Vacancy Tutti 2nd Violin (60-80%)

With its core values of artistic excellence, social commitment, and innovation, the NNO is a crucial catalyst of the cultural ecosystem in the North. From its home base Groningen, the NNO plays in concert halls, but also outdoors, at schools and at other venues. Besides providing concerts in the Northern Netherlands, the NNO can regularly be heard on stages elsewhere in the country (including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht). In addition, the NNO initiates music education and participation activities in the Northern region.

Eivind Gullberg Jensen is chief conductor and Hartmut Haenchen is permanent guest conductor. Antony Hermus is attached to the NNO as honorary conductor. The orchestra consists of about 70 musicians.

The NNO brings a diverse audience into contact with symphonic music and attaches significant importance to this. We therefore value diversity in the orchestral workplace. For more information, please visit www.nno.nu

The NNO has a vacancy for the following position:

Tutti 2^nd Violin (60-80%)

Audition date                            : June 24, 2025

Closing date for applications     : May 6, 2025

Starting date                            : As soon as possible

The position

 As tutti 2nd violin player together with your section, you are partially responsible for the realisation of the NNO’s performance ambitions. In addition to your tasks on stage, you can be deployed more broadly within the orchestra for, for example, educational activities and ensemble performances. Tutti players can also be asked incidentally for tasks that contribute to the orchestra organization in general, such as being part of an audition committee.

 What do we expect from you?

• You are a versatile and passionate musician, with a broad repertoire range
• You have a professional, inquisitive and positive attitude on and off stage
• You are a team player who feels at home in an orchestra.
• You are versatile, find this fun and important

Terms of employment

–    The contract is initially for a probationary period, becoming a permanent position after a year if both parties agree.

–    Salary: scale 1 as in the Dutch Orchestras’ Collective Labour Agreement, which can be found at www.vvno.nl, the website of the Association of Dutch Orchestras.

–    Contribution to the ABP Pension Fund is compulsory.

–    Plenty of opportunities for further development as a musician or in other activities.

 

Compulsory works

1. Mozart violin concerto no. 4 KV 218 without cadenzas (1^st mvt)
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   Mozart violin concerto no. 5 kv 2019 without cadenzas (1^st mvt)
2. A romantic violin concerto of your choice: Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms or Sibelius (1^st mvt)
3. Orchestra excerpts

Those candidates invited to audition will be notified of the required orchestral works.

 

Application and procedure

• The procedure consists of an audition and an interview. The audition will take place in De Oosterpoort in Groningen.
• The auditions are open only to EU citizens and citizens from Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland, or other musicians already holding a non-temporary residence permit for the Netherlands with full work authorization. An audition selection can be made based on written applications.

–         Please submit your application by May 6^th 2025, through https://www.muvac.com/en/vacancy/noord-nederlands-orkest-5ypnnqky only, by sending us: an application letter (including motivation), along with a Curriculum Vitae, and, if you have a nationality from outside the EU, a copy of your non-temporary work and residence permit for the Netherlands.

 

Further information

For further information regarding terms of the contract please contact the HR department via hr@nno.nu . For more information regarding the audition procedure please contact Janneke Olthuis, Auditions Secretary

Contact details:

email                : auditions@nno.nu

telephone         : +31 (0)50 3695800