Croatia in the Eurovision Young Musicians

Croatia
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Participating broadcasterHRT
Participation summary
Appearances14 (5 finals)
First appearance1994
Highest placement2nd: 1998

Croatia has participated in the biennial classical music competition Eurovision Young Musicians 14 times since its debut in 1994.[1]

On 8 July 2019, it was announced by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) that Croatian broadcaster HRT would host the 20th edition of the contest in Zagreb on 21 June 2020.[2] However, on 18 March 2020, it was announced that the event had been postponed indefinitely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3] In February 2022, it was confirmed that Croatia would not host this edition of the contest. Although initially not included on the list of participants on 21 February 2022, it was later revealed in June that Croatia would remain in the contest after all. In December 2023, the broadcaster confirmed that they would not participate in 2024.[4]

Participation overview

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Sara Domjanić
Marko Martinović
Table key
2
Second place
X
Entry selected but did not compete
Year[1] Entrant Instrument Final Semi
1994 Ana Vidovic Guitar Did not qualify -
1996 Did not participate
1998 Monika Leskovar Cello 2 -
2000 Jan Jankovic Horn Did not qualify
2002 Ivo Dropulich Violin -
2004 Kajana Pačko Cello -
2006 Varga Zita Cello -
2008 Marin Maras Violin -
2010 Filip Merčep Percussion - -
2012 Katarina Kutnar Violin Did not qualify -
2014 Sara Domjanić Violin - No semi-final
2016 Marko Martinović Bisernica -
2018 Jan Tominić Saxophone Did not qualify -
2020 Ivan Petrović-Poljak[5] Piano Contest cancelled[a] X -
2022 Ivan Petrović-Poljak[6] Piano - No semi-final
2024 Did not participate

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Country profile: Croatia". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ Zwart, Josianne (8 July 2019). "Eurovision Young Musicians heading to Zagreb in 2020". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Eurovision Young Musicians 2020 Has Been Postponed". eurovoix.com. 18 March 2020.
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony (2023-12-01). "🇭🇷 Croatia: Withdraws from Eurovision Young Musicians 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  5. ^ "Ivan Petrović-Poljak predstavljat će Hrvatsku na Euroviziji mladih glazbenika 2020". HRT (in Croatian). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  6. ^ Matejča, Daniel. "THREE OF VIRTUOSOS V4+ LAUREATES IN EUROVISION YOUNG MUSICIANS CONTEST". Virtuosos. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
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