General Information
Music Director: LÜ Jia
Conductor Laureate: CHEN Zuohuang

China NCPA Orchestra is the resident orchestra of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Beijing. Since its founding in 2010, the orchestra has fast established itself as one of the most adventurous and dynamic orchestras in the country and earned an international reputation through extensive performances abroad.

Artists associated with the orchestra included Zubin Mehta, Valery Gergiev, Myung-Whun Chung, Fabio Luisi, Christoph Eschenbach, Shao-Chia Lü, Xian Zhang, Rudolf Buchbinder, Lang Lang, Stephen Kovacevich, Yuja Wang, Jian Wang, Gautier Capucon, Kyung Wha Chung, Vadim Repin, Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming, and Leo Nucci among many others. Lorin Maazel worked closely with the orchestra before his passing and praised the musicians for their “amazing professionalism and great passion in music”.

The orchestra has gained critical acclaim for its performances in NCPA’s opera productions of not only classical repertoire such as Tristan and Isolde, Der Rosenkavalier, Tosca and Aida, but also newly commissioned works like The Rickshaw Boy, The Long March, and The Jinsha River. In its own orchestral concert season, it has consistently presented creative and diverse programmes. Their performance of The Ring without Words with its creator, Lorin Maazel, was released on SONY Classics worldwide. The orchestra also gave the Chinese premieres of works by Toru Takemitsu, et al, commissioned and world premiered many works by Michael Gordon, Augusta Read Thomas, Qigang Chen, and ZHAO Jiping, et al.

Alongside its concert series, the orchestra has received widespread praise for its international appearances at the Kissingen Summer Music Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and concerts in many cities in Germany, as well as in Sydney, Singapore, Seoul, Daegu, Abu Dhabi, Taipei and Macau. In 2014, the orchestra undertook its first North American tour and returned in 2017, where it performed at Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, Davies Symphony Hall and other major venues in the US and Canada, under the baton of LÜ Jia. Musical America praised its “joyful confidence and youthful strength”. Concerto Net described it as “a polished, first rate ensemble”.

Echoing the NCPA’s expansion to its third site, the Performing Arts Center for the Beijing Sub-centre, the NCPA Orchestra is also opening a new chapter and initiating the expansion of the orchestra. The NCPA Orchestra is now in search of talented and well-trained orchestra musicians globally.

Vacancies
1. Principal: Harp
2. Co-principal: Horn
3. Tutti players: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Oboe (corno inglese), Trombone

Audition
Date: October 2022; exact date TBD
Location: NCPA, Beijing, China
Deadline of Application: September 23^rd, 2022

Requirements
1. Applicants should be of sound character and possess good professional ethics, performing experiences with a professional orchestra is required.
2. Able to rehearse and communicate with others in English.
3. An applicant can only attend the NCPAO audition once in a natural year.

Employment and Remuneration
Candidates who pass the audition will sign a contract of full-time employment with the orchestra and formally become a member of the Orchestra after passing the probationary period.

All members of the Orchestra receive job-based monthly salary, rehearsal fee and performance fee, plus allowances for housing, working meal and instrument accessories, and are entitled to 4 weeks of annual vacation, 4 weeks of personal leave and related social insurances.

Application
Materials required for application include:
1. Personal information submitted through online application platform
2. Copies of ID card / Passport, graduation certificates, diplomas, award certificates and other professional certificates (if any).
3. A colored ID photo in jpg. or png. format.
4. (Optional) Video recording of the applicant playing selected pieces from the 2022 China NCPA Orchestra Audition Excerpts: one solo piece and one orchestral excerpt.

Please gain access to the application platform of NCPAO audition through the link or QR code below, fill in all the required information and upload files necessary (For larger files like video recordings, it’s recommended to use a third-party platform to upload the file and share via a link.)

Webpage link: https://www.wenjuan.com/s/UZBZJvzusP9/

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Audition
1. Solo Repertoire: Please refer to 2022 China NCPA Orchestra Audition Excerpts. Content should be exactly as per requirements and set list. Please note that failure adhere to the requirements may result in disqualification.
2. Virtuoso Piece: Piece or pieces between 5 to 10 minutes that best showcases your technique and skills.
3. Orchestral Excerpts: Please see 2022 China NCPA Orchestra Audition Excerpts. For requesting listed excerpts, please submit applications via the application platform first. Excepts will be sent to qualified applicants via email.
4. Sight-reading: One or more excerpts will be provided during the audition for sight-reading.

The Audition Committee of China NCPA Orchestra reserves the right to reject any candidate it deems unsuitable. All information pertains to the auditions will be sent by email to the applicants.

Contact:
NCPA Orchestra Office at National Centre for the Performing Arts
No. 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng District
Beijing, P.R.China, 100031
Phone: +86-10-66550522 or +86-10-66550521
Fax: +86-10-66550519
Email: info@ncpao.com
Contact: Mr. TAN