SOUNDS OF CHANGE – Call for The Orchestral Artistic Residency 2024
Following the activities of the Sounds of Change project, co-financed by the
European Union – the Creative Europe program, the Serbian National Theater
announces a Call for The Orchestral Artistic Residency in Novi Sad at the Serbian
National Theater for November 2024 – from 3rd to 17th November.
We would like to invite young professional musicians to participate in the
production and premiere performance of Puccini’s famous comic opera
Gianni Schicchi.
The artistic residency is intended for young professional musicians who want to gain
experience playing in an Opera orchestra and is open for the following positions:
- Violin – tutti
- Viola – tutti
- Cello – tutti
The Call is open from July 15 to September 15, 2024
The right to participate is for a young professional player who has completed
bachelor’s or master’s studies in violin, viola and cello.
Application method – by filled Google form.
The application should contain a short biography, a motivational letter, and
a link to the video material of the compulsory program played (Youtube
link – unlisted).
Note: the video material should be recorded in 2024 with or without piano
accompaniment.
The complete application you can send to us using a link below:
https://forms.gle/e6Nqw1SmW3SiMhcZ9
Compulsory program:
- VIOLIN
- W.A.Mozart – Violin Concertos (by choice), 1st movement with Cadenza
- J.S.Bach – Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (BWV 1001-1006) one movement
by choice
- VIOLA
- F. A. Hoffmeister – Viola Concerto, 1st movement with Cadenza or C.Stamitz –
Viola Concerto, 1st movement with Cadenza - J. S. Bach – Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (BWV 1001 -1006), transcripted
for Viola – one movement by choice
- VIOLONCELLO
- J. Haydn – Concerto for Violoncello (by choice), 1st movement with Cadenza
- A Dvorak – Cello concerto (by choice), 1st movement, or R. Schumann Cello
concerto a-moll 1st movement
Selection of candidates:
The Committee of the Serbian National Theater will choose candidates based on the
received applications. The committee can select up to five potential candidates if the
conditions are suitable. The Commission reserves the right not to choose any candidates if
they do not meet the requirements. The Orchestra Residence will cover the costs of travel,
accomodation, meals in Novi Sad (foreign participants) and professional engagement (fee
based on Rules of the Serbian National Theatre). The results will be published on
September 20, 2024 on the website of the Serbian National Theater www.snp.org.rs.
Selected candidates will be notified via the email from which the application was sent. The
final decision of the Committee cannot be changed or reversed.
The selected candidates must respond to the call by September 25. Otherwise, they will
be considered to have given up their participation in The Orchestral Artistic Residency.