The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports has announced competitions for filling six (6) vacant posts for permanent artistic staff in the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, as follows:
1 Principal in Bassoons
1 Sub-principal in Clarinets under the obligation to play the clarinet piccolo
2 musicians (tutti) in First Violins
1 musician (tutti) in Double Basses
1 musician (tutti) in Horns
Candidates must meet the following requirements:
1. Nationality requirement
a) They must be Greek citizens or
b) They must be citizens of EU Member States or
c) They must be Northern Epirots or Cypriots of Greek descent or foreigners of Greek descent from Istanbul or Imvros or Tenedos, without requiring a certificate of Greek nationality, provided that their capacity as Greeks by birth and conscience can be demonstrated in other ways (Legislative Decree 3832/1958, Government Gazette 128/A/1958).
d) All persons who acquired Greek nationality by naturalisation may also be candidates provided at least 1 year has elapsed from acquisition of nationality by the last date for submitting applications.
2. They must have turned 21 years old or, in the case of musicians of recognised talent, 15 years old.
3. Their state of health and physical condition must be that required to perform the duties associated with their post, within the meaning of the provisions of Article 7 - Article I of Law 3528/2007, as in force.
4. They must not be impeded from taking up the post due to criminal convictions or custody or any form of privative or concurrent judicial assistance (Article 8 - Article I of Law 3528/2007).
5. They must hold a degree or diploma in the relevant areas of expertise (musical instrument) from a recognised music training establishment in Greece or an equivalent diploma from a training establishment abroad.
The competitions will be held in Thessaloniki from October 22nd. The place and the excact programme will be announced by the T.S.S.O.
The candidates must submit or send their application/declaration until 20 September 2016 to the following address:
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra
73, Nikis Avenue
54622 Thessaloniki, Greece
Printed application forms are available from the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra offices. Electronic forms can be downloaded from here (in Greek language), at the end οf the page, by the file name: ΑΙΤΗΣΗ-ΥΠΕΥΘΥΝΗ ΔΗΛΩΣΗ.pdf
The candidates along with the application form must also submit a CV and any other information which would help form a picture of their artistic personality and abilities.
More specifically, candidates claiming the status of musicians of recognised talent must submit evidence to justify that claim if they tick the relevant box on the application form.
The Examinations Committee shall make a determination on this matter in accordance with law. After inspecting the supporting documents from each candidate in this case (musicians of recognised talent) the Committee shall ascertain the existence of evidence of that recognised musical talent and allow that candidate to participate in the competition.
Failure to submit those supporting documents along with the application form for the competition shall render any subsequent reliance on such status inadmissible.
Examinations syllabus
According to the Minister of Culture decision ΥΠΠΟ/ΚΑΤΕΧΝ/Δ/35836/22-7-1999, the examinations syllabus per family of instruments and category of artistic personnel is as follows:
BASSOONS
Principals
a. WEBER: Concerto in F major, op.75, the whole concerto
b. MOZART: Concerto KV 191 the 1st part with Cadenza
c. Excerpts from orchestral works
d. Prima vista
CLARINETS
Sub-Principals
a. WEBER: Concerto No.2, op.74 in E flat major, the 1st and the 2nd part
b. MOZART: Concerto in A major, KV 622, the 1st part with Cadenza (playing with Clarinetto basso)
c. Excerpts from orchestral works
d. Prima vista
VIOLINS
Musicians (tutti)
a. One of the following concertos WIENIAVVSKY No2, MENDELSSOHN, BRUCH, the 1st part with Cadenza.
b. ΜΟΖΑRT: One of the concertos Νο.3 (in G), Νο.4 (in D), Νο.5 (in A), the 1st part with Cadenza.
c. Excerpts from orchestral works (without the Soli).
DOUBLE BASSES
Musicians (tutti)
a. Two parts (slow and fast) from the concertos of DITTERSDORF, KOUSSEVITSKY, BOTTESINI.
b. Excerpts from orchestral works (without the Soli).
HORNS
Musicians (tutti)
a. HAYDN: Concerto in D major, the whole concerto
b. MOZART: Concerto No.3, KV 477 or Concerto No.4, KV 495, the 1st part with Cadenza.
c. Excerpts from orchestral works
d. Prima vista
In case of applications submitted for 2 posts, examinations for the second post shall only relate to the aspects where the exam syllabi for the two posts do no overlap.
