Roma, 20 October 2025
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC COMPETITION, BASED ON DEGREES, CREDENTIALS, AND EXAMINATION RESULTS, FOR HIRING, UNDER OPEN-ENDED CONTRACT, IN THE ORCHESTRA OF FONDAZIONE ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA, TO THE POSITIONS OF SECTION VIOLA (2 positions), SECTION CELLO (2 positions), SECTION DOUBLE BASS WITH FIVE-STRING DUTIES (1 position), FOURTH-CHAIR HORN WITH SECOND-CHAIR, FIFTH-CHAIR, LOWER-CHAIR, AND WAGNER TUBA DUTIES (1 position).
Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is announcing an international public competition, based on degrees, credentials, and examination results, for hiring, under open-ended contract, to the following professional positions:
SECTION VIOLA, with placement in level 4 of the artistic area (orchestra) of the national collective bargaining agreement in force for personnel employed by Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2 positions);
SECTION CELLO, with placement in level 4 of the artistic area (orchestra) of the national collective bargaining agreement in force for personnel employed by Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2 positions);
SECTION DOUBLE BASS WITH FIVE-STRING DUTIES, with placement in level 4 of the artistic area (orchestra) of the national collective bargaining agreement in force for personnel employed by Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (1 position);
FOURTH-CHAIR HORN WITH SECOND-CHAIR, FIFTH-CHAIR, LOWER-CHAIR, AND WAGNER TUBA DUTIES, with placement in level 4 of the artistic area (orchestra) of the national collective bargaining agreement in force for personnel employed by Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (1 position);
Deadline: 4 January 2026
> Read the entire announcement
> Orchestral excerpts from the Symphonic Repertoire (pdf)
ERRATA CORRIGE
EXAM PROGRAM – SECTION DOUBLE BASS WITH FIVE-STRING DUTIES
It is hereby communicated that, among the orchestral excerpts from the symphonic repertoire listed in the exam program for the position of section double bass with five-string duties, Symphony No. 9 by D. Shostakovich was mistakenly included instead of Symphony No. 9 by L. van Beethoven.
Therefore, among the orchestral excerpts that may be requested of candidates for the position of section double bass with obligation to play the fifth string, the indication “Symphony No. 9 by D. Shostakovich” is cancelled and replaced by “Symphony No. 9 by L. van Beethoven.”
This correction notice fully amends the competition announcement, specifically Article 4 – “Examination Program”, as detailed above.