ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA FONDAZIONE

ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
FONDAZIONE
International competition for auditions for the following full-time positions
CONCERTMASTER WITH SECTION DUTIES
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER, WITH SECTION DUTIES AS WELL AS
SUBSTITUTING FOR THE CONCERTMASTER
ENGLISH HORN, WITH OBOE, OBOE D’AMORE AND DOUBLING FIRST OBOE
DUTIES
BASS TUBA WITH CONTRABASS TUBA AND CONTRABASS TROMBONE DUTIES
22 dicembre 2009

GP/nb prot.n. 13099 – 22 december 2009
The Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia announces an international competition
for auditions for the following full-time positions in the permanent Orchestra:
Concertmaster with section duties
Assistant Concertmaster, with section duties as well as substituting for the Concertmaster
English Horn, with oboe, oboe d’amore and doubling First Oboe duties
Bass Tuba with Contrabass Tuba and Contrabass Trombone duties
Art. 1 – Requirements for admission. All candidates, as of the deadline date set forth for applying for
admission, must be in possession of all the following requirements:
• Hold a degree diploma in the instrument with which they intend to compete (if the degree has
been obtained abroad, it is considered valid if it has been declared equivalent to a Conservatory
diploma, equivalent according to the provisions of the Italian laws currently in force or
declared qualified by the exercise of employment as a member of a professional orchestra;
• Italian citizenship, or citizenship in a member country of the European Union;
• Possession of full political rights;
• At least 18 years of age;
• In possession of physical prerequisites and without defects or imperfections that could limit full
and unconditional performance, whether in-house or elsewhere, of the duties specified by the
Collective Work Contract for employees of Lyric-Symphonic Foundations, as well as relevant
professional performance.
• Not have been convicted of any crime and have no legal proceedings underway against them.
The Board of Examiners will examine all applications provided with artistic CVs that are
received by the established deadline date; it will decide, according to its irrevocable judgment,
about the direct admission to the final audition phase of those candidates whose artistic merits are
deemed worthy of full professional consideration.
Art. 2 – Applications for admission.
Applications, accompanied by a detailed artistic curriculum, must be received by the Fondazione by
and no later than
23 February 2010
Candidates must complete the online APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION form published on the
Fondazione website, which can be found at www.santacecilia.it in the section entitled “bandi e
concorsi” (“auditions” on the English home page) and following the instructions provided for
submitting it online.
Once the application has been submitted, the Fondazione will send the candidate an official
confirmation by email, which the candidate must print and present on the day of the audition
Applications for admission sent by any other means will NOT be accepted.
Failure to provide even one of the statements required will mean exclusion from the auditions.
Candidates whose applications prove to inexact or not completely true forfeit any right to employment.
Application for admission to the competition signifies, on the part of the candidate, his or her
unconditional acceptance of the unquestionable and irrevocable judgment of the Board of Examiners,
the terms of the CCNL (National Collective Employment Contract) for employees of Lyric-Symphonic
Foundations, the laws in force and the corporate integrative agreement.
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Art. 3 – Treatment of personal data
In accordance with Article 13, 1 of D.lgs 196/03, the candidate’s personal data provided with his/her
application shall be collected by either computerized or manual means, by the Foundation’s Personnel
Office and used only for the purpose of administrating the competition, in compliance with the law
cited, and subsequently for the establishment of employment, with the inherent aim of managing said
employment, and will not be communicated to third parties except in such cases provided by law and by
the collective work contracts applicable in the sector . That information will only be communicated to
the public administration directly concerned with execution of the competition.
Providing said data is obligatory for evaluating candidates’ qualifications for participation, and must be
provided upon pain of exclusion from the competition.
Candidates enjoy the rights provided for by Article 7 of the law cited above, including the right of
access to data concerning them, as well as certain complementary rights, including the right to rectify,
update, complete or cancel data which is erroneous, incomplete or collected in a manner not in
compliance with the law, in addition to the right to oppose the usage of said data, if for legitimate
reasons.
Those interested may review their rights according to Article 13 of Law 31/12/1996 No. 675 and of
D.lgs 31/03/03 No. 196 regarding management of treatment of personal data by the Superintendent.
The person responsible for treatment of said data is the President-Superintendent.
