DR Symfoniorkestret / Danish National Symphony Orchestra: Assistant principal cello for the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra is one of the world’s oldest broadcasting symphony orchestras and is part of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) – a leading cultural generator, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

The corporation includes 5 ensembles – a symphony orchestra, choirs, and a big band and is an important ambassador for Danish music and culture abroad.

The Danish Symphony Orchestra continuously collaborates with the world’s leading soloists and conductors. Maestro Fabio Luisi has been the Chief Conductor since September 2016. Other internationally acclaimed conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Manfred Honeck, Vasily Petrenko and Jukka-Pekka Saraste regularly visit and conduct the orchestra.
The DR concert hall is designed by French architect Jean Nouvel with acoustics by Yasuhisa Toyota and has been rated one of the world’s best concert halls by ‘Gramophone’. Most of the orchestra’s concerts are broadcast on DR’s platforms (radio, TV and digital) and to large regions of the world through the European Broadcasting Union.

The applicant will join our cello section with a total of 11 cellists including 2 equal Principals, who will take turns sitting second chair in most productions throughout the season. The applicant will therefore most often sit third chair but will in some weeks sit second chair and should be prepared to jump in on first chair when needed. We are looking for a cellist with the highest musical and technical capabilities. A musician who has both the principal’s ability to lead, as well as the tutti player’s refined ability to be a part of the section’s sound and musicality both within the group, and in the orchestra.