Eurovision Young Musicians 2004 was the 12th edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. It consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 23 May and a final on 27 May 2004, held at the Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland, and presented by Christian Arming. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Schweizer Fernsehen (SF DRS) and (TSI) on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christian Arming accompanied all competing performers. SRG SSR had previously hosted the contest in Switzerland in .
Musicians representing seventeen countries took part in the competition, with seven of them participating in the televised final. Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy and Latvia decided not to participate, whilst Belgium returned. 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.
The winner was violinist Alexandra Soumm representing Austria, with saxophonist Koryun Asatryan representing Germany placing second, and pianist Dinara Nadzhafova representing Russia placing third.
Location
Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, was the host venue for the 2004 edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. 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.
For the week of the contest, a sound curtain was installed on the outer edge of the building's canopy to create a meeting concourse area; it uses technology to diffuse the sounds from the inside of the venue into the outside space.
Format Christian Arming was the host of the 2004 contest. For the first time, the host and the conductor was the same person.
Participants and 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.
Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument RTBF, VRT Philippe Ivanov Piano HRT Kajana Pačko Cello CyBC Andreas Ioannides Piano Yle Santtu-Matias Rouvali Percussion ERT Joánna Gaitáni Violin NOS Flute TVR Octavian Alin Lup Cello RTVSLO Marina Golja Marimba SVT Andrej Power Violin BBC Nicola Benedetti Violin
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.
+Participants and results Country Broadcaster Performer(s) Instrument Piece(s) Composer(s) 1 ORF Alexandra Soumm Violin Violin Concerto No.1, 1st Mov. Niccolò Paganini 1 2 ZDF Koryun Asatryan Saxophone Pequeña Czarda Pedro Iturralde 2 3 RTR Dinara Nadzhafova (Klinton) Piano Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd Mov. Camille Saint-Saëns 3 4 TVP Agnieszka Grzybowska Percussion Concerto for Marimba and Strings Ney Rosauro 5 ERR Jaan Kapp Piano Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd Mov. Sergei Rachmaninoff 6 SRG SSR Trumpet Trumpet concerto No.2, 2nd and 3rd Movs. André Jolivet 7 NRK Vilde Frang Bjærke Violin Violin Concerto, 3rd Mov. Jean Sibelius
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Michael Haefliger (head) – Harold Clarkson – Mihaela Ursuleasa – Bruno Giuranna – Milan Turković / – Harvey Sachs
Broadcasting The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network by the participating broadcasters. The Final was also broadcast by the second channels of the Swiss radio stations and was also shown in Canada and Australia. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
+ Broadcasters in participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) ORF RTBF La Deux VRT HRT CyBC ERR Yle ZDF ERT NOS Nederland 3 NRK NRK1 TVP TVR TVR Cultural RTR RTVSLO SVT SVT1, SVT Europa SRG SSR SF2, DRS 2 TSR 2 Flavia Matea BBC BBC Four Stephanie Hughes
+ Broadcasters in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster ČT
See also Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
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