Vacancy – French Horn

The State Opera Ruse announces auditions for a French Horn position in the Symphony Orchestra.

Audition date: October 18, 2025
Applications (CV, documents, and video materials) must be submitted by October 15, 2025 to office@ruseopera.com.

Audition repertoire:

1st and 3rd Horn

• W. A. Mozart – Concerto No. 2, first movement

• R. Strauss – Concerto No. 1, first movement

• Orchestral excerpts:
  • Beethoven – Symphony No. 7, 1st movement, bars 84–110, 421 to end
  • J. Brahms – Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement, bars 108–114
  • J. Brahms – Symphony No. 2, 1st movement, bars 454–477; 2nd movement, bars 17–31
  • D. Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5, 1st movement, Nos. 33–41
  • P. I. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, 1st movement, from I to K
  • P. I. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement, bars 8–28

2nd and 4th Horn

• W. A. Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 3, K.447, 1st movement (with cadenza)

• R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11, 1st movement

• Orchestral excerpts:
  • G. Puccini – Tosca, Act III, beginning
  • L. van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7, Op. 92, Vivace, bars 66–110; Assai meno presto, bars 153–239
  • L. van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, 3rd movement, Trio, bars 171–205
  • L. van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, 3rd movement, Adagio, bars 82–99
  • A. Dvořák – Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, 1st movement, bars 16–27; 3rd movement, bars 117–134
  • C. M. von Weber – Der Freischütz Overture, bars 10–25

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