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
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> 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.
CORRECTION OF MATERIAL ERRORS
FOURTH-CHAIR HORN WITH SECOND-CHAIR, FIFTH-CHAIR, LOWER-CHAIR, AND WAGNER TUBA DUTIES – CORRECTION OF EXAM SCHEDULE We inform you that, in the exam schedule for the role of Fourth-chair horn with Second-chair, Fifth-chair, Lower-chair, and Wagner Tuba duties, due to a mere material error, the date of “Monday, January 25, 2026” was indicated for the final exam instead of “Monday, January 26, 2026.”
Therefore, the exam schedule is confirmed as follows:
First anonymous eliminating round: Saturday, January 24, 2026 – 9:00 AM – Sala Santa Cecilia
Final round: Monday, January 26, 2026 – 9:00 AM – Sala Santa Cecilia.
SECTION CELLO – CORRECTION OF EXAM PROGRAMME
We inform you that among the orchestral excerpts from the symphonic repertoire provided in the exam program for the role of Section Cello, Symphony No. 6 by L. van Beethoven was included due to a mere material error.
Therefore, the exam program is confirmed as follows:
Performance of a Capriccio chosen by the candidate from numbers 3, 6, 10, and 12 from the 12 Capricci op. 25 by C.A. Piatti;
Performance of the Sonata for solo cello op. 25 no. 3 by P. Hindemith;
Performance (with piano accompaniment) of the first movement without cadenza of the Concerto in D major Hob:VII:2 by F.J. Haydn;
Orchestral excerpts from the symphonic repertoire to be chosen by the Commission from the following:
L. van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
F. Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
J. Brahms – Symphony No. 2, II movement
P.I. Čajkovskij – Symphony No. 4 / Symphony No. 6
G. Verdi – Messa da Requiem, Offertorio
R. Strauss – Don Juan
D. Šostakovič – Symphony No. 5
This correction note fully integrates the competition announcement and, specifically, Articles 3 (Exam rounds) and 4 (Exam program) in the terms specified above.
The President-Superintendent
Nicola Massimo Biscardi