Presentation of an application for admission to the competition signifies the candidate’s consent to
treatment of his or her personal data.
Art. 4 – Auditions.
Non-admission to auditions, due to inadequate qualifications or failing to comply with the modality and
terms established for this competition, will be communicated to the candidate in writing and sent by
certified mail with return receipt requested.
Admission to auditions will not be communicated to any candidate individually: pertinent
notification of the audition calendar (for both preliminary and final auditions) will be posted at
Fondazione offices and will also be accessible on the institution’s Internet site www.santacecilia.it.
Said posting will be valid, for all intents and purposes, as announcement and notification to
competitors regarding when and where to appear for said auditions.
Candidates selected must present themselves directly at the audition site listed, on the date and at the
time designated, and should bring an identification document. They must also bring the music indicated
for the competition program
Auditions are public and will take place at the Auditorium-Parco della Musica according to the
following calendar:
English Horn, with Oboe, Oboe d’amore and doubling First Oboe duties
Preliminary auditions (in anonymity): Monday, 1° March 2010 – at 8:30am
Tuesday, 2 March 2010 – at 8:30am
Final auditions with piano accompaniment
(those candidates will be admitted to these auditions who have been found to be qualified based on the
evaluation of their CV or the outcome of the preceding audition):
Monday, 8 March 2010 – at 8:30am
Final audition in the orchestra
(only those candidates will be admitted to this audition who have been found to be qualified at the final
audition with piano accompaniment):
Tuesday, 9 March 2010 – at 9:00am
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Bass Tuba with Contrabass Tuba and Contrabass Trombone duties
Preliminary auditions (in anonymity): Sunday, 25 April 2010 – at 8:30am
Monday, 26 April 2010 – at 8:30am
Final auditions with piano accompaniment
(those candidates will be admitted to this audition who have been found to be qualified based on the
evaluation of their CV or the outcome of the preceding audition):
Monday, 10 May 2010 – at 8:30am
Final audition in the orchestra
(only those candidates will be admitted to this audition who have been found qualified at the final
audition with piano accompaniment):
Tuesday, 11 May 2010 – at 9:00am
Assistant Concertmaster, with section duties as well as substituting for the Concertmaster
Preliminary auditions (in anonymity): Friday, 2 July 2010 – at 8:30am
Saturday, 3 July 2010 – at 8:30am
Final auditions
(only those candidates will be admitted to these auditions who have been found to be qualified based
on the evaluation of their CV or on the outcome of the preceding audition):
Friday, 16 July 2010 – at 8:30am
Saturday, 17 July 2010 – at 8:30am
Concertmaster with section duties
Preliminary auditions (in anonymity):
Monday, 27 September 2010 – at 8:30am
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 – at 8:30am
Final auditions with piano accompaniment
(those candidates will be admitted to this audition who have been found to be qualified based on the
evaluation of their CV or the outcome of the preceding audition):
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 – at 8:30am
Final audition in the orchestra
(only those candidates will be admitted to this audition who have been found qualified at the final
audition with piano accompaniment):
Wednesday, 20 October 2010 – at 9:00am.
Candidates may choose to either bring their own piano accompanist or avail themselves of the
accompanist provided by the Fondazione. In the latter case, candidates should bring the piano parts
necessary.
Candidates who do not appear on the established day at the scheduled hour will be excluded from the
competition. Absence from the audition is equivalent to withdrawing from the competition.
The Board of Examiners may, as it sees fit, choose to ask candidates to play all or part of the audition
program, whether during preliminary or final auditions.
The Board of Examiners also has the right to listen more than once to pieces already performed and/or
to ask competitors to perform parts of the audition program, interrupting the audition at any moment;
the Board’s decisions in such matters is final.
Regarding passages from the symphonic repertoire to be performed during auditions, the versions will
be published in PDF format on the Fondazione’s Internet site.
The use of these excerpts in PDF format is reserved to auditions for the competition described herein
and the Fondazione does not authorize any other use. The candidate assumes all responsibility for
obtaining the rights to any other use of excerpts from works protected by copyright.
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The Board of Examiners reserves the right to fix a date for an additional audition in order to hear a
candidate repeat one or more parts of the audition program; notification of such additional audition will
be communicated as set forth in Article 4 herein.
