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    Auditions for Double Bass (Soloist A)

    Gulbenkian Orchestra | July 6th, 2016


    1. SCOPE ...................................................................................................................................... 5

    2. APPLICATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 5

    3. PRE-SELECTION .................................................................................................................... 5

    3.1 PRE-AUDITION .............................................................................................................. 5

    3.1.1 Schedule .................................................................................................................... 5

    3.1.2 Lotto drawing ............................................................................................................ 6

    3.1.3 Pre-audition programme ............................................................................................ 6

    3.1.4 Jury ............................................................................................................................ 6

    3.1.5 Warm-up and tuning.................................................................................................. 6

    3.1.6 Pre-audition results .................................................................................................... 6

    4. AUDITIONS ............................................................................................................................. 6

    4.1 - SCHEDULE...................................................................................................................... 6

    4.2 LOTTO DRAWING ........................................................................................................ 7

    4.3 JURY ................................................................................................................................ 7

    4.4 ELIMINATORY ROUNDS AND PROGRAMME ........................................................ 7

    4.5 WARM-UP AND TUNING............................................................................................. 9

    4.6 PIANO ACCOMPANIST ................................................................................................ 9

    5. COSTS ...................................................................................................................................... 9

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    Auditions for Double Bass (Soloist A)| July 6th, 2016
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    REGULATIONS

    1. SCOPE

    The auditions will be held in order to fill the positon for Double Bass (Soloist A), at the
    Gulbenkian Orchestra.
    The auditions for the Gulbenkian Orchestra have a prospective/indicative nature and Calouste
    Gulbenkian Foundation reserves itself the right not to engage any of the candidates present in
    the audition, regardless of their classification. If one of the candidates wins the audition, and if it
    is the expressed will of the jury, it will be proposed a contract with the duration of one year or
    one season. After this period a reevaluation will be made by the jury in order to decide a
    possible transition to a permanent contract.

    2. APPLICATIONS

    Please apply only using the website www.muv.ac, in the Gulbenkian Orchestra page.
    The closing date for applications is Monday 27th June 2016, by 24h00.
    Should you have any questions please send a message to the email: [email protected]

    3. PRE-SELECTION

    The applications will go through a pre-selection by the evaluation of the curriculum. The
    Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reserves itself the right of not accepting any candidate whose
    academic profile and professional experience is understood as inadequate or insufficient.

    3.1 PRE-AUDITION
    The candidate might be requested to attend to a pre-audition during the 5th July 2016, at the
    Main building of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon, Portugal (Avenida de Berna,
    45A, 1067-001 Lisbon).

    3.1.1 Schedule
    The schedule for the pre-audition day will be the following:
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    8:00 Presentation and check-in opening

    9:30 Check-in closure and lotto drawing (to determine audition order)

    10:00 Pre-audition start

    3.1.2 Lotto drawing


    The pre-audition order will be sorted by a lotto drawing. Only the requested candidates already
    checked-in at the time will take part in the sorting. All the candidates must bring proper
    identification. The candidates will not be allowed to change their place in the pre-audition order.

    3.1.3 Pre-audition programme


    The programme for the pre-audition will consist of a selection of the orchestral excerpts
    required for the main audition (see 4.2). The selection will be chosen by the jury in the pre-
    audition day.

    3.1.4 Jury
    The jury for the pre-audition will be composed by Gulbenkian Orchestra members.

    3.1.5 Warm-up and tuning


    The candidates will have access to a common warm-up space. Before the candidates turn there
    will be a private dressing room available for tuning and rehearsing.
    The double bass must be tuned with standard orchestral tuning (g d a e).

    3.1.6 Pre-audition results


    The results for the pre-audition will be revealed after all the candidates are evaluated. Only the
    candidates the jury selects after this phase will be able to proceed to the main audition, the
    following day.

    4. AUDITIONS

    The auditions will take place in the Main Rehearsal Room of the Calouste Gulbenkian
    Foundation building, in Lisbon, Portugal (Avenida de Berna, 45A, 1067-001 Lisboa), the 6th
    July 2016.

