2nd Violin Tutti Netherlands Chamber Orchestra (50%)

The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra is an inspiring collective with an expressive playing style. The orchestra creates extraordinary interpretations made possible by its core values: intensive collaboration and open communication. Gordan Nikolic is the musical director. He leads the orchestra from the position of the concertmaster chair. Works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn form the heart of the repertoire. Many young composers are also featured each year. At the Netherlands Opera, the repertoire concentrates on Mozart, belcanto (Bellini, Donizetti) and twentieth-century and contemporary music. The orchestra is also involved in many educational and outreach projects. The goal is to make classical music accessible to all. The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra forms one organization with the Netherlands Philharmonic and is based in the monumental NedPhO Dome in Amsterdam East.

The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra has two vacancies for:
2nd Violin tutti (50%)

Date Trial Play:
May 8, 2025

Closing date:
April 6, 2025

Mandatory works:
The compulsory repertoire will soon appear on our website (www.orkest.nl ) and Muvac .

Location:
Amsterdam-East

Profile

• You master a versatile repertoire and you give excellent performances on (international) concert stages and in De Nationale Opera. This requires a professional and flexible working attitude. In addition to playing in the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, your annual duties will include playing chamber music and educational projects;
• You radiate enthusiasm on every stage;
• You have a talent for working together harmoniously and you have good communication skills.

Employment conditions

• You will start with a one-year contract;
• Appointment rate of 50%
• The salary will be in accordance with the CAO Dutch orchestras in scale 1 (110% column). The step depends on your years of experience in a professional orchestra;
  Compulsory participation in the ABP pension fund;
• Various allowances according to the CAO Dutch Orchestras, which can be found at www .vvno.nl;
• Indication for starting date is in August 2025;
  
• Unique opportunity to play operas and symphonies as well as chamber music and educational/social projects;
  
• A staff association (voluntary participation) that organizes many fun activities such as boat trip, to Artis and various workshops and lunch.

Application and selection
You can apply for the audition on the Muvac website:

For the audition, only the following will be invited: Dutch musicians, foreign musicians originating from England and from within the EU including Iceland, Switzerland, Norway and Liechtenstein as well as musicians originating from outside the EU residing in the Netherlands on the basis of a non-temporary residence permit with free labor market access.

Please make sure your application is complete. Unfortunately, we cannot process incomplete applications. In Muvac, you will be given the option to upload recent video material. If you have less than 3 years of working experience in professional orchestras, we would like to ask you to upload 1-3 recent videos through MUVAC. This will increase your chances of us inviting you.

For more information about the position, please contact the producer auditions@nedpho.nl or 020 521 75 00).

We want everyone to enjoy classical music. A diverse and inclusive organization fits in with that: we subscribe to the Diversity & Inclusion Code.