Eurovision Young Musicians 1998
International youth classical music contest
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The Eurovision Young Musicians 1998 was the 9th edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It consisted of a semi-final on 2 June and a final on 4 June 1998, held at Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria, and presented by Julian Rachlin. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies accompanied all competing performers. ORF had previously hosted the contest in Austria in 1990.
- 2 June 1998
- 4 June 1998
Vienna, Austria
| Eurovision Young Musicians 1998 | |
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| Venue | Konzerthaus Vienna, Austria |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Host broadcaster | Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) |
| Musical director | Dennis Russell Davies |
| Presenter | Julian Rachlin |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 18 |
| Number of finalists | 8 |
| Debuting countries |  Slovakia |
| Returning countries |  Croatia Sweden |
| Non-returning countries |  Belgium France Russia |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote. |
| Winning musician |
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Musicians representing eighteen countries took part in the competition, with eight of them participating in the televised final. Slovakia made their début, while Croatia and Sweden returned to the contest. Three countries withdrew from the 1998 contest; they were Belgium, France, and Russia.[1]
The winner was violinist Lidia Baich representing Austria, with cellist Monika Leskovar representing Croatia placing second, and percussionist Adrian Spillett representing the United Kingdom placing third.[2] Baich had represented Austria at the previous edition in 1996, placing second.
Location
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The Konzerthaus, a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, was the host venue for the 1998 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1] Opened in 1913, it is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both tradition and innovative musical styles.
The Konzerthaus has the Vienna Symphony, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Wiener Singakademie and the Klangforum Wien in residence. Several subscriptions also include concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic and other organizations.
Format
Julian Rachlin was the host of the 1998 contest and performed during the interval.[1]
Participants and results
Preliminary round
Broadcasters from eighteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1998 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The official list of performers in the preliminary round is unknown. The following countries failed to qualify as noted in the booklet of the official compilation album.[1][3]
| Country | Broadcaster | Performer | Instrument |
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 Cyprus |
CyBC | Nicolas Melis | Piano |
 Estonia |
ETV | Hando Nahkur | Piano |
 Germany |
ZDF | Korbinian Altenberger | Violin |
 Greece |
ERT | Unknown | |
 Ireland |
RTÉ | Cora Venus Lunny[4] | Violin |
 Norway |
NRK | Kristian Lindberg | Violin |
 Poland |
TVP | Unknown | |
 Portugal |
RTP[5] | Unknown | |
 Spain |
TVE | Leticia Moreno | Violin |
 Switzerland |
SRG SSR | Francesco Piemontesi | Piano |
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.[2]
| R/O | Country | Broadcaster | Performer(s) | Instrument | Piece(s) | Composer(s) | Pl. |
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| 1 |  United Kingdom |
BBC | Adrian Spillett | Percussion | Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, 3rd Mov. | Joseph Schwantner | 3 |
| 2 |  Finland |
YLE | Kalle Toivio | Piano | Piano Concerto No. 2, 1st Mov. | Sergei Prokofiev | |
| 3 |  Latvia |
LTV | Lauma Skride | Piano | Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd Mov. | Camille Saint-Saens | |
| 4 |  Slovenia |
RTVSLO | Borut Zagoranski | Accordion | Concierto para bandoneon presto | Astor Piazzolla | |
| 5 | Slovakia |
STV | Michal Sťahel | Cello | Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, adagio | Edward Elgar | |
| 6 |  Austria |
ORF | Lidia Baich | Violin | Violin Concerto no. 5, 1st Mov. | Henri Vieuxtemps | 1 |
| 7 | Croatia |
HRT | Monika Leskovar | Cello | Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, adagio | Edward Elgar | 2 |
| 8 | Sweden |
SVT | David Sjögren | Violin | Violin Concerto, 3rd Mov. | Peter Tchaikovsky |
Jury members
The jury members consisted of the following:[1]
United States – Yehudi Menuhin (head)
Ukraine – Vadim Brodski
France – Gérard Caussé
Unknown – Friedrich Doligal
Slovakia – Jack Martin Händler
Georgia – Nana Yashvili- Unknown – Eric Kushner
Russia – Alexei Lyubimov
Broadcasting
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.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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| Austria |
ORF | ORF 2[a] | Otto Brusatti | [6] |
| Croatia |
HRT | |||
| Cyprus |
CyBC | |||
| Estonia |
ETV | Eero Raun | [7][8] | |
| Finland |
YLE | TV1 | [7] | |
| Germany |
3sat | [9] | ||
| ZDF[b] | [10] | |||
| Greece |
ERT | |||
| Ireland |
RTÉ | |||
| Latvia |
LTV | LTV1[c] | [11] | |
| Norway |
NRK | NRK1[d] | [12] | |
| Poland |
TVP | TVP2 | [13] | |
| Portugal |
RTP | |||
| Slovakia |
STV | STV2[e] | [14] | |
| Slovenia |
RTVSLO | |||
| Spain |
TVE | |||
| Sweden |
SVT | SVT1[f] | Marianne Söderberg | [15] |
| Switzerland |
SRG SSR | SF2 | [16] | |
| TSR 2 | Jean-Pierre Pastori | |||
| United Kingdom |
BBC | BBC Two[g] | Stephanie Hughes | [17] |
Official album
| Eurovision Grand Prix For Young Musicians | |
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| Compilation album by | |
| Released | 1998 |
| Recorded | June 1998 |
| Venues | Großer Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna |
| Genre | Classical |
| Labels | ORF, Casinos Austria Classic |
| Producer | Raimund Langner |
Eurovision Grand Prix For Young Musicians was the official compilation album of the ninth edition of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by the host broadcaster ORF shortly after the contest in June 1998. The album featured live recordings of the eight finalists.[3]