movement: Scherzo (bars 1-55) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7854)
J. Brahms: Symphony No. 2, D major, 4th movement: Allegro con spirito (bars 44-79) (see orchestral audition Schott ED 7854)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

W. A. Mozart: Concerto No.1 in G major or No.2 in D major, each 1st movement with cadenza
and
A freely selectable corner movement of a Romantic concerto

Audition locations:

A. Dvorák: Symphony No. 9, E minor "From the New World", 1st movement: Allegro Molto (bars 149-376)
S. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, op. 67, The Bird: Allegro
J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, Aria: For love my Savior will die (bars 1-13)
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 9, D major, 1st movement (bars 377-390)
F. Mendelssohn B.: A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61: Scherzo (bars 338-Fine)
M. Ravel: Boléro (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8659)

Piccolo flute auditions:

L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, D minor, op. 125, 4th movement (bars 343-431)
D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9, E flat major, op. 70, 2nd movement (bars 286-303)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

W. A. Mozart: Concerto for oboe, C major, 1st and 2nd movement
and
R. Strauss, Concerto for oboe, D minor, 1st movement

Audition pieces:
Brahms: Haydn - Variations (2nd oboe see orchestra book Rehearsal Edition Peters EP 8660)
Smetana: Bartered Bride - Ouv. (see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8660))
Dvorak: Violoncello Concerto in B minor, 2nd movement (2nd oboe, see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8660)
Rossini: The Silken Ladder-Ouv. (1st oboe, see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8660)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement (1st oboe, see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8660)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish" 2nd movement, see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8660)
Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio (1st oboe, see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8660)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

W. A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, KV 622
1st movement (exposition) and
2nd movement (without interludes)
and
C. M. v. Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1, F minor, op. 73
1st movement (until after the cadenza)

Audition locations:

L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Z. Kodály: Dances from Galanta
F. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
S. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
G. Puccini: Tosca
D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
F. Schubert: Symphony No. 7 "Unfinished"
The excerpts of the orchestral passages correspond to the booklet "Orchester-Probespiel für Klarinette"
published by Heinz Hopp and Albert Rohde (Edition Peters 8661)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

W. A. Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat major KV 191, 1st movement (with cadenza) and 2nd movement
and
C. Saint-Saëns Sonata pour Basson op. 168, 1st movement

Audition locations:

W.A. Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro (see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8662)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 (see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8662)
M. Ravel: Bolero (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8662)
N. Rimsky Korsakov: Sheherazade (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8662)
D. Shostakovich: 9th Symphony (4th and 5th movement, see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8662)
B. Smetana The Bartered Bride, Overture (see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8662)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

Optionally the first movement with cadenza of one of the following works:
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra KV 412
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra K. 417
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra 447
W. A. Mozart: Concertos for horn and orchestra 495
and
A corner movement from:
R. Strauss: Horn concerto no. 1, op. 11

High Horn auditions:
F. Mendelssohn B.: A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61, No. 7: Notturno (bars 1-34)
R. Strauss: A hero's life
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, op. 28
P. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, E minor, op. 64, 2nd movement: Andante cantabile (bars 8-28)
A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, E flat major "Romantic", 1st movement (bars 3-52)
W. A. Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (1st horn) (bar 1-79)
D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, 1st movement (1-4 horn)

Audition parts low horn:
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, 1st movement (2nd horn), (bars 86-121)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, 3rd movement (4th horn), (bars 82-120)
L. v. Beethoven: Fidelio Overture (2nd horn)
W. A. Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (2nd horn) (bar 1-79)
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 9, 1st movement (2nd horn), (beginning to m. 26)
D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, 1st movement (1-4 horn)
R. Strauss: Don Quixote (2nd horn, Var.7)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

A corner movement from:
J. Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, E flat major, Hob.VIIe
and
J. N. Hummel: Trumpet concerto in E flat major

Audition positions for substitutes:

J. S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, VI. Part: No. 64 Chorale "Nun seit ihr wohl gerochen"
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 5, C sharp minor, 1st movement "Funeral March" (bars 1-24)
R. Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20: Allegro con brio (bar 2 letter B)
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, op. 64 (bars 75, 91 and 92)
M. Ravel: Bolero (letter 5 and 6)
M. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: Beginning
G. Bizet: Carmen Prelude and Signal

Auditions for academics:

J. S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part I: No. 8 Aria
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 5, C sharp minor, 1st movement "Funeral March" (bars 1-24)
L. v. Beethoven: Signal from the Ouverture to Leonore No. 2 and No. 3 op. 138
P. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake op. 20, Neapolitan Dance
M. Ravel: Bolero (letters 5 and 6)
M. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: Beginning
G. Bizet: Carmen Prelude and Signal

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

Ferdinand David, Concerto op. 4, in E flat major, 1st movement, cadenza + 2nd movement
and
A romantic piece of your choice

Audition locations:

W. A. Mozart: Tuba mirum (see orchestra book Rehearsal Edition Peters EP 8665)
G. Rossini: William Tell (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
R. Wagner: Walkürenritt 3rd act, 1st scene (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade, 2nd movement (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
J. Brahms: Symphony No. 2, 1st and 4th movement (see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
M. Ravel: Bolero (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
I. Stravinsky: The Firebird (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8665)

Concerts: !!! Please bring sheet music for accompaniment !!!

E. Sachse, Concerto in F major, 1st and 2nd movement (recommended by Musikverlag Zimmermann)
and
a romantic piece of your choice

Audition locations:

J. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
J. Haydn: The Creation (see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks: (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
R. Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude 3rd act) (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
G. Rossini: William Tell (see orchestra book audition Edition Peters EP 8665)
L. v. Beethoven, 9th Symphony in D minor: (see orchestra book Audition Edition Peters EP 8665)

Basin
P. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 (booklet by Gschwendtner, H./Ulrich, H.: Orchesterprobespiel Pauke/Schlagzeug)

Snare drum
M. Ravel: Bolero (booklet by Gschwendtner, H./Ulrich, H.: Orchesterprobespiel Pauke/Schlagzeug)
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Timpani
W. A. Mozart: Magic Flute Overture (booklet by Gschwendtner, H./Ulrich, H.: orchestral rehearsal timpani/percussion)
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (booklet by Gschwendtner, H./Ulrich, H.: orchestral audition timpani/percussion)
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (booklet by Gschwendtner, H./Ulrich, H.: orchestral rehearsal timpani/percussion)

Tambourine
G. Bizet: Carmen (booklet by Gschwendtner, H./Ulrich, H.: Orchesterprobespiel Pauke/Schlagzeug)

Xylophone
G. Gershwin Porgy and Bess (booklet by Gschwendtner, H./Ulrich, H.: Orchesterprobespiel Pauke/Schlagzeug)

Carillon
P. Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice (booklet by Gschwendtner, H./Ulrich, H.: Orchesterprobespiel Pauke/Schlagzeug)

Drumset
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