List of countries in the Eurovision Young Musicians

Participation since 1982:

  Entered at least once

  Never entered, although eligible to do so

  Competed as a part of another country but never as a sovereignty

Eurovision Young Musicians is a biennial classical music competition for European musicians that are aged between 12 and 21. The contest was created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1982. Only members of the EBU may take part in the contest. Six countries took part in the inaugural contest.

Participants[]

The Eurovision Young Musicians, inspired by the success of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, is a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European musicians that are 18 years old or younger. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians took place in Manchester, United Kingdom on 11 May 1982 and 6 countries took part.^[1] Germany's Markus Pawlik won the contest, with France and Switzerland placing second and third respectively.^[2] The 2020 contest was cancelled, so it will be excluded from the table below.

Listed are all the countries that have ever taken part in the competition, alongside the year in which they made their debut:

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Debut year	Latest entry	Entries	Finals	Times qualified	Latest final	Wins	Latest win
Albania †	RTSH	2018		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Armenia †	AMPTV	2012		1	1	1/1	2012	0	N/A
Austria	ORF	1982	2016	18	14	12/16	2016	5	2014
Belarus ◇	BTRC	2010	2012	2	2	2/2	2012	0	N/A
Belgium	VRT (Dutch) RTBF (French)	1986	2018	10	2	2/10	1992	0	N/A
Bosnia and Herzegovina †	BHRT	2012		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Bulgaria †	BNT	2006		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Croatia †	HRT	1994	2018	11	4	4/11	2016	0	N/A
Cyprus †	CyBC	1988	2010	12	0	0/12	N/A	0	N/A
Czech Republic	ČT	2002	2018	7	5	5/7	2018	0	N/A
Denmark[b] †	DR	1986	2002	6	2	2/6	1994	0	N/A
Estonia †	ERR	1994	2018	7	3	3/7	2004	0	N/A
Finland[b] †	Yle	1984	2008	13	8	7/12	2008	0	N/A
France	TF1 (1982) France 3 (1984–2000) France Télévisions (2022) Radio France (2022)	1982	2000	8	6	4/6	2000	1	1986
Georgia †	GPB	2012		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Germany	ZDF (1982–2004) WDR (ARD) (2008–)	1982	2018	17	12	10/15	2018	2	1996
Greece †	ERT	1990	2018	11	3	3/11	2014	1	2008
Hungary †	MTVA	1992	2018	6	5	5/6	2018	0	N/A
Ireland †	RTÉ	1986	2000	7	0	0/7	N/A	0	N/A
Israel †	IBA (1986) IPBC (2018)	1986	2018	2	0	0/2	N/A	0	N/A
Italy †	RAI	1986	2002	4	1	1/4	2002	0	N/A
Latvia †	LTV	1994	2002	5	3	3/5	1998	0	N/A
Lithuania †	LRT	1994		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Macedonia †	MKRTV	1994		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Malta †	PBS	2014	2018	3	2	2/3	2016	0	N/A
Moldova †	TRM	2014		1	1	1/1	2014	0	N/A
Netherlands †	NOS (1984–1990, 2000–2004) NPS (2006–2010) NTS (2012–2014)	1984	2014	12	5	4/11	2014	2	1990
Norway[b]	NRK	1982	2018	18	13	12/17	2018	1	2012
Poland	TVP	1992	2018	13	9	9/13	2016	3	2016
Portugal †	RTP	1990	2014	4	1	1/4	2014	0	N/A
Romania †	TVR	2002	2010	5	1	1/5	2006	0	N/A
Russia †	VGTRK	1994	2018	8	6	6/8	2018	1	2018
San Marino †	SMRTV	2016	2018	2	1	1/2	2016	0	N/A
Serbia †	RTS	2008		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Serbia and Montenegro ‡	UJRT	2006		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Slovakia †	STV	1998	2000	2	1	1/2	1998	0	N/A
Slovenia †	RTV SLO	1994	2018	13	7	7/13	2018	1	2010
Spain †	TVE	1988	2018	8	1	1/8	1992	0	N/A
Sweden[b]	SVT	1986	2018	13	5	5/13	2016	1	2006
Switzerland †	SRG SSR	1982	2006	12	7	5/10	2006	0	N/A
Ukraine †	NTU	2008	2012	2	0	0/2	N/A	0	N/A
United Kingdom †	BBC	1982	2018	16	10	8/14	2008	1	1994
Yugoslavia[c] ‡	JRT	1986	1992	4	1	1/4	1986	0	N/A

Other EBU members[]

The following list of countries are eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Musicians, but have yet to make their début at the contest.

