Co-Principal Flute

TURKU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA in Finland

Artistic Director John Storgårds
Principal Guest Conductor Christian Kluxen

Invites applications for the permanent position of

CO-PRINCIPAL FLUTE with obligation to play piccolo

The audition will be held at Turku Concert Hall on Mon 28th and Tue 29th of Oct, 2024.

Audition Repertoire
- W. A. Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 G major KV 313, 1st and 2nd mvts (without cadenzas)
- A. Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto C Major RV 443, 2nd mvt
- Orchestral excerpts that will be sent to selected candidates after the closing date

A video pre-round will be arranged before the audition. The audition may also include an interview (in Finnish or in English).

Applications
The closing date for the applications is Thu 12th of Sept 2024 at midnight, 24:00 PM (GMT+2 Finnish time). For applying, please fill the online application form available on Musicalchairs.

Please include in the application a link to a video, which includes applicant’s performance of the following excerpts:

- W. A. Mozart: Flute Concerto in G Major KV313, 1st mvt bars 31-91, without piano accompaniment
- C. Debussy: The Afternoon of a Faun, orchestral excerpt
- D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 1st mvt, orchestral excerpt
- G. Rossini: William Tell Overture, orchestral excerpt

The excerpts are available on https://tfo.fi/en/openvacancies

Instructions for making the video
The video must be recorded with one camera and the player and the instrument in the picture throughout. The video including whole pre-round program should be filmed without cuts in one entirety in the order listed above. It is allowed to warm the piccolo (without sound) before playing the excerpt.

Post-processing of the sound and/or picture is prohibited. A reasonable quality should be aimed at. The orchestra tunes in 442. Please upload your video via your Musicalchairs application.

Applications or video materials sent by by e-mail will not be taken into consideration.