The Eurovision Young Musicians 2004 was the twelfth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 27 May 2004.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. Switzerland and broadcaster SRG SSR previously hosted the contest in 1984. A total of seventeen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held in the same venue on 22 and 23 May 2004. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christian Arming.[1]

Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy and Latvia decided not to participate, whilst Belgium returned.[1] Albania was listed as the 18th participant, performing 9th at the first day of semi-finals, however in the end did not take part or broadcast the contest.[2]

Alexandra Soumm of Austria won the contest, with Germany and Russia placing second and third respectively.[3]

Location

Further information on the host venue: Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre
Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2004.

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, was the host venue for the 2004 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1] It was built according to the plans of the architect Jean Nouvel and was inaugurated in 1998 with a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.

Format

Christian Arming was the host of the 2004 contest. For the first time, the host and the conductor was the same person.[1]

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from seventeen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2004 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.[1]

Final

Awards were given to the top three participants. 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]

Participants and results
R/O Country Broadcaster Performer(s) Instrument Piece(s) Composer(s) Pl.
1  Austria ORF Alexandra Soumm Violin Violin Concerto No.1, 1st Mov. Niccolò Paganini 1
2  Germany ZDF Koryun Asatryan Saxophone Pequeña Czarda Pedro Iturralde 2
3  Russia RTR Dinara Nadzhafova (Klinton) Piano Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd Mov. Camille Saint-Saëns 3
4  Poland TVP Agnieszka Grzybowska Percussion Concerto for Marimba and Strings Ney Rosauro
5  Estonia ERR Jaan Kapp Piano Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd Mov. Sergei Rachmaninoff
6   Switzerland SRG SSR Giuliano Sommerhalder Trumpet Trumpet concerto No.2, 2nd and 3rd Movs. André Jolivet
7  Norway NRK Vilde Frang Bjærke Violin Violin Concerto, 3rd Mov. Jean Sibelius

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network by the participating broadcasters.[4] The Final was also broadcast by the Swiss radio channels and was also shown in Canada and Australia.[5]

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s)
 Austria ORF
 Belgium RTBF
VRT
 Croatia HRT
 Cyprus CyBC
 Czech Republic ČT
 Estonia ERR
 Finland Yle
 Germany ZDF
 Greece ERT
 Netherlands NOS
 Norway NRK
 Poland TVP
 Romania TVR
 Russia RTR
 Slovenia RTVSLO
 Sweden SVT
  Switzerland SRG SSR
 United Kingdom BBC
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster
 Australia Unknown
 Canada Unknown

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Eurovision Young Musicians 2004: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ "News - Medienportal - SRF" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 2004: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Eurovison Young Musicians". EBU. 26 May 2004. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. ^ "EBU.CH :: 2004_05_28_EYM". EBU. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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