Concertmaster

Olga Humeńczuk, Director of the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music, and Jarosław Thiel, Artistic Director of the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, announce auditions for the position of Concertmaster of Wrocław Baroque Orchestra.

Application deadline: March 1, 2026.

Auditions will be held on March 30, 2026, at 9.30 am in a concert hall of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Plac Wolności 1 (alternative date: April 30, 2026). They will be preceded by a preselection based on video recordings, which should be submitted by email to audition.wbo@nfm.wroclaw.pl by March 1, 2026. Candidates will receive information about the preselection results by March 10, 2026.

Required documents:
1. CV,
2. Answers to the following questions:

a) In your opinion, what are the key characteristics of an excellent concertmaster?
b) What artistic and performance elements do you consider most important and worth developing in an ensemble?

Pre-Selection
Candidates are asked to submit recordings containing two different video fragments in the role of concertmaster or leader/first violinist of a chamber ensemble.