Eurovision Young Musicians

The Eurovision Young Musicians (French: L'Eurovision des Jeunes Musiciens; abbrev. as EYM or shortened as Young Musicians), is a biennial classical music competition for European musicians that are aged between 12 and 21. It is organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and broadcast on television throughout Europe, with some countries holding national elections to choose their representatives for the contest.

Some of the competitors are famous musicians like Anna Markland and Paul Meyer. The latest winner of the Eurovision Young Musicians is Daniel Matejča with the piece 3Violin Concerto No. 1 (written by Dmitri Shostakovich) of Czechia. The Eurovision Young Musicians was created by the EBU based on the BBC Young Musician. The first contest took place at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK on 11 May 1982 and the last contest celebrated took place at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK. The Eurovision Young Musicians 2020 was planned and later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to take place at the King Tomislav Square in Zagreb, Croatia.

List of winners

Year	Country	Instrument	Performer	Piece	Article
1982	Germany	Piano	Markus Pawlik	Piano Concerto No.1 by Felix Mendelssohn	EYM 1982
1984	Netherlands	Violin	Isabelle van Keulen	Violin concert no. 5 op. 37 by Henri Vieuxtemps	EYM 1984
1986	France	Piano	Sandrine Lazarides	Piano Concerto E flat by Franz Liszt	EYM 1986
1988	Austria	Violin	Julian Rachlin	Concerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.22 by Henryk Wieniawski	EYM 1984
1990	Netherlands	Piano	Niek van Oosterum	Concert for Piano and Orchestra a-minor op. 16, 1 Mov. by Edvard Grieg	EYM 1990
1992	Poland	Violin	Bartłomiej Nizioł	Concerto for violin and orchestra in d major op. 77 by Johannes Brahms	EYM 1992
1994	United Kingdom	Cello	Natalie Clein	Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85, part I by Edward Elgar	EYM 1994
1996	Germany	Violin	Julia Fischer	Havanaise in E major, op. 83 by Camille Saint-Saëns	EYM 1996
1998	Austria	Violin	Lidia Baich	Violin Concerto no. 5, 1st Mov. by Henri Vieuxtemps	EYM 1998
2000	Poland	Piano	Stanisław Drzewiecki	Piano Concerto in E minor, op. 11, 3rd movement by Frederic Chopin	EYM 2000
2002	Austria	Violin	Dalibor Karvay	Carmen Fantasy by Franz Waxman	EYM 2002
2004	Austria	Violin	Alexandra Soumm	Violin Concerto No.1 (1st Movement) by Niccolò Paganini	EYM 2004
2006	Sweden	Cello	Andreas Brantelid	Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 1st movement by Joseph Haydn	EYM 2006
2008	Greece	Clarinet	Dionysis Grammenos	Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, 4th movement by Jean Françaix	EYM 2008
2010	Slovenia	Flute	Eva Nina Kozmus	Concerto for flute, III. mov. Allegro scherzando by Jacques Ibert	EYM 2010
2012	Norway	Viola	Eivind Ringstad	Viola concerto, 2 & 3 mov by Béla Bartók	EYM 2012
2014	Austria	Violin	Ziyu He	2. Violinkonzert by Béla Bartók	EYM 2014
2016	Poland	Saxophone	Łukasz Dyczko	Rhapsody pour Saxophone alto by André Waignein	EYM 2016
2018	Russia	Piano	Ivan Bessonov	3rd mvt from Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	EYM 2018
2020	Cancelled as a result of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe
2022	Czech Republic	Violin	Daniel Matejča	Violin Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich	EYM 2022
2024

Highest placings of non-winning countries

Best placing	Country	Most recently
		Instrument	Piece	Performer	Article
2nd	Finland	Piano	Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major by Maurice Ravel	Olli Mustonen	EYM 1984
		Cello	Rondo for Cello and Orchestra, op. 94 by Anton Dvorak	Timo-Veikko Valve	EYM 2000
		Piano	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat Minor, 3rd movement by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Roope Gröndahl	EYM 2008
2nd	Switzerland	Piano	Piano Concerto no.1 E minor, op.11, 2nd and 3rd movements by Frédéric Chopin	Marian Rosenfeld	EYM 1986
2nd	Croatia	Cello	Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, adagio by Edward Elgar	Monika Leskovar	EYM 1998
2nd	Latvia	Piano	Dance Macabre by Ferenc Liszt	Liene Circene	EYM 1994
2nd	Spain	Harmonica	Concerto For Harmonica And Orchestra, Op. 46 by Johannes Brahms	Antonio Serrano	EYM 1992
3rd	Armenia	Piano	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat Minor, 3rd movement	Narek Kazazyan	EYM 2012
3rd	Belgium	Accordion	Concert for Accordion and Orchestra B-Major, 2 and 1 mov. by Nikolai Chaikin	Christophe Delporte	EYM 1990
		Cello	Concerto N°1 For Cello And Orchestra (Allegretto)	Marie Hallynck	EYM 1992
3rd	Estonia	Piano	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major by W.A. Mozart	Hanna Heinmaa	EYM 1996
3rd	Hungary	Cello	Allegro appassionato Op.43 by Saint-Saëns	Gergely Devich	EYM 2014
3rd	Italy	Violin	Concerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.47 by Jean Sibelius	Domenico Nordio	EYM 1988

Eurovision Young Musicians Media

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  Lucie Horsch from the Netherlands played the recorder in 2014

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  Croatia's Marko Martinović played the Tamburica in 2016

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  Map showing each country's number of Young Musicians gold medal wins up to and including 2024. Czechia won instead of Italy.

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  Violinist Julian Rachlin won the competition for Austria in 1988 and hosted in 1998.

Related pages

• BBC Young Musician of the Year
• Eurovision Song Contest (Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light)
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Asia Song Contest
• Eurovision Dance Contest
• Eurovision Choir of the Year
• Eurovision Magic Circus Show

Other websites

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• Eurovision Young Musicians Archived 2018-06-21 at the Wayback Machine – European Broadcasting Union