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IHS Members are invited to submit information on any upcoming horn auditions not listed here.

Argentina

Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colon

French Horn Principal. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colon

French Horn Assistant. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed. 

Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colon

French Horn. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed. 

Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colon

French Horn - Soloist Assistant. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed. 

Armenia

Australia

Orchestra Victoria

Associate Principal Horn. Application deadline: Sep. 19. Audition date: Oct. 31.

Austria

Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

koord. Solo-Horn Verpflichtung zu Diskanthorn + Wagnertuba. Application deadline: April 30. Audition date: Not listed.

Belgium

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

3./2. Horn (with obligation assistant 1st horn). Application deadline: Oct. 5. Audition date: Nov. 5.

Brazil

Bulgaria

State Opera Stara Zagora

Horns – two. Leader, second or third. Application deadline: Oct. 25. Auditiond date: Nov. 3.

State opera - Plovdiv

Associate Principal French Horn. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Canada

National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts

3rd Horn. Application deadline: Nov. 10. Audition date: Feb. 1, 2, 3, 2020.

Chile

China

China NCPA Orchestra

French Horn Tutti. Application deadline: see notice. Audition date: see notice.

Guiyang Symphony Orchestra

Horn, associate principal. Application deadline: May 31. Audition date: not listed.

Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra

Tutti French Horn IV. Application deadline: not lised. Audition date: not listed.

utti French Horn II & III. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Harbin Symphony Orchestra

All Brass. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Kunming International Philharmonic.

French Horn (One-year contract). Application deadline: Not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Suzhou Symphony Orchestra

Principal Horn (One-year contract). Application deadline: Oct. 18. Audition date: not listed.

Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra

Principal horn, 2nd horn. No dates given.

Colombia

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

Cairo Symphony Orchestra

Low Horn (2 + 4) (One-year contract). Application deadline: Oct. 31. Audition date: Nov. 21.

Cairo Symphony Orchestra

Associate Principal Horn. Application deadline: Oct. 31. Audition date: Nov. 21.

Estonia

Theatre Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra

Third French Horn. Application deadline: Sep. 10. Audition date: Oct. 3

Europe

Finland

France

Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée

1 COR CO-SOLISTE jouant 1er et 3ème. Application deadline: Sep. 16. Audition date: Oct. 7.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice

1 deuxième cor (2e catégorie) devant jouer le quatrième, sixième et huitième cor et le deuxième tube. Application deadline: Sep. 29. Audition date: Oct. 14.

Germany

Berliner Philharmoniker

Principal Horn. Application deadline: Mar. 12, 2020. Audition date: Apr. 23-24, 2020.

Berliner Philharmoniker

High Horn. Application deadline: Sep. 26. Audition date: Nov. 6-7

Berliner Philharmoniker

Low Horn. Application deadline: Sep. 4. Audition date: Oct. 17-18.

Essener Philharmoniker

3./2. Horn mit Verpflichtung zur Wagnertube. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Frankfurt Radio Symphony

Solo-Horn. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Staatskapelle Berlin

Solo-Horn. Application deadline: Oct. 16. Audition date: not listed.

Granada

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

Section Leader French Horn. Application deadline: n/a Audition date: not listed.

Israel

Italy

Fondazione Arturo Toscanini

Quarto corno, con obbligo del secondo e della fila - n. 1 posto. Application deadline: June 18. Audition date: not listed.

Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica J. Haydn di Bolzano e Trento

Concorso per 2°corno con obbligo del 4° e della fila. Application deadline: Nov. 3. Audition date: Nov. 27.

Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana

Ruoli in Orchestra. Application deadline: Oct. 31. Audition date: not listed.

Teatro Regio di Torino

Secondo, quarto corno e seguenti con obbligo del terzo. Application deadline: Jun. 24. Audition date: not listed.

Japan

Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

French Horn. Application deadline: Dec. 16. Audition date: see website.

Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa

Horn (Mainly 2nd). Application deadline: Aug. 31. Audition date: Oct. 7-8.

Latvia

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

Assistant concertmaster of the French horn group (One-year contract). Application deadline: Oct. 20. Audition date: Nov. 4.

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Philharmonie et Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

Application deadline: Sep. 29. Audition date: Oct. 29.

Macao

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

New Zealand

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Co-Principal Horn. Application deadline: Oct. 28. Audition date: Nov. 16.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Principal Third Horn. Application deadline: Oct. 15. Audition date: Oct. 29-30.

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra

Associate Principal French Horn (Part-time). Application deadline: Dec. 12. Audition date: Dec. 19.

Royal New Zealand Navy Band

Horn. Ongoing auditions.

Norway

Palestine/Israel

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Russia

Scotland

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovak Philharmonic

1. player in the group of French Horns. Application deadline: Oct. 15. Audition date: Oct. 23.

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

ADDA Simfònica

Horn (2 positions). Application deadline: May 31. Audition date: not listed.

Consorcio de Santiago - Real Filharmonía de Galicia

(Apprenticeship/Academy position). Application deadline: Sep. 12. Audition date: Not listed.

Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro RTVE

Horn. Application deadline: May 24. Audition date: not listed.

Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi - Basque National Orchestra

Principal Horn Player. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife

Horn Soloist. Application deadline: Sep. 5. Audition date: not listed.

Sweden

Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg

Master of Fine Arts in Music with specialization in Symphonic Orchestra Performance (Apprenticeship/Academy position). Application deadline: Jan. 15. Audition date: not listed.

Royal Swedish Opera

Principal French Horn. Application deadline: May 13. Audition date: not listed.

Switzerland

Berner Symphonieorchester

tiefes Horn. Application deadline: Dec. 1. Audition date: not listed.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

3. Horn Stellenantritt nach Vereinbarung. Application deadline: Aug. 11. Audition date: Oct. 25.

Taiwan

Turkey

United Kingdom

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Principal Second Horn. Application deadline: July 6. Audition date: not listed.

Corps of Army Music

Horn. Ongoing auditions.

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Principal Horn. Application deadline: Sep. 15. Audition date: not listed.

Royal Air Force

Horn - ongoing auditions.

Southbank Sinfonia

Southbank Sinfonia 2020: Horn (Apprenticeship/Academy position). Application deadline: Jul. 1. Audition date: not listed.

Thursford Enterprises

Orchestral Brass Players. Application deadline: May 24. Audition date: not listed.

USA

Charlotte Symphony

Principal Horn. Application deadline: June 1. Audition date: Sept. 30-Oct. 2.

Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Civic Orchestra Regular and Associate Membership (Horn) (Apprenticeship/Academy position). Application deadline: Sep. 13. Audition date: not listed.

Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra

Horn 3 (local audition only). Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: Oct. 25.

Fort Wayne Philharmonic

Principal Horn (One-year contract). Application deadline: Sep. 1. Audition date: Sep. 30.

San Diego Symphony

Second Horn. Application deadline: Sep. 13. Audition date: Oct. 13-16.

New York Philharmonic

Principal Horn. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Shen Yun Orchestra

Horn. Application deadline: ongoing. Audition date: ongoing.

US Marine Corps Musician Enlistment

Horn. Ongoing auditions. For further information please contact Gunnery Sergeant Jonathan Bley at 757-613-8215. Or by e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

United States Navy Music

United States Naval Academy Band - French Horn. Application deadline: Nov. 11. Audition date: Nov. 18.

U.S. Navy Fleet Bands Open-call Horn Audition (two vacancies). Application Deadline: Dec. 2. Audition date: Dec. 14.

Vietnam