{"id":7122,"date":"2025-12-01T15:10:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/?page_id=7122"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:16:48","slug":"auditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/en\/auditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Auditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/kymi-sinfonietta-ryhma-1024x517.jpg\" alt=\"Kymi Sinfonietta ryhm\u00e4kuva\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><strong><strong><strong>Kymi Sinfonietta is recruiting a PRINCIPAL VIOLA and an ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CLARINET<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Kymi Sinfonietta is recruiting <strong>a PRINCIPAL VIOLA <\/strong>for a permanent position. The salary will be determined in accordance with the relevant collective agreement. A requirement for playing chamber music is included in the position. We hope that the applicants possess good co-operation and interaction skills. Finnish and English are the official languages at the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Please apply by <strong>Friday 16th of January 2026<\/strong>. Please include your CV and a cover letter in the application and send it by email to our Stage Manager Tuomas Vanhalakka, email tuomas.vanhalakka@kymisinfonietta.fi or by post to: Kymenlaakson Orkesteri Oy, Keskuskatu 33, 48100 KOTKA, FINLAND<\/p>\n<p><strong>The audition will be held on Friday 6th of February 2026 at the Kotka Concert Hall (address Keskuskatu 33, Kotka, Finland) beginning at 12:00. <\/strong>The orchestra will provide an accompanist for the audition, but the applicants are also allowed to use another accompanist at their own expense. The audition can include chamber music assignments and an interview.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audition assignments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. F. A. Hoffmeister: <em>Viola concerto in D major, 1st movement with cadenza<\/em> OR C. Stamitz: <em>Viola concerto in D major, 1st movement with cadenza.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2. Solo piece of the applicant\u2019s choice (maximum 10 minutes) with piano accompaniment. This can be a solo piece or movement from a concerto.<\/p>\n<p>3. Orchestra and chamber music excerpts, which can be ordered from tuomas.vanhalakka@kymisinfonietta.fi from the 12<sup>th<\/sup> of January 2026 onwards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, please contact:<\/strong> Managing Director Inka Puhakka, <a href=\"mailto:inka.puhakka@kymisinfonietta.fi\">inka.puhakka@kymisinfonietta.fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_________________<\/p>\n<p>Kymi Sinfonietta is recruiting <strong>an ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CLARINET <\/strong>for a permanent position. The salary will be determined in accordance with the relevant collective agreement. Requirements for playing chamber music, E-flat clarinet, and bass clarinet are included in the position. We hope that the applicants possess good co-operation and interaction skills. Finnish and English are the official languages at the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Please apply by<strong> Friday 23rd of January 2026. <\/strong>Please include your CV and a cover letter in the application and send it by email to our Stage Manager Tuomas Vanhalakka, email tuomas.vanhalakka@kymisinfonietta.fi or by post to: Kymenlaakson Orkesteri Oy, Keskuskatu 33, 48100 KOTKA, FINLAND.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The audition will be held on Friday 13<sup>th<\/sup> of February 2026 at the Kotka Concert Hall (address Keskuskatu 33, Kotka, Finland) beginning at 12:00. <\/strong>The orchestra will provide an accompanist for the audition, but the applicants are also allowed to use another accompanist at their own expense. The audition can include chamber music assignments and an interview.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audition assignments:<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n1. W. A. Mozart: <em>Clarinet Concerto in A major K. 622, 1st movement<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2. C. 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