Lediga tjänster/Vacancies

Chief Conductor Christian Reif has vacancies for:

Double Bass Tutti

Permanent position, date of employment, according to agreement

Compulsory repertoire
Dittersdorf E-major Concerto 1st movement with cadenza by Gruber (sounding D-major)
Bottesini B-minor Concerto 1st movement with cadenza & 2nd movement (sounding a-minor)

Orchestral excerpts
Download from November 2

Date of audition
Audition at Gavle Concert Hall: November 30 and December 1, 2026

Application
Make your application at MUVAC.COM
Application deadline: November 2, 2026
Audition by personal invitation.
All music is to be played with orchestra tuning

3rd Concertmaster and 1st Violin Tutti

Permanent positions, date of employment, according to agreement

Live audition
Monday November 16, 2026, 3rd Concertmaster
Tuesday November 17, 2026, 1st Violin Tutti
Note: Applicants who apply for both roles and progress to round 2 on Monday will automatically advance to round 2 on Tuesday as well.

Application deadline
Monday October 19, 2026
Make your application at MUVAC.COM

Compulsory Repertoire live audition

First movements with cadenza from:
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 D-major K 218, exposition and cadenza (bar 1 - 145)
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 A-major K 219, exposition and cadenza (bar 1 - 143)

Romantic concerto
Either of the following:
Beethoven Violin Concerto, first movement, (up to and including bar 365, no cadenza).
Brahms Violin Concerto, first movement, (up to and including bar 340, no cadenza)
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, first movement, (up to and including bar 351 with cadenza).
Sibelius Violin Concerto, first movement, (up to and including five bars after figure 7, with cadenza).
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, first movement, (up to and including bar 188, no cadenza)

Orchestral excerpts for live audtion
From October 5, 2026, download from www.gavlesymphonyorchestra.com/vacancies

Audition by personal invitation.

Bass Trombone

Permanent position, date of employment, according to agreement

Audition
Monday, September 21st and Tuesday, September 22nd 2026

Application deadline
Monday, August 31th 2026
Make your application at MUVAC.COM

Compulsory Repertoire
LEBEDEV Concerto in One Movement 

Orchestral excerpts can be downloaded HERE

Live audition by personal invitation.

Further details about the positions can be obtained from

Mr. Carl-Johan Lindström, Orchestra Manager
carl-johan.lindstrom@gavle.se
+46 73 960 46 34

or the Union representative (SYMF)
Ms. Ingela Hellberg
ingela.hellberg@gavle.se
+46 70 299 69 02