LUIGI CHERUBINI YOUTH ORCHESTRA - AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE 2018-2021 THREE-YEAR PERIOD FOREWORD The Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra Foundation is a private, non-profit organisation, whose articles of incorporation specifically define its aim as the promotion and implementation of higher-education specialisation courses for young orchestra musicians, with a view to their professional training, growth and development. Such training also involves the production of full concerts and opera events in which the selected young musicians will perform. The rehearsal and performance of such programmes will most often take place under Riccardo Muti, the Orchestra s promoter and Music Director. Qualified Candidates will engage in alternating periods of training and public performance. They will be hired on a fixed-term, part-time contract subject to Italian Labour regulations (i.e., the national labour contract for the artistic personnel of Civic Theatres). Clause 1 - AUDITION OPENINGS The Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the Foundation ) announces auditions for the following positions in the Orchestra during the 2018-2021 three-year period: Flute (piccolo optional) Trumpet (piccolo trumpet optional) Timpani Violin Clause 2 - CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS Audition requirements are as follows: a) applicants must hold passports from one of the EU member countries; b) applicants must be entitled to full civil and political rights; c) applicants must be aged between 18 and 27 at the closing date (i.e., their date of birth must be between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 1999); d) applicants must hold a diploma in the musical instrument for which they apply, obtained from an Italian State Conservatory/accredited Musical Institute, or from an equivalent foreign College or Institute. All the above requirements must be met by the closing date for application.
Clause 3 - APPLICATION Application forms can be downloaded from the Orchestra s website: www.orchestracherubini.it. In order to be considered, forms shall be duly filled in and returned by registered mail to the address below no later than 31 December 2017: FONDAZIONE ORCHESTRA GIOVANILE LUIGI CHERUBINI Via Giuseppe Verdi, 41 I - 29121 Piacenza (PC) - ITALY All entries must be postmarked by Dec 31, 2017. Later entries will be invalidated. Envelopes must be marked Bando Orchestra. By submitting the application, the Candidate acknowledges that s/he has read, understood and unconditionally accepted the contents of this Announcement. All applications from past effective members of the Orchestra will be rejected. Further information can be obtained from the Foundation: email audizioni@orchestracherubini.it; phone +39 0523 492254. Clause 4 - AUDITIONS Auditions will take place in two distinct, non-consecutive steps (preliminary and final live auditions), at the headquarters of the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra Foundation within the Teatro Municipale, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 41, Piacenza and in Ravenna Teatro Alighieri, Via Angelo Mariani, 2. Dates and times will be sent by email. Auditions will tentatively begin in March 2018. Candidates failing to show up at the audition will be excluded. No indemnity or refund shall be acknowledged for travelling expenses, accommodation, accompanying pianist or other. An accompanying pianist will be provided by the Foundation. Clause 5 - PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA In accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 ( Personal Data Processing Code ), Section 13, Paragraph 1, all personal information provided by applicants will be stored at the Foundation s premises for the selection procedures relevant to the present Announcement, for subsequent possible collaborations and for all the purposes pertaining to the collaboration itself. Personal data will be subject to the following processing activities: collection, storage, management, preservation, elaboration, updating, selection, retrieval, comparison, utilisation, interconnection, blockage, erasure and destruction, or a combination of two or more such activities. Such activities will be carried out in accordance with the law, and only for the purposes stated above. Personal data shall be processed manually and/or automatically through electronic devices suitable for data storage, management and comparison. Personal data shall be checked and maintained in application of all security and confidentiality measures so as to limit the risks of loss, destruction, unauthorised access and unlawful processing. All Candidates must submit their personal data under pain of exclusion, the purpose being to assess their eligibility. Personal data shall be communicated to the personnel of the Foundation involved in the selection procedures, and/or to the internal or external members of the audition panels. Each Candidate can enforce his/her rights in accordance with Sections 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, by addressing the Data Controller. Suitable Candidates only will be notified. Data Controller: Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra Foundation, with headquarters in Via Verdi n. 41, 29121 Piacenza, Italy. Data Processor: Mr. Mario Salvagiani, President and Legal
Representative of the Foundation. Clause 6 - AUDITION REPERTOIRE The orchestral excerpts listed below can be downloaded from the Orchestra s website: www.orchestracherubini.it FLUTE (piccolo optional) 1) any of the following concertos of the candidate s choice - first and second tempo (with cadenzas): W. A. Mozart, Flute Concerto in G major, K 313 W. A. Mozart, Flute Concerto in D major, K 314 - L. van Beethoven, Leonora Overture no. 3 - V. Bellini, Norma Casta Diva - G. Bizet, Carmen Act III, Entr acte - C. Debussy, Prélude à l après-midi d un faune - C. W. Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice Ballet - F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, A Midsummer Night s Dream - Scherzo - G. Rossini, William Tell Ouverture For auditionees with the piccolo: 3) Solos: - P. I. Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 third movement - P. Hindemith, Nobilissima visione no.2 Marsch und Pastorale - M. Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major first movement - M. Ravel, Ma Mère l Oye third movement - M. Ravel, Bolero - G. Rossini, La gazza ladra - Ouverture - D. Shostakovich, Symphony no. 8 fourth movement TRUMPET (piccolo trumpet optional) 1) F. J. Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major - first movement (with cadenza) and second movement (to be performed with the trumpet in B-flat) - L. van Beethoven, Leonora Overture no. 3 - G. Donizetti, Don Pasquale Act II
- G. Mahler, Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor first movement - M. Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade, Samuel Goldenberg e Schmuÿle - R. Schumann, Symphony no. 2 in C major, Op. 61 first movement - I. Stravinsky, Petrouschka - G. Verdi, Un ballo in maschera Act III For auditionees with the piccolo trumpet: - J. S. Bach, Magnificat TIMPANI 1) N. Woud, from Symphonic Studies for Timpani: etude no. 1 and etude no. 16 (ed. De Haske) - B. Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra fourth movement - L. van Beethoven, Symphony no. 1 in C major, Op. 21 second and third movement - L. van Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op. 92 first, third, and fourth movement - L. van Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 first, second, and fourth movement - J. Brahms, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 - first and fourth movement - P. I. Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Moderato assai - G. Mahler, Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor - W. A. Mozart, Symphony no. 39 in E-flat major, K 543 Adagio - G. Verdi, I vespri siciliani - Ouverture VIOLIN 1) any of the following violin concertos of the candidate s choice - first and second tempo (with cadenzas): W. A. Mozart, Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, K 216 W. A. Mozart, Violin Concerto no. 4 in D major, K 218 W. A. Mozart, Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major, K 219 2) Excerpts: - L. van Beethoven, Symphony no. 1 in C major, Op. 21 - J. Brahms, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 first movement - F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Symphony no. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italiana"- first and fourth movement - W. A. Mozart, Symphony no. 39 in E-flat major, K 543 third and fourth movement - N. Porpora, Salve Regina Adagio
- F. Schubert, Symphony no. 4 in C minor Tragica - first movement (part of the second violin) - G. Verdi, La forza del destino Ouverture (letter N) - G. Verdi, La traviata Preludio Act I For concertmaster auditionees: 3) first tempo of a violin concerto (with cadenza, if any) chosen by the candidate from the repertoire ranging from L. van Beethoven to contemporary composers. 4) Solos: - J. Brahms, Symphony no. 1, second movement - N. Rimsky-Korsakov, Shéhérazade - G. Verdi, La forza del destino, Finale II N.B. The above programme is required for both the preliminary and final auditions.