BECOME PART OF THE GMJO
We are pleased to announce the next auditions in autumn/winter 2024 for the GMJO tours and projects in 2025.
The auditions will take place from the end of October to mid-December in around 30 European cities. All information and the link to register can be found on our audition website.
The GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER succeeded as the first international youth orchestra to hold free auditions in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc. Since 1986 auditions have been held in the former CSSR, since 1988 in the former GDR and since 1990 also in the former USSR.
Since 1992, the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER has been open to musicians up to the age of 27 from all over Europe. Since then, the orchestra has guaranteed equal conditions and absolute equality of opportunity to over 2,500 candidates each year through auditions in approximately 30 European cities.
The following conditions of participation apply to the GMJO auditions 2024:
- European citizenship
- Advanced level of education
- Born between 1.1.1998 and 1.1.2009
In case of an excessive number of registrations, the GMJO reserves the right to limit the number of participants. There is no right to participate. The legal process is excluded.
Further information on the audition regulations and the audition process can be found on the pages Conditions of Participation and Audition FAQs.
Here we would like to give you a compact overview of the GMJO audition process from your registration to the notification of results.
Candidates who wish to register for the GMJO auditions are obliged to
- Meet the requirements of the conditions of participation
- Register in one of the audition cities, the choice is completely free
- Be available for the GMJO projects 2025
- Confirm the participation at a later date under the personal audition account
The application deadline is usually 7-10 days before the first audition date at the preferred audition city.
In general, auditions for all instruments take place in all audition cities. Exceptions are percussion (only Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich) and piano/celesta (no live auditions).
If the audition is also to be completed on an additional instrument (e.g. piccolo, bass clarinet, cor anglais), this option needs to be selected when registering, so that more time can be scheduled for the audition.
If the additional instrument is not properly registered, the audition on the additional instrument can unfortunately not be accepted.
All further information on the procedure and organisation of the audition can be found in the personal audition account after successful registration.
Registration for the auditions does not automatically guarantee an audition slot. The participation must be reconfirmed at a later date via the personal audition account. Only after successful reconfirmation on the respective reconfirmation day the individual audition slot can be selected.
The audition slots are limited and will be considered in the order of receipt ('first-come first-serve'). We therefore advise all participants to reconfirm their registration as early as possible. If all audition slots have already been allocated at the time of reconfirmation, a waiting list will be set up.
The following must be prepared for the audition:
- The first movement of one of the specified concertos, without cadenza
- Orchestral excerpts
The list of possible concertos as well as the scores of the orchestral excerpts can be downloaded after submitting the application.
Candidates who wish to take the audition with piano accompaniment may bring a self-organised piano accompaniment to the audition – this however is not obligatory and will not affect the result. A piano is available at each audition location.
All auditions will be recorded by a member of the jury or a staff-member of the GMJO. Each candidate agrees to this when registering for the auditions.
Piano/Celesta: No live auditions will be held. Interested musicians with orchestral experience are asked to contact the GMJO office and send a CV including a demo CD or WeTransfer link to the GMJO office afterwards (Contact: auditions@gmjo.at).
All applicants will be informed in writing of the outcome of their audition in February 2025.
The result represents the final decision of the jury. Legal recourse is excluded.
Cancellations must be communicated to the GMJO immediately so that the audition slot can be passed on to another applicant.
Cancellation of the audition can be made via the personal audition account or by e-mail to auditions@gmjo.at.
Unexcused absence will automatically result in exclusion from the next year's auditions.