Summer Academy 2026 Application

Application 2026

Applications and participation are open to young musicians of all nationalities. 

Age limit: 16 - 26 years

Application deadline: until March 9, 2026

Applications for all instruments should be made via live-audition. Musicians who are NOT able to travel to Vienna for the audition can apply via video recording. Only one of the two application forms is to be chosen, whereby the live-audition is to be preferred! Experience has shown that a live presentation is always an advantage! 

ATTENTION: Application via Video is NOT possible for Viennese oboe, Viennese horn, and Viennese timpani!

We also ask for an up-to-date CV with contact details and a photo.

You can apply via the corresponding link on this page.

In case you want to apply by video, please enter the links directly in the application form. For an application for the live audition, please leave the corresponding fields blank. 

If your application is successful, you will receive an automatic confirmation email and will be admitted to the video application or invited to the audition. If we are unable to consider your registration, we will inform you as soon as possible.
You will receive further information on the location and meeting point for the selection match by email a few days before the date.

We ask for your understanding that travel expenses cannot be reimbursed.
The dates and the programme for the auditions can be found under the respective instruments.

The candidates will be informed about the jury's decisions by mid of April and will receive individual invitations to the modules of the course. Before the end of June, the chamber music works and the division of the ensembles as well as the section division for the orchestra will also be announced. Subsequently, the scores for the chamber music and orchestra modules will be made available. 

Upon successful completion of the selection process, applicants agree to participate in the academy and to pay a deposit of € 100,- (non-refundable).

 

Please note a few important points for the recording of your video application:

  • The videos should consist of a continuous recording without cuts for the compulsory piece and for the orchestra excerpts and should be accompanied by piano. Please record all required orchestra excerpts (in maximum 2 video files).
  • For optimal evaluation (dynamics etc.), the recording should be made in high quality (formats mp4, avi, wmv, mpg or mov).
  • Please ensure a frontal full-body shot
  • The following platforms can be used at your discretion: Youtube, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive
  • Please refrain from long piano introductions as well as interludes
  • Please insert the links for your uncut, unedited videos in the fields provided
  • Please make sure that the videos have been approved for viewing!

Your entered data and documents will of course only be used for processing within the framework of the selection procedure for the Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic and will under no circumstances be used for other purposes or passed on to third parties. 

More about Summer Academy 2026

Auditions 2026

Registration deadline: March 9, 2026
The auditions will take place between March 16th and 27th, 2026.

  • Violin

    Audition:

    March 23, 2026, time: 2 pm, venue: Musikverein Wien

    Works to be performed:

    • W.A. Mozart: from the Concerto in D major KV 218 or A major KV 219 – 1st movement to reprise (no cadenza)
    • Orchestra excerpts: 
      J. Strauss: Wiener Blut Op. 354 – Coda 255 to end 1st violin
      S. Prokofiev: Symphonie classique op. 25 – Finale beginning to 2 bars before rehearsal number 52, 1st violin = Finale beginning up to bar 41, 1st violin
      W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major KV 543 – Finale beginning up to bar 40, 1st violin
      R. Strauss: Don Juan – beginning up to bar 38, 1st violin 
      J. Strauss: Fledermaus Overture – Tempo di Valse up to 15 bars before rehearsal number 6, 5 bars after rehearsal number 6 up to 21 bars after rehearsal number 6, 5 bars after rehearsal number 7 until the end, 2nd violin = bar 122-335, bar 355-371, bar 392 until the end, 2nd violin
  • Viola

    Audition:

    March 19, 2026, time: 11 am, venue: Musikverein Vienna

    Works to be performed:

    • Concerto by Karl Stamitz or Anton Hoffmeister – 1st movement to reprise in each case (no cadenza). 
    • Orchestra excerpts: 
      R. Strauss Don Juan – beginning to 5 bars before "D"
      A. Bruckner Symphony no. 4 – 2nd movement (the 1st passage)
      R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier – beginning of the 3rd act, up to 3 bars after rehearsal number 25
      G. Mahler Symphony no. 10 – beginning
  • Violoncello

    Audition:

    March 26, 2026 time: 3 pm venue: Musikverein Vienna

    Works to be performed:

    • J. Haydn Concerto in D major – 1st movement exposition and development (no cadenza)
    • Orchestra excerpts:
      P. Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 – 2nd movement: from the beginning 24 bars (with repeat)
      A. Bruckner Symphony no. 7 – 1st movement: from the beginning 23 bars
      R. Wagner Rheingold – from 4 bars before rehearsal number 35: 38 bars
      G. Verdi Requiem – no. 3 Offertorio: from the beginning 38 bars
      R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben – form the beginning 25 bars

    Highly qualified participants may also be invited to substitute in the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Vienna Philharmonic.