Participating countries in the decades[]

The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Musicians was held in 1982.

1980s[]

1982–1988
Country	1982	1984	1986	1988
Austria #	Х	Х	†	1
Belgium #			†	†
Cyprus #				†
Denmark[b] #			†	†
Finland[b] #		2	3	X
France #	2	Х	1	†
Germany #	1	Х	†	X
Ireland #			†	†
Israel #			†
Italy #			†	3
Netherlands #		1	†	†
Norway[b] #	Х		†	2
Portugal			W
Spain #				†
Sweden[b] #			†	†
Switzerland #	3	X	2	†
United Kingdom #	Х	3	X	X
Yugoslavia #			X	†

1990s[]

1990–1998
Country	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998
Austria	Х	Х	†	2	1
Belgium	3	3	†	†
Croatia #			†		2
Cyprus	†	†	†	†	†
Denmark	†	Х	Х
Estonia #			X	3	†
Finland	†	Х	Х	†	Х
France	Х		†	X
Germany	2	†	†	1
Greece #	†		†	†
Hungary #		†	X
Ireland	†		†	†	†
Italy	†
Latvia #			2	Х	Х
Lithuania #			†
Macedonia #			†
Netherlands	1
Norway	†	Х	†	Х	†
Poland #		1	†	X
Portugal #	†		†	†
Russia #			†
Slovakia #					†
Slovenia #			†	†	X
Spain	†	2	†	†	†
Sweden	†		3		X
Switzerland	†	†	Х	Х
United Kingdom	†	Х	1	†	3
Yugoslavia	†	†

2000s[]

2000–2008
Country	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008
Albania			W
Austria	X	1	1	Х	†
Belgium	†		†	†
Bulgaria #				†
Croatia		†	†	†	†
Cyprus	†	†	†	†	†
Czech Republic #		X		†
Denmark		†
Estonia	†	†	X
Finland	2	†	†	†	2
France	X
Germany	†	X	2		†
Greece		X	†	†	1
Hungary	X
Ireland	†
Italy		†
Latvia	†	†
Netherlands	X	†	†	†	X
Norway	X	†	X	2	3
Poland	1	X	X	†	†
Romania #		†	†	X	†
Russia	3	†	3	3	X
Serbia #					†
Serbia and Montenegro #				†
Slovakia	†
Slovenia	†	3	†	†	X
Spain	†
Sweden		†	†	1	†
Switzerland	†	†	X	X
Ukraine #					†
United Kingdom	†	2	†	X	X

2010s[]

2010–2018
Country	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018
Albania #					†
Armenia #		3
Austria	†	Х	1	3
Belarus #	X	X
Belgium					†
Bosnia and Herzegovina #		†
Croatia	X	†	X	X	†
Cyprus	†
Czech Republic	†	X	X	2	X
Estonia					†
Georgia #		†
Germany	X	X	X	X	X
Greece	†	†	X		†
Hungary			3	X	X
Israel					†
Malta #			X	X	†
Moldova #			X
Netherlands	†	†	X
Norway	2	1	X	X	X
Poland	X	X	X	1	†
Portugal			X
Romania	†
Russia	3				1
San Marino #				X	†
Slovenia	1	†	2	X	2
Spain					†
Sweden	†		X	X	†
Ukraine		†
United Kingdom	†				†

2020s[]

2020s
Country	2022
Austria	U
Belgium	U
Czech Republic	U
France	U
Germany	U
Norway	U
Poland	U
Sweden	U

