Open vacancy: Violin II soloist!
Artistic Director John Storgårds
Principal Guest Conductor Olli Mustonen
Lapland Chamber Orchestra announces open vacancy for II violin soloist.
Audition on Saturday 2nd December at 10am in Lapland Music Institute (add. Jorma Eton tie 8, Rovaniemi).
Closing date for application and CV Friday 10th November at 3pm:
Lapinkävijäntie 4, 96100 Rovaniemi or by e-mail koesoitot-auditions@rovaniemi.fi.
Audition program:
W.A. Mozart Violin Concerto no 3 G major KV 216 or no 4 D major KV 218 or no 5 A major KV 219, movement I with cadenza and movement II without cadenza. The rest of the audition pieces will be sent via link after the application is sent.
The vacancy will be filled at the beginning of 2024 or as agreed.
Further info: General Manager Inka Puhakka, inka.puhakka (at) rovaniemi.fi
The Lapland Chamber Orchestra – Rovaniemi City Orchestra is the northernmost professional chamber orchestra in Finland and indeed in the entire EU. The orchestra has 18 full-time members and its Artistic Director is conductor John Storgårds. The orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor is pianist, conductor and composer Olli Mustonen.
Based at Korundi House of Culture in Rovaniemi, the orchestra is a regional orchestra that regularly tours the Province of Lapland, but also performs elsewhere in Finland and along the Cap of the North. The work and recordings of the Lapland Chamber Orchestra have gained recognition. For example, the orchestra’s recording of the Chamber Symphonies of Vagn Holmboe received rave reviews and was a nominee for the 2013 Gramophone Award. The recording of Kalevi Aho’s concertos for theremin and horn, in turn, received the distinguished German ECHO Klassik award in 2015. The latest release of Hans Abrahamsen’s Schnee was nomineed for the 2022 Gramophone Award finalist and ICMA 2022 Award and won Finnish Classical Emma Award 2022.