  • Double bass (German bow hold)

    Audition:

    March 16, 2026, time: 12.30 pm, venue: MUK - Musik und Kunst Universität Wien

    Works to be performed:

    • Dittersdorf, Bottesini or Vanhal Concerto – in each case 1st movement to reprise 
    • Orchestra excerpts: 
      G. Verdi Otello
      L.v. Beethoven Symphony no. 9 – Recitative
      W.A. Mozart G minor Symphony KV 550 – 1st movement
  • Harp

    Audition:

    March 25, 2026, time:3 pm, venue: Vienna State Opera

    Works to be performed:

    Louis Spohr: Fantasia in C minor Op. 35 
    Maurice Ravel: Introduction et Allegro

  • Flute

    Audition:

    March 25, 2026, time: 3 pm, venue: Musikverein Vienna

    Works to be performed:

    • W.A. Mozart Concerto in G major or D major – 1st movement exposition (no cadenza)

    • Orchestra excerpts: 
      M. Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
      J. Brahms Symphony no. 4
      G. Bizet Carmen
      L.v. Beethoven Overture Leonore
      F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Viennese Oboe

    Audition: (application via video is NOT possible!)

    March 19, 2026, time: 3 pm, venue: Musikverein Vienna

    Works to be performed:

    • a classical concerto of free choice

    • Orchestra excerpts:
      F. Schubert Symphony no. 9 "The Great" in C Major – 2nd mvt.
      L.v. Beethoven Symphony no. 3 "Eroica"
      N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

  • Clarinet (German system)

    Audition:

    March 18, 2026 time: 3 pm venue: MDW - Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna

    Works to be performed:

    • Mozart Clarinet Concerto KV 622 – 1st movement exposition and beginning of 2nd movement
    • Orchestra excerpts:
      G. Puccini Tosca – clarinet solo
      D. Shostakovich Symphony no. 9 – 3rd movement
  • Bassoon

    Audition:

    March 27, 2026, time: 3 pm, venue: Vienna State Opera

    Works to be performed:

    • W.A. Mozart Concerto in B flat major KV 191 – 1st movement to reprise (no cadenza)
    • Orchestra excerpts: 
      W.A. Mozart Figaro Overture
      P. Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4 – 2nd movement
      N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
      M. Ravel Bolero
      L.v. Beethoven Symphony no. 4 – 4th movement
  • Viennese Horn

    Audition: (application via video is NOT possible!)

    March 24, 2026, time: 3 pm, venue: Musikverein Vienna

    Works to be performed: 

    • R. Strauss Horn Concerto no. 1 op. 11 – 1st movement (piano accompaniment will be provided)
    • Orchestra excerpts: 
      R. Wagner Siegfried – Siegfried's Horn Call
      P. Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 5
      R. STrauss Till Eulenspiegel
      G. Bizet Carmen
      G. Rossini Italian in Algiers
      R. Strauss Ariadne
      R. Wagner Götterdämmerung 
  • Trumpet (German Trumpet)

    Audition: 

    March 23, 2026, time: 3 pm, venue: Vienna State Opera

    Works to be performed (live audition):

    • J. Haydn: Concerto – 1st movement up to the end of the development + cadenza
    • Orchestra excerpts:
      L.v. Beethoven Leonore – 2 Signals
      G. Bizet Carmen – Signal
      R. Wagner Valkyrie – Sword Motif
      I. Stravinsky Petroushka – Dance, Valse and Finale
      M. Ravel Piano Concerto
      R. Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
      G. Donizetti Don Pasquale

    Works to be performed for the video application:

    • J. Haydn: Concerto – 1st movement up to the end of the development + cadenza
    • Orchestra excerpts:
      L.v. Beethoven Leonore – 2 Signals
      G. Bizet Carmen – Signal
      R. Wagner Valkyrie – Sword Motif
  • Trombone

    We will have no trombones in 2026.

  • Viennese timpani and percussion

    Audition: (video application is NOT possible!)

    March 18, 2026, time: 2 pm, venue: Vienna State Opera

    Works to be performed:

    The list of works to be performed will be sent by e-mail by beginning of March.

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Contact

Do you have any questions?

Britta Malpricht-Varga
Summer Academy Organisation