Art. 5 – Audition programs.
The audition programs are as follows:
for the position of Concertmaster with section duties
1) J.S.Bach Adagio and Fugue, candidate’s choice from Sonata I BWV1001,
Sonata II BWV 1003, Sonata III BWV 1005
2) W.A.Mozart Concerto, candidate’s choice from: G Major K216, D Major K218,
A Major K219
3) Performance of one of the following Concertos, candidate’s choice:
• L. van Beethoven, Op. 61
• F. Mendelssohn, Op. 64
• J. Brahms, Op. 77
• P.I. Tchaikovsky, Op. 35
• J: Sibelius, Op. 47
• S. Prokofiev No. 1, Op. 19
• S. Prokofiev No. 2, Op. 63
4) Performance of the following passages from the symphonic repertoire, as chosen by the Board of
Examiners:
J. S. Bach St. Matthew’s Passion, “Erbarme dich”
L.van Beethoven Missa Solemnis Op.123, Benedictus
Symphony No. 5, First movement
N. Rimski-Korsakov Shéhérazade
W.A. Mozart Serenata Haffner K 250, Andante and Rondò
J. Brahms Symphony No. 1, Andante sostenuto
Symphony No. 4, First movement
R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Also Sprach Zarathustra
“Beim Schlafengehen” from the the Four Last Songs
P.I.Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Scene 4
Symphony No. 4, First and Fourth movements
W.A. Mozart
Symphony No. 39 K543, Fourth movement
Symphony No. 35 K385, “Haffner”, First movement
R. Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Preludio
5) Possible sight-reading.
For the position of Assistant Concertmaster, with section duties as well as substituting for the
Concertmaster
1) Performance of the I and II movements, with cadenzas, from the following concertos (candidate’s
choice):
W.A. Mozart
K216 in G Major
K218 in D Major
K219 in A Major
2) Performance of an Adagio and Fugue, or of the Chaconne, candidate’s choice, from the Sonatas and
Partitas for solo violin by J.S. Bach.
3) Performance of the first movement (with cadenza where expected) from a concerto by a composer
beginning with Beethoven onwards.
4) Performance of the following passages from the symphonic repertoire, as chosen by the Board of
Examiners:
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G. Rossini William Tell, Overture
L. van Beethoven Symphony No. 4, Fourth movement
R. Schumann Symphony No. 2, Scherzo
G. Mahler Symphony No.5, Adagetto
B. Bartòk Divertimento for string orchestra: last movement with its “solos”
R. Strauss Don Giovanni
F. Mendelssohn-Bartoldy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture
R. Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra, Solo for the concertino
J. S .Bach St. Matthew’s Passion, Chorus II Aria No. 51
P.I. Čajkovskij Symphony No.4, First and Fourth movements
R. Wagner Tristan un Isolde, Preludio
5) Sight-reading.
For the position of English Horn, with oboe, oboe d’amore and doubling First Oboe duties
1) G. Donizetti Concertino in G Major for English horn and orchestra
2) Performance of the following passages from the symphonic repertoire, as chosen by the Board of
Examiners:
O. Respighi The Pines of Rome
R. Wagner Tristan un Isolde
G. Rossini William Tell, Overture
D. Šostakovič Symphony No. 8
A. Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
H. Berlioz Roman Carneval
M. Ravel Concerto in G
G. Rossini Signor Bruschino
R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben
3) L. van Beethoven Variations from the Trio on “Là ci darem la mano” from
Don Giovanni by Mozart (second oboe + English horn)
4) Possible sight-reading.
On the oboe:
1) W. A. Mozart performance of the I and II movements from
the Concerto in C Major K314 (without cadenzas)
2) R. Schumann First Romanza from the “Three Romanzas” Op. 94
3) Performance of the following passages from the symphonic repertoire, as chosen by the Board of
Examiners:
F. Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”
Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures from an Exposition, Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
S. Prokofiev Classical Symphony
B. Bartόk Concerto for Orchestra, Gioco delle coppie
The Miraculous Mandarin
4) Possible sight-reading.
