Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 was the 7th edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. It consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 10 June and a final on 14 June 1994, held at the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP). The Warsaw Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazimierz Kord accompanied all competing performers.

Musicians representing twenty-four countries took part in the competition, with eight of them participating in the televised final. Out of the 24 countries, 16 did not qualify to the final, including the host country Poland. Seven countries made their début, while Greece returned, the Netherlands withdrew, and Yugoslavia being banned from entering the 1994 contest. It is, to date, the contest with the most contestants. It was the first of the Eurovision family of events to feature representatives from Latvia and the Republic of Macedonia, who would make their débuts at the flagship Eurovision Song Contest in and (after an attempted début in 1996), respectively.

The winner was cellist Natalie Clein representing the United Kingdom, with pianist Liene Circene representing Latvia placing second, and violinist Malin Broman representing Sweden placing third.

Location

Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland, was the host venue for the 1994 edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. 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. 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.

Participants and results Semi final Broadcasters from twenty-four countries took part in the semi-final of the 1994 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.

Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument Piece Composer RTR Anna Ajrapetiants Piano Ala Albeniz Rodion Shchedrin Nicolas Delclaud Violin Monologue Capriccio de la Vie d'artista B. Petrov HRT Ana Vidović Guitar Serenata española TVP Lukasz Szyrner Cello Danse du diable vert Gaspar Cassadó ORF Bernard Hufnagl Trombone Sonatine for trombone and piano, Allegro vivance Kazimierz Serocki CyBC Manolis Neophytou Piano Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D, Op. 87 Dmitri Shostakovich LRT Violin Concerto No.2, part I Balsis RTVSLO Mate Bekavac Clarinet Solo de concours, Op. 10 H. Rabasud MRT Kalina Mrmevska Piano Piano Sonata No. 3, Op.28 Sergei Prokofiev RTÉ Finghin Collins Piano Prelude No. 25 in C-sharp minor, Op.45 Frédéric Chopin ERT Antonios Sousamoglou Violin Monogramma for violin solo Christos Samaras TVE Dolores Rodríguez Paredes Guitar Étude No. 11 Heitor Villa-Lobos NRK Rolf-Erik Nystrøm Saxophone Suite pour saxophone alto et piano, part I Paul Bonneau ZDF Luise Wiedemann Bassoon Sonate in F-major, Op.168, part II Camille Saint-Saens RTP Ruben Da Luz Santos Trombone Bach Kurt Sturzenegger RTBF David Cohen Cello Cantillene-jeu P.B. Michel

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.

Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument Piece Composer Result 1 MTV Mark Farago Piano Dance Macabre Ferenc Liszt 2 LTV Piano Dance Macabre Ferenc Liszt 2 3 SRG SSR David Bruchez Trombone Ballade for Trombone and Orchestra Frank Martin 4 YLE Pia Toivio Cello Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, part II, VI, VII Pyotr Tchaikovsky 5 ERR Marko Martin Piano Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, part III, IV Dmitri Shostakovich 6 SVT Malin Broman Violin Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53, part III Antonin Dvorak 3 7 BBC Natalie Clein Cello Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, part I Edward Elgar 1 8 DR Frederik Magle Organ Organ Concerto in G minor, part IIFrancis Poulenc

Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:

– Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (president) – – – Emma Johnson – Frantisek Maxian – Jorma Panula – Carole Dawn Reinhart – Alfredo Riccardi – Wanda Wilkomirska

Broadcasts EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round. 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 Sports 21 HRT CyBC DR DR TV Niels Oxenvad STV STV1 ETV YLE France 3 ZDF ERT MTV RTÉ Network 2 LTV LTV1 LRT LTV MRT NRK RTP TVP TVP2 RTR RTVSLO SLO 2 TVE SVT TV2 SRG SSR SF DRS BBC BBC2 Humphrey Burton

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

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