auditions

Registration EXCLUSIVELY through the Electronic Office of the Consortium of Santiago, from September 29, 2026, at the following link:
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Registration must be completed EXCLUSIVELY through the Electronic Office of the Consortium of Santiago, from 29 September 2026 onwards, via the following link:
https://www.consorciodesantiago.gob.es/carpetaciudadana/tramite.aspx?idtramite=30576

Principal Cello Audition
1st Round
This will take place behind a screen to ensure the impartiality of the jury
members. Candidates must perform the compulsory works
listed below:
a) F. J. Haydn: Cello Concerto in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (1st movement, with
M. Gendron's cadenza).
The qualification for this round will be pass or fail. After the jury's deliberation, the
list of selected candidates for the 2nd round, who will be those declared
to have passed, will be published on the notice board at the audition venue.
2nd Round
Candidates must perform, at their discretion and with or without a screen, as
stipulated in the sixth clause, one of the indicated concertos and

according to the detailed list:
a) Piece to choose, with the corresponding cadenza, from one of the following
concertos to be chosen by the candidate:
– A. Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191 (1st mov.).
– R. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1st mov.).
– P. I. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH 57 (complete).
– E. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (complete).
b) Orchestral excerpts.
Solo Cello:
– J. S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245: Aria (No. 58) (Orchesterstudien
Editorial Zimmermann).
– G. Rossini: William Tell Overture (Orchester Probespiel Editorial Schott).
– J. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 (3rd mov.) (Orchester
Probespiel Editorial Schott).
– L. v. Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 (No. 5 Adagio - Andante quasi
Allegretto) (Orchester Probespiel Editorial Schott).
Tutti Cello:
– P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" (2nd mov.) (Orchester
Probespiel Editorial Schott).
– J. Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (1st mov.) (Orchester Probespiel
Editorial Schott).
– G. Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major (1st mov.) (Orchester Probespiel Editorial
Schott).
– B. Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture (Orchester Probespiel Editorial Schott).
– P. Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler" (3rd mov. "The Temptation of St. Anthony")
(Orchester Probespiel Editorial Schott).
c) Sight-reading.
The jury will deliberate again, qualifying candidates as pass or fail
for advancement to the 3rd round, with the corresponding list published on the notice
board at the audition venue.
3rd Round
Candidates must perform, without a screen, any of the works and excerpts from
the previous rounds. The jury may request the performance of sight-reading passages
determined for this round, as well as conduct an interview with the candidates
if deemed appropriate.
The interview will be exclusively technical-artistic in nature and will refer to
aspects directly related to the performance given, the repertoire of the
audition, orchestral experience, or the specific duties of the advertised position, and no questions unrelated to this purpose may be asked.
This round will be graded by each jury member from 0 to 10 points. The
score will be the average of the scores assigned by the jury members,
and a minimum of five points is required to pass.