First Concertmaster

Auditions will be held on 19, 20 and 21 May 2025 in Amsterdam.

Skills required:
- Outstanding instrument proficiency, ability to perform solos at the highest level
- Profound knowledge of orchestral repertoire
- Strong (natural) leadership skills
- Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills, with regard to the first violin section, the orchestra and the conductor
- Providing bowings for the string section
- Equivalent experience in a professional orchestra.

Repertoire will include :
- Mozart, KV 216, KV 218 or KV 219, 1st Movement
- Romantic Concerto of choice: Beethoven/Mendelssohn (E minor)/Brahms/Tchaikovsky/Sibelius.

The full repertoire list of solos and excerpts will be sent to invited applicants at a later date.

The Concertgebouworkest works to provide its members with suitable instruments, which are loaned to the musicians during their employment with the orchestra.

We reserve the right to make a preliminary selection based on applications and recordings.