    4.1 - SCHEDULE
    The schedule for the main auditions day will be the following:

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    8:00 Presentation and check-in opening

    9:30 Check-in closure and lotto drawing (to determine audition order)

    10:00 Auditions start

    4.2 LOTTO DRAWING


    The audition order will be sorted by a lotto drawing. Only the requested candidates already
    checked-in at the time will take part in the sorting. All the candidates must bring proper
    identification. The candidates will not be allowed to change their place in the audition order.

    4.3 JURY
    The jury for the auditions will have members from the Foundations Music Department, an
    invited conductor and Gulbenkian Orchestras section leaders and soloists.

    4.4 ELIMINATORY ROUNDS AND PROGRAMME


    The audition will be composed of three eliminatory rounds along the day. After each round the
    candidates will know if they can proceed to the next one.

    The 1st and 2nd round will be behind a screen. During this round the candidates must remain
    unidentified. The 3rd round will be without screen.

    The programme for each round will be the following:

    1st round
    Classical concerto | Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf or Johan Baptist Vanhal (of the
    candidates choice): 1st movement with cadenza.
    Orchestral excerpts (from the excerpts and solos list) of the jurys choice.

    2nd round
    Orchestral excerpts (from the excerpts and solos list) of the jurys choice.

    3rd round
    Romantic or 20th Century Concerto | Giovanni Bottesini or Serge Koussevitsky (of the
    candidates choice): 1st movement.
    Orchestral excerpts (from the excerpts and solos list) of the jurys choice.

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    Excerpts and solos
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    Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in E major | Adagio: beginning to bar 15.
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony n40 in G minor| 1st movement: bar 114 to
    138, 191 to 220, and 276 to 284.
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony n40 in G minor | 4th movement: bar 45 to 62,
    and 225 to 241.
    Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique | 3rd movement: bar 83 to 111.
    Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique | 4th movement: bar 122 to 153.
    Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique | 5th movement: bar 240 to 305 (Poco meno
    mosso).
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony n5 in C minor | 3rd movement (Scherzo and Trio):
    beginning to bar 100, and bar 140 to 218.
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony n9 in D minor | 4th movement (Recitativo): bar 8
    to 90.
    Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben |
    o 3 bars before rehearsal number 2 until 4 bars after rehearsal number 2;
    o Rehearsal number 5 until 4 bars after rehearsal number 6;
    o 4 bars before rehearsal number 8 until 2 bars after rehearsal number 8;
    o Rehearsal number 9 until rehearsal number 11;
    o 8 bars before rehearsal number 16 until 2 bars after rehearsal number 16;
    o 4 bars before rehearsal number 20 until 4 bars after rehearsal number 20;
    o 1 bar before rehearsal number 30 until 2 bars after rehearsal number 30;
    o Rehearsal number 40 until 1 bar before rehearsal number 41;
    o 1 bar before rehearsal number 49 until 4 bars after rehearsal number 49;
    o 4 bars before rehearsal number 67 until 4 bars after rehearsal number 68;
    o Rehearsal number 77 until rehearsal number 78;
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    Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto | N3 duetto Quel vecchio maledivami!.
    Darius Milhaud La Cration du Monde | Solo
    Alberto Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes | Variacin XI.
    Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella | Vivo.

    To get the orchestral excerpts and solos you can check the Gulbenkian Orchestra space at the
    website www.muv.ac. Other scores besides the excerpts wont be available.

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    4.5 WARM-UP AND TUNING
    All the candidates will have access to a common warm-up space. Before the candidates turn in
    each round there will be a private dressing room available for tuning and rehearsing.

    The double bass must be tuned with standard orchestral tuning (g d a e).

    4.6 PIANO ACCOMPANIST


    A piano accompanist will be provided by the Gulbenkian Orchestra only for the auditions. All
    the costs regarding previous rehearsals with the pianist must be on the candidates full
    responsibility.
    The candidate should provide the Orchestra Production ([email protected]) with the piano
    parts for the works which will require accompaniment.

    5. COSTS

    The Gulbenkian Orchestra wont support any costs regarding accommodation or traveling for
    the auditions.

    Lisbon, May 16th, 2016

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