Eurovision Young Musicians 1994

Eurovision Young Musicians 1994
Dates
Semi-final 1	9 June 1994
Semi-final 2	10 June 1994
Final	14 June 1994
Host
Venue	Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Musical director	Kazimierz Kord
Host broadcaster	Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Participants
Number of entries	24 (8 qualified)
Debuting countries	Croatia  Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania Macedonia  Russia  Slovenia
Returning countries	France  Greece  Ireland  Portugal  Sweden
Non-returning countries	Yugoslavia
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1994
Vote
Voting system	Top 3 chosen by professional jury
Winning musician	United Kingdom Natalie Clein
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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, afterwards the last year's contest, winning country, Bartłomiej Nizioł performing the violin instrument, dated between the 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]

Nine countries made their début, while five countries returned (France, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden) and 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[]

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[]

Semi final[]

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
Croatia	Ana Vidović	Guitar	Serenata española by  [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	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
Slovenia	Mate Bekavac	Clarinet	Solo de concours op. 10 by
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
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	Basson	Sonate in F-major op.168, 2nd part by Camille Saint-Saens
Portugal	Ruben Da Luz Santos	Trombone	Bach by
Belgium	David Cohen	Cello	Cantillene-jeu by

Final[]

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[]

The jury members consisted of the following:^[1]

Broadcasting[]

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round.

Official album[]

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[]

• Eurovision Song Contest 1994

References[]

External links[]

• Official website