Eurovision Young Musicians 1994

Eurovision Young Musicians 1994
Dates
Semi-final 19 June 1994
Semi-final 210 June 1994
Final14 June 1994
Host
VenuePhilharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Musical directorKazimierz Kord
Executive producerMalgorzata Jedynak-Pietkiewicz
Host broadcasterTelewizja Polska (TVP)
Participants
Number of entries24
Number of finalists8
Debuting countries Croatia
 Estonia
 Latvia
 Lithuania
North Macedonia Macedonia
 Russia
 Slovenia
Returning countries Greece
Non-returning countries Netherlands
 Yugoslavia
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         Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-finals     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1994
Vote
Voting systemTop 3 chosen by professional jury
Winning musician
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The Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 was the seventh edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland, between 9 and 14 June 1994.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of twenty-four countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held in the same venue on 9 and 10 June 1994. Out of the 24 countries, 16 did not qualify to the final, including the host country Poland. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kazimierz Kord.[1]

Seven countries made their début, while Greece returned and the Netherlands as well as Yugoslavia withdrew from the 1994 contest.[1] It is, to date, the contest with the most contestants and the one closest to matching the number of participants in that same year's Eurovision Song Contest, with 24 to the Song Contest's 25. It also had the most overlap of any year, as all but five countries also competed in that year's Song Contest (the exceptions being Belgium, Denmark, and Slovenia, who had been relegated from the 1994 contest, and Latvia and Macedonia, who would not debut there for several years; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, and Slovakia didn't appear at the 1994 Young Musicians, but all save for Iceland would debut or return in the coming years).

The non-qualified countries were Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia and Spain. For the third time, the host country did not qualify for the final.[2] Natalie Clein of the United Kingdom won the contest, with Latvia and Sweden placing second and third respectively.[3]

Location

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Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1994.

Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland, was the host venue for the 1994 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1] The building was built between 1900 and 1901, under the direction of Karol Kozłowski, to be reconstructed in 1955 by Eugeniusz Szparkowski. The director of the institution is Wojciech Nowak.[4][5] It is the main venue of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since 1955, the institution organises the International Chopin Piano Competition. The building hosts the annual festival Warsaw Autumn.[6]

Results

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Semi final

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A total of twenty-four countries took part in the semi-final of the 1994 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.[2]

Country Performer Instrument Piece
 Russia Anna Ajrapetiants Piano Ala Albeniz by Rodion Shchedrin
 France Nicolas Delclaud Violin Monologue Capriccio de la Vie d'artista by B. Petrov
 Croatia Ana Vidović Guitar Serenata española by Joaquín Malats [es]
 Poland Lukasz Szyrner Cello Danse du diable vert by Gaspar Cassadó
 Austria Bernard Hufnagl Trombone Sonatine for trombone and piano. Allegro vivance by Kazimierz Serocki
Cyprus Cyprus Manolis Neophytou Piano Prelude and Fugue op. 87 No.5 in D by Dmitri Shostakovich
 Lithuania Vilhelmas Čepinskis Violin Concerto No.2 part 1 by Balsis
 Slovenia Mate Bekavac Clarinet Solo de concours op. 10 by H. Rabasud
North Macedonia Macedonia Kalina Mrmevska Piano Sonata op.28 No. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev
 Ireland Finghin Collins Piano Prelude in C-sharp minor op.45 by Frédéric Chopin
 Greece Antonios Sousamoglou Violin Monogramma for violin solo by C. Samaras
 Spain Dolores Rodríguez Paredes Guitar Estudo No.11 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
 Norway Rolf-Erik Nystrøm Saxophone Suite pour saxophone alto et piano, part I by Bonneau
 Germany Luise Wiedemann Bassoon Sonate in F-major op.168, 2nd part by Camille Saint-Saens
 Portugal Ruben Da Luz Santos Trombone Bach by K. Sturzenegger
 Belgium David Cohen Cello Cantillene-jeu by P.B. Michel

Final

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Awards were given to the top three countries. The table below highlights these using gold, silver, and bronze. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.[3]

Draw Country Performer Instrument Piece Result
01  Hungary Mark Farago Piano Dance Macabre by Ferenc Liszt -
02  Latvia Liene Circene Piano Dance Macabre by Ferenc Liszt 2
03   Switzerland David Bruchez Trombone Ballade for Trombone and Orchestra by Frank Martin -
04  Finland Pia Toivio Cello Roccoco Variations op. 33 part II, VI, VII by Pyotr Tchaikovsky -
05  Estonia Marko Martin Piano Concerto in C minor, no.1 op. 35, part III, IV by Dmitri Shostakovich -
06  Sweden Malin Broman Violin Violin Concerto in A minor op.53, part III by Antonin Dvorak 3
07  United Kingdom Natalie Clein Cello Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85, part I by Edward Elgar 1
08  Denmark Frederik Magle Organ Concerto for Organ and Orchestra in G minor, part II by Francis Poulenc -

Jury members

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The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

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EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round.

