
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 2020/21
Violin
Samuel Jimenez Collazos
Katarzyna Seremak
Viola
Ladina Zogg
Violoncello
Noémie Akamatsu
Bass
Gonzalo Jimenez Barranco
Flute
Nieves Inmaculada Aliaño Ramos
Oboe
Artemii Cholokian
Clarinet
NN
Bassoon
NN
Horn
Alejandro Cela Camba
Trumpet
José Pereira
Trombone
Raphaël Long
Percussion
Felix Birnbaum
Key instruments
Polina Charnetskaia

Missing in the photo: Katarzyna Seremak (Violine)