Summer Academy 2027 Application

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

Age limit: 16 - 26 years

Application deadline: until March 2027

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:

• Record two videos without cuts: one with the required piece (with piano accompaniment) and one with the orchestral excerpts. Please record all required orchestral excerpts in any order.
• 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. 

The auditons for 2027 will take place in March!