Toronto Symphony Orchestra piano audition

Audition information
Position
Principal piano
Application deadline
September 30, 2016
Audition date
October 27, 2016
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$85,126.24 per year
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(Posted on September 12, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A Chopin etude of the candidate’s choice from Op. 10 (except No. 3, 6, or 11) or Op. 25 (except No. 2, 7, or 9)
The first movement—with cadenza—from the Mozart piano concerto K. 453, 466, 467, 488, or 595, or from a Beethoven piano concerto
Piano excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. II: 154–166
  • Mvt. II: 199–242
Bernstein—On the Town
  • Times Square
Bernstein—Fancy Free
  • 477–487
  • Var. 1 Galop: 1–567
  • Var. 1 Galop: 992–end
Copland—Appalachian Spring
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. II
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1, Op. 10
  • Mvt. II: 2 before 18 to 3 after 22
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after 9 to 15
Strauss—Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
  • Ouverture
Stravinsky—Petrushka
  • Danse Russe: 1–73
  • Danse Russe: 76–81
Stravinsky—Symphony in Three Movements
Celesta excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. III
Grofé—Grand Canyon Suite
  • Mvt. III
Holst—The Planets
  • Mercury
  • Neptune
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Sugar Plum Fairy: 5–end
Harpsichord excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
  • Mvt. I
Organ excerpts
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • A♭ major section
Accompaniment
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
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