Orchestra Academy

In existence at Zurich Opera House since the 1997/98 season, the Orchestra Academy gives musicians from Switzerland and abroad the opportunity to gain their first experiences in a professional orchestra for two years. The students are actively involved in the day-to-day work of the Philharmonia Zurich, prepare the pieces they are to perform under the instruction of their mentors (first-chair players and soloists from the Orchestra), are given specialist training for auditions, as well as the opportunity to play chamber music in the widest variety of combinations. Many former members of the Academy have already made the transition to excellent orchestras.

The members of the Orchestra Academy 2019/20

Violin
Mireia Castro Real
Katarzyna Seremak

Viola
Evgeniya Peschanskaya

Violoncello
Noémie Akamatsu

Bass
Gonzalo Jimenez Barranco

Flute
Tomasz Sierant

Oboe
Louis Baumann

Clarinet
Maria del Mar Rabago

Bassoon
Stefano Riva

Horn
Alejandro Cela Camba

Trumpet
José Pereira

Trombone
Raphaël Long

Percussion
Felix Birnbaum

Key instruments
Polina Charnetskaia

Missing in the photo: Tomasz Sierant (Flute) and Louis Baumann (Oboe).