As an invited applicant, you will receive an e-mail with all the important information prior to the audition. Travel costs will be reimbursed once you reach the 2nd round of the main audition (2nd class train, car €0.20/km, within Germany).
mandatory pieces
Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D major or Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D major (1st movement with cadenza and 2nd movement)
optional pieces
1st movement with cadenza of one of the following concertos Bela Bartok: Viola Concerto Paul Hindemith: The Swan-Turner William Walton: Viola Concerto
orchestral excerpts
B. Smetana: Bartered Bride F. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 R. Strauss: Don Juan G. Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (beginning + from bar 105)