Open vacancies

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra is a dynamic, innovative orchestra maintained by the Finnish city of Lahti. Major functions are, in addition to offering audiences a wide range of concerts, touring, recording and education. Its home is the Sibelius Hall, famous for its magnificent acoustics. The orchestra, together with its Principal Conductor Dalia Stasevska, seeks to recruit first-class players with good team-working skills.

PRINCIPAL TROMBONE

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra invites applications for the position of Principal Trombone starting on 11th of August 2025.

The principal trombone plays in the orchestra as well as chamber music groups, and maintains the capability required by orchestral literature. He/she leads the trombone section by rehearsing, supervising and developing it, and provides instructions for acquiring group assistants and substitutes. We appreciate the experience of similar tasks, good co-operation and interaction skills.

The salary, including the individual pay component and recording supplement is 3457–3733 € per month.

Pre-selection

Instructions for making video instructions:

Instruction-for-making-video_Principal-Trombone Lataa

Repertoire of the pre-selection video

Ferdinand David: Concertino for trombone in Eb-major op. 4, 1st part Allegro maestoso (including cadenza) without piano accompaniment
W.A. Mozart: Requiem, Tuba Mirum

Audition 11^th of February 2025

The orchestra will choose the participants to the audition based on the videos and applications
Invitations to the audition will be sent during the week 3/2025
The Audition will be held in the Sibelius Hall (Ankkurikatu 7, Lahti) on Tuesday February 11^th from 1 p.m. onwards.
An interview may be included in the audition.

Audition repertoire

Frank Martin: Ballade pour Trombone et Piano (from the beginning until the rehearsal number 20)
Orchestral excerpts
A freely chosen unaccompanied solo piece/etude, duration max. 5 minutes

Orchestral excerpts are downloadable here:

Principal-Trombone_Orchestral-excerpts Lataa

Applications

Closing date for applications is Monday 6^th of January 2024. Please fill in your application primarily at www.kuntarekry.fi (ID LAHTI-02-577-24).

UPCOMING AUDITIONS

Cello (tutti) audition 8th March 2025, applications 13.1.-9.2.2025.

Principal bassoon audition 3rd May 2025, applications 3.3.-6.4.2025.

Inquiries: Deputy Genaral Manager, Heli Leppälä-Hakala, audition@lahti.fi