Candidates shall be examined in front of the Examinations Committee without a public audience. Only musicians from the Orchestra who play the instrument being examined are permitted to attend in accordance with the provisions of Article 1(7) of the Minister Decision No. ΥΠΠΟ/ΚΑΤΕΧΝ/Δ/35836/22-7-1999.
The lists of successful candidates, by category and instrument, shall include a number of successful candidates equal to the number of posts announced and shall be posted at the Orchestra’s offices and notice board area in the presence of 2 employees and the relevant reports shall be prepared which shall then be sent to the Directorate for HR Management & Development of the Ministry of Culture & Sport.
Successful candidates will be invited to submit all supporting documents required by law requested in a letter from the Directorate for HR Management & Development of the Ministry of Culture & Sport.
All information about the competitions and all relevant issues shall be laid down in decisions and announcements of the Examinations Committees which will be posted at the Orchestra’s offices (73, Nikis Avenue, Thessaloniki) and will also be posted on the TSSO’s website.
This decision – notice shall be published in the Government Gazette, in the newspaper
Dimosiografika and posted to the website of the Ministry of Culture & Sport (
www.yppo.gr) under
Staff Selection notices, of the TSSO (
www.tsso.gr) and the Transparency Programme (
www.et.diavgeia.gov.gr) and a summary of this notice shall be published in two daily newspapers, one in Athens and one in Thessaloniki.
In order to help the candidates, we give bellow a translation of the application/declaration in English. Nevertheless the application/declaration must be filled in Greek, such as any other document needed.
APPLICATION - DECLARATION
TO:
On this day ………………………………………
A. I should like to be accepted in the competition for filling vacant instrumental posts on the permanent artistic staff of your Orchestra.
I am interested in the following instrument ............ and the category ............
[FILL IN THE INSTRUMENT AND CATEGORY EXACTLY AS THEY ARE LISTED ON THE JOB ADVERTISEMENT]
B. I declare the following responsibly and in full awareness of the legal consequences foreseen for false statements:
1. IDENTITY CARD / PASSPORT DETAILS
No. Date of issue
Issuing Authority …………………….. …………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………
· SURNAME: ..................................................
· FIRST NAME: ............................................
· FATHER’S NAME: .........................................
· NAME OF SPOUSE: .....................................
· POSTAL ADDRESS: ......................................
Street: ............. No. ..............
City: .............. Post Code ....................
Telephone: .....................
· NATIONALITY: .....................
· I am registered in the [MALE REGISTER
or CIVIL REGISTER] of the Municipality / Community
in the Prefecture of with ledger number and date of
birth
2. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
I hold ................ or I'm going to acquire ............................
3. I have completed my military service:
YES □, NO □
4. I am a musician of recognized talent; this is resulting by the evidences I am submitting along with this application:
YES □, NO □
NOTE: If you answered YES, you must submit along with the present application any evidence which justifies this claim. If you fail to do so, the Committee will not consider your application.
Answer the following questions:
a) Have you committed acts which could influence the decision on your suitability for service in the public sector or in a legal entity governed by Public Law? If so, what are these acts?
b) Are you working in any of the bellow mentioned (1-5) and if so, in what position?
1. Public sector
2. Legal entity governed by Public Law
3. Local government, including
local-government associations
4. Public-sector enterprise or public body
5. Legal entity governed by Private Law which is state-owned or receives regular state subsidies which, in accordance with the relevant provisions, account for at least 60% of its annual budget, according to the relevant provisions or its articles of association, or in which the above legal entities own 61% of its share capital.
c) Have you worked for any of the above [section B]? If so, what was your job and when did you work there?
d) What was the reason you leave this post?
e) Have been convicted of a crime or received a sentence of any sort for robbery, misappropriation [common or in the execution of your job], fraud, blackmail, forgery, abuse of office, dereliction of duty, slander, or any crime against sexual freedom or economic exploitation of sexual activity?
f) Have you been referred to the courts for a felony or a misdemeanour of the above mentioned (section e) crimes even if the offence is time-barred?
g) Have you been deprived of your civil rights due to a prison sentence; if so, how long was the sentence for?
h) Are you partially or fully unfit to represent yourself in court, do you require assistance with your representation, or both?
i) Are there any charges pending against you?
[Place and date of Application]
Signature