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Audition for Bass Clarinet & Clarinet position (full time)

 (Bass Clarinet – 75%; Clarinet – 25% )

 

Audition will be held in three stages:

Stage I: video audition (deadline September 30, 2022). Applications received after this date will not be considered.

Stage II and III: live audition on November 3, 2022 from 2.00 PM in the Latvian National Opera and Ballet (Aspazijas bulv. 3, Riga, Latvia).

 

Competition repertoire for Stage I

- scores available for download HERE

With the accompaniment of the piano

Solo

Bass Clarinet

• C. Saint-Saens Clarinet Sonate Mov. I Allegretto (op.167) – 3

Clarinet in B

• C. Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie – 11

Orchestral excerpts

Clarinet:

1. F. Mendelssohn excerpt from Scherzo (Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61) – 27
2. S. Prokofiev excerpt from symphonic fairy tale “Peter and wolf” (op. 67) – 29

Bass Clarinet:

• D. Shostakovich excerpt from Violin Concert No. 1 Mov. II Scherzo (op. 77) – 29

 

Application

To apply, please send your resume, educational certificates and link of the video recording of stage I by September 30, 2022 to the e-mail karina.morozova@opera.lv  

 

The invitation to stage II will be sent via e-mail. Please note we will aim to contact shortlisted candidates by the end of October 3, 2022.

 

About the position

Employment on a temporary basis, until 22.06.2023. (possibility of extension)

Start date: As soon as possible

 

For further information please contact: karina.morozova@opera.lv

And for more info about us please visit Latvian National Opera and Ballet home page: https://www.opera.lv/en/

 

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