Broadcast in non-participating countries[]

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Year(s)
Australia	Un­known	2004[4]
Canada
Iceland	Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV)	2002,[5] 2008–2012[6][7][8]
Turkey	Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)	2000[9]

List of winners[]

By contest[]

Year	Date	Host City	Countries[a]	Winner	Performer	Instrument	Piece
1982	11 May	Manchester	6	Germany		Piano	Piano Concerto No.1 by Felix Mendelssohn
1984	22 May	Geneva	7	Netherlands	Isabelle van Keulen	Violin	Violin concert no. 5 op. 37 by Henri Vieuxtemps
1986	27 May	Copenhagen	15	France		Piano	Piano Concerto E flat by Franz Liszt
1988	31 May	Amsterdam	16	Austria	Julian Rachlin	Violin	Concerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.22 by Henryk Wieniawski
1990	29 May	Vienna	18	Netherlands	[nl]	Piano	Concert for Piano and Orchestra a-minor op. 16, 1 Mov. by Edvard Grieg
1992	9 June	Brussels	13[a]	Poland	Bartłomiej Nizioł	Violin	Concerto for violin and orchestra in d major op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
1994	14 June	Warsaw	24	United Kingdom	Natalie Clein	Cello	Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85, part I by Edward Elgar
1996	12 June	Lisbon	17[a]	Germany	Julia Fischer	Violin	Havanaise in E major, op. 83 by Camille Saint-Saëns
1998	4 June	Vienna	13[a]	Austria	[de]	Violin	Violin Concerto no. 5, 1st Mov. by Henri Vieuxtemps
2000	15 June	Bergen	18[a]	Poland	Stanisław Drzewiecki	Piano	Piano Concerto in E minor, op. 11, 3rd movement by Frederic Chopin
2002	19 June	Berlin	20	Austria	Dalibor Karvay	Violin	Carmen Fantasy by Franz Waxman
2004	27 May	Lucerne	17	Austria	Alexandra Soumm	Violin	Violin Concerto No.1 (1st Movement) by Niccolò Paganini
2006	12 May	Vienna	18	Sweden	Andreas Brantelid	Cello	Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 1st movement by Joseph Haydn
2008	9 May	Vienna	16	Greece	[el]	Clarinet	Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, 4th movement by Jean Françaix
2010	14 May	Vienna	15	Slovenia		Flute	Concerto for flute, III. mov. Allegro scherzando by Jacques Ibert
2012	11 May	Vienna	14	Norway	[no]	Viola	Viola concerto, 2 & 3 mov. by Béla Bartók
2014	31 May	Cologne	14	Austria	Ziyu He	Violin	2. Violinkonzert by Béla Bartók
2016	3 September	Cologne[10]	11	Poland	[pl]	Saxophone	Rhapsody pour Saxophone alto by André Waignein
2018	23 August	Edinburgh	18	Russia	Ivan Bessonov	Piano	3rd mvt from Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

By country[]

Map showing each country's number of Young Musicians gold medal wins up to and including 2018.

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.

Country				Total	Years won
Austria	5	2	1	8	1988 1998 2002 2004 2014
Poland	3	0	0	3	1992 2000 2016
Germany	2	1	0	3	1982 1996
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	1984 1990
Norway	1	3	1	5	2012
Slovenia	1	2	1	4	2010
United Kingdom	1	1	2	4	1994
France	1	1	0	2	1986
Russia	1	0	4	5	2018
Sweden	1	0	1	2	2006
Greece	1	0	0	1	2008
Finland	0	3	1	4	N/A
Switzerland	0	1	1	2
Croatia	0	1	0	1
Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
Latvia	0	1	0	1
Spain	0	1	0	1
Armenia	0	0	1	1
Belgium	0	0	1	1
Estonia	0	0	1	1
Hungary	0	0	1	1
Italy	0	0	1	1

See also[]

• List of countries in Eurovision Choir
• List of countries in the Eurovision Dance Contest
• List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
• List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers
• List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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