For the position as Bass Tuba with Contrabass Tuba and Contrabass Trombone duties
1) Performance of the following concertos:
R. Strauss Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 1
(Arr. Anderson - Ed. Thomson Edition)
R. Vaughan-Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba
2) Performance of the following passages from the symphonic repertoire, as chosen by the Board of
Examiners:
B. Bartόk Concerto for Orchestra
H. Berlioz Damnation of Faust, Hungarian March
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Romeo and Juliet
Symphonie Fantastique
J. Brahms Symphony No. 2, Fourth movement
A. Bruckner Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 7
G. Gershwin An American in Paris
G. Holst The Planets
G. Mahler Symphony No. 1, Third movement
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
M. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
S. Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, First movement
Romeo and Juliet
O. Respighi The Pines of Rome
The Fountains of Rome
S. Revueltas Sensemaya (complete)
R. Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra
Ein Heldenleben
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
I. Stravinskij Petruška
P.I. Čajkovskij Symphony No. 4
R. Wagner Tannhäuser, Overture
Lohengrin, Preludio to Act III
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Overture
Die Walküre, The Ride of the Valkyries
Das Rheingold, dragon “solo”
Siegfried, dragon “solo”
P. Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses
3) eventuale lettura a prima vista.
Art. 6 – Board of Examiners.
The Board of examiners will be named by the President-Superintendent based on the prevailing
guidelines of the laws in force and of the CCNL for employees of lyric-symphonic Foundations.
Art. 7 – Classification lists.
In the case of renunciation or forfeit by winning candidates, the Fondazione may proceed to name the
suitable candidates that immediately follow in order of classification.
At the conclusion of auditions, the Board of Examiners will decide upon a classification list of suitable
candidates. The decision of the Board of Examiners will be final.
Results of the competition will be communicated to candidates immediately after the competition is
concluded.
The classification lists, limited to vacant posts and subject to a minimum grade of no less than 9/10, are
subject to approval by the President-Superintendent of the Foundation, who declares the winning
candidates; he then arranges for them to be offered employment, provided they are in possession of all
other requisites.
Should winning candidates renounce or forfeit, the Fondazione may proceed to name as suitable
candidates that immediately follow in the classification lists.
The classification lists are valid for twenty-four months, beginning from the day after they are
approved, and for candidates earning a classification not less than 7/10, limited to the coming
2010/2011 season, can be also used for eventual short-term employment of artistic personnel according
to Art. 1 of the CCNL governing employees of Lyric-Symphonic Foundations.
Art. 8 – Hiring and presentation of documents.
Winning candidates must begin working by the date indicated on the letter of employment.
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Hiring of winning candidates under an open-ended contract will take place after presentation of the
following documents or substitute declarations:
• certified copy of birth certificate;
• declaration of citizenship;
• certification of possession of full political rights;
• diploma obtained at a Conservatory or officially recognized Music Institute or an equivalent
degree.
• Certificate of police record and pending prosecutions bearing a date within the preceding
three months.
The Fondazione reserves the right to verify in advance, in accordance with laws in effect, the physical
fitness for employment required for hiring of the winning candidate.
Definitive hiring for an open employment contract is in any case subject to the favorable outcome of a
trial period lasting no more than 6 months, as provided by the CCNL for employees of Lyric-
Symphonic Foundations.
The Fondazione will not proceed with the hiring of anyone who, as of the date determined for the
beginning of employment, maintains any employment in other bodies whether publicly administrated or
private. To that end, in the event of employment, the winner must present a signed declaration stating
that he or she has no other employment relationship either public or private.
Art. 9 – Economic and regulatory treatment.
The economic terms shall be those provided for by the CCNL in force for employees of Lyric-
Symphonic Foundations and by the integrative contract in force at the moment of hiring relative to
salary level.
Previous length of service at other Musical Institutions will be acknowledged, according to provisions
of the contractual norms in force of the CCNL for employees of lyric-symphonic Foundations.
The above provisions shall be understood to mean that no candidate hired by the Fondazione may
engage in any other work, whether free-lance or subordinate, whether gratis or paid, without previous
authorization by the Fondazione.
President-Superintendent
(Prof. Bruno Cagli)
IMPORTANT
IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONTROVERSY THE ORIGINAL
ITALIAN TEXT ONLY SHALL BE LEGALLY BINDING
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