audiciones

The auditions will take place on September 26, 2023, at the headquarters of the National Forum of Music at pl. Wolności 1, in Wrocław (Red Hall).

The auditions will be preceded by a pre-selection based on CV and motivational letter. It should be submitted along with the applications via the muvac.com platform by August 27, 2023. Candidates will be informed of the pre-selection results by September 3, 2023.

The detailed schedule (including the starting time) shall be announced after receiving all applications. Applicants shall be provided with detailed information about the audition, including scans of required excerpts, by email.

Please note
NFM reserves the right to invite selected candidates.
Details of the schedule of the first stage of the audition, including the start time of the exam, will be provided after the closing of the application list.
The organizer of the auditions provides an accompanist, but without the possibility of an earlier rehearsal. Playing with your own accompanist is not allowed.
The first stage of the audition will be conducted behind a curtain, while maintaining the full anonymity of the candidates.
It is forbidden to tune the instrument on stage.
Solo pieces should be played from materials provided by the NFM
Instrument tuning: solo F#, H, e, a
We don't accept tuning like orchestral, Viennese or baritone.
In K.D von Dittersdorf concerto bars 73 – 83 should be played, VI-DE markings are invalid.
In K.D von Dittersdorf concerto we require J.M. Sperger cadenza provided by the NFM.

Audition will include:
1st stage / solo works plus orchestral excerpts:
2nd stage / orchestral excerpts:
3rd stage:
In the final stage, selected participants shall be invited to perform two test projects with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic (including rehearsals and concerts). 

NFM Wrocław Philharmonic is one of the leading symphony orchestras on the Polish music scene, a resident ensemble of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Poland. In recent years, the orchestra was conducted by, among others Jacek Kaspszyk, Benjamin Shwartz, Giovanni Antonini, Andrzej Boreyko, Philippe Herreweghe, Tõnu Kaljuste, Paul McCreesh, Eiji Oue, Krzysztof Penderecki, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Lawrence Foster, Michael Schønwandt, Dima Slobodeniouk, Gilbert Varga, Mario Venzago and Antoni Witago. Since the 2017/2018 season, its artistic director has been Giancarlo Guerrero.

The orchestra collaborates with acclaimed soloists, such as Piotr Anderszewski, Yulianna Avdeeva, Radek Baborák, Seong-Jin Cho, Boris Giltburg, Kevin Kenner, Mariusz Kwiecień, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Jan Lisiecki, Marcin Masecki, Midori, Alexei Ogrintchouk, Garrick Ohlsson, Julian Rachlin, Sondra Radvanovsky, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, István Várdai, and Janusz Wawrowski.

The NFM Wrocław Philharmonic performs regularly in leading concert halls around the world. It gained special recognition in the symphonic repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries, and regularly performs compositions commissioned by the National Forum of Music. They include works by, among others, Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil, Elżbieta Sikora and Paweł Mykietyn.

The orchestra boasts an extensive phonographic catalogue. Its album with Arvo Pärt’s symphonies, recorded under the baton of Tõnu Kaljuste (ECM), won the International Classical Music Award in 2019. The album Hector Berlioz – Grande Messe des Morts 1837, recorded under the direction of Paul McCreesh was awarded by the BBC Music Magazine in 2012 in the “Technical Excellence” category. In Poland, the orchestra received a Fryderyk 2011 (Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia: Symphonies No. 2 and 4, conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk) and numerous nominations for this award.

In 2021, an album of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic –recorded with Bomsori Kim conducted by Giancarla Guerrero – was released on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

In 2023 NFM was awarded by ICMA for special achievements.