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF
 Belgium RTBF Sports 21 [7]
 Croatia HRT
 Cyprus CyBC
 Denmark DR DR TV[a] Niels Oxenvad [8]
 Estonia STV STV1 [9]
 Finland YLE
 France France Télévision France 3[b]
 Germany ZDF[c] [10][7]
 Greece ERT
 Hungary MTV
 Ireland RTÉ
 Latvia LTV LTV1[d] [11]
 Lithuania LRT LTV [12]
 Macedonia MRT
 Norway NRK
 Portugal RTP
 Poland TVP TVP2 [13]
 Russia RTR
 Slovenia RTVSLO SLO 2 [14]
 Spain TVE
 Sweden SVT
  Switzerland SRG SSR SF DRS [15]
TSR Chaîne nationale Jean-Pierre Pastori [fr]
S Plus [fr]
TSI Canale nazionale
 United Kingdom BBC BBC2[e] Humphrey Burton [16]

Official album

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7th Eurovision Competition For Young Musicians
Compilation album by
Released1994
Recorded9–14 June 1994
VenuePhilharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw
GenreClassical
Length2:34:52

7th Eurovision Competition For Young Musicians was the official compilation album of the 1994 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by the host broadcaster TVP shortly after the contest in June 1994. The album featured live recordings of all 24 participants including those who took part in the semi-final round, divided into 2 separate CDs.

See also

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Notes and references

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Delayed broadcast on 14 June at 22:25 CET (21:25 UTC)[8]
  2. ^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format; one finalist each week featured as part of the programme Musique Graffiti from 29 March (Sweden) to 24 May 1995 (Switzerland).
  3. ^ Delayed broadcast on 14 June at 22:45 CET (21:45 UTC)[10]
  4. ^ Delayed broadcast on 6 August at 22:30 (EEST)[11]
  5. ^ Delayed broadcast on 18 June at 14:05 UTC[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Eurovision Young Musicians 1994: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 (Semi-Final)". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 1994: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Historia". filharmonia.pl. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie | Miejsce | Culture.pl". Culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Strona główna – BIP – Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie". www.filharmonia.4bip.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Televisie en radio dinsdag" [Television and radio Tuesday]. Limburgs Dagblad (in Dutch). Heerlen, Netherlands. 14 June 1994. p. 7. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Delpher.
  8. ^ a b "Alle tiders programoversigter – Tirsdag den 14. juni 1994" [All-time programme overviews – Saturday 14th June 1994]. DR. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Televisioon" [Television]. Post (in Estonian). 14 June 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via DIGAR Eesti artiklid.
  10. ^ a b "TV + Radio" [TV + Radio]. Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Biel, Switzerland. 14 June 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  11. ^ a b "Latvijas televīzijas programma no 31.jūlija līdz 6.augustam – Sestdiena, 6.augusts" [Latvian television program from July 31 to August 6 – Saturday, August 6]. Diena (in Latvian). 30 July 1994. p. 6. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via National Library of Latvia.
  12. ^ "TV – wtorek, 14 czerwca" [TV – Tuesday, 14 June] (PDF). Kurier Wileński (in Polish). 14 June 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Polonijna Biblioteka Cyfrowa.
  13. ^ "Program TV – Wtorek 9 maja" [TV Program – Tuesday 9 May]. Pogranicze (in Polish). 14 May 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via Podkrapacka Digital Library [pl].
  14. ^ "Televizija" [Television]. Delo (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia. 14 June 1994. p. 14. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Digital Library of Slovenia.
  15. ^ "Mardi - 14 juin". Radio TV8 (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 14 June 1994. p. 30. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  16. ^ a b "The Seventh Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians". BBC. 18 June 1994. p. 59. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
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