Eurovision Young Musicians 2024
Eurovision Young Musicians contest
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The Eurovision Young Musicians 2024 was the 21st edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It took place in the Stormen Concert Hall in Bodø, Norway, on 17 August 2024 at 21:00 CEST.[4][5][6] It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) alongside host broadcaster the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).[7][8] The Norwegian Radio Orchestra accompanied all competing performers at the event with conduction by Eivind Aadland.[9]
- 17 August 2024
Bodø, Norway
| Eurovision Young Musicians 2024 | |
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| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Stormen Concert Hall Bodø, Norway |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) |
| Director | Torstein Vegheim[1] |
| Executive producer | Anja Danielsen Stabell[2] |
| Musical director | Eivind Aadland |
| Presenters | Silje Nordnes Mona Berntsen[3] |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 11 |
| Returning countries |  Armenia Serbia Switzerland |
| Non-returning countries |  Croatia |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each juror awards a mark from 1–10 to each performer based on specific criteria |
| Winning musician |  AustriaLeonhard Baumgartner |
Location
On 11 July 2023, the European Broadcasting Union announced on its official website that the contest would take place in the city of Bodø, Norway, during the city's role as European Capital of Culture.[7] On Twitter, the organisation confirmed that Stormen Concert Hall has been chosen as the venue in which the competition would take place.[10] This was the second edition organised in Norway since the first one in 2000, when it was held in Bergen.[11]
Format
The contest took place on 17 August 2024 at 21:00 CEST.[4][6] Presenter Silje Nordnes and dancer Mona Berntsen were the hosts.[3] As part of the show, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra performed live alongside the contestants, conducted by Eivind Aadland.[12]
Jury members
The jurors of the competition were announced on 11 July 2024 in a press release by NRK. They were:[13][14]
- Andreas Sundén, clarinetist
- Marianna Shirinyan, classical pianist
- Martin Grubinger, multi-percussionist, who was a finalist in 2000, presenter in 2012 and interval act at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
- Tabita Berglund (chair), conductor and cellist
Participating countries
Eleven countries participated in the contest.[15] Armenia and Switzerland return to the contest after having last participated in 2012, and 2006, respectively. On their Facebook post in July 2023, the European Broadcasting Union announced there were ten participation slots available for broadcasters who wished to take part in the contest.[16][17] However on 10 January 2024, the EBU's official representative for the Eurovision Young Musicians Amelie Rossignol announced that a maximum of eleven countries may participate in 2024. There would be ten broadcasters from other countries alongside the host country's broadcaster.[18][19] This marked the first time in which the number of participants in the contest would be limited. The EBU justified this step as a quality assurance measure for the event.
On 29 February 2024, Swiss broadcaster SRF revealed that twelve countries would take part in the contest,[20][21][22] however, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported on 3 April 2024 that eleven countries will compete at the contest: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland, with Serbia returning to the contest for the first time since its only appearance in 2008. The list excludes Slovenia, which confirmed its intention on returning to the contest in June 2023.[23] On 5 April 2024, Norwegian broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting officially revealed that eleven countries will participate, the same eleven countries that ORF reported two days prior.[15]
| R/O | Country | Broadcaster | Performer | Instrument | Piece(s) | Composer(s) | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norway |
NRK | Sebastian Egebakken Svenøy | Piano | Piano Concerto No. 5, 3rd movement | Camille Saint-Saëns | [3] | |
| 2 | Switzerland |
SRF | Valerian Alfaré | Euphonium | Excerpt from Euphonium Concert | Paul Mealor | [25] | |
| 3 |  Belgium |
RTBF | Mahault Ska | Piano | Piano Concerto in G minor, 1st movement | Felix Mendelssohn | [26] | |
| 4 | Austria |
ORF | Leonhard Baumgartner | Violin | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, 1st movement | Henri Vieuxtemps | 1 | [27] |
| 5 | Armenia |
AMPTV | Hayk Hekekyan | Oboe | Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D minor, 1st movement | Ludwig August Lebrun | [28] | |
| 6 |  France |
France Télévisions | Pierre-Emmanuel Hurpeau | Piano | Piano Concerto in G, 3rd movement | Maurice Ravel | [29] | |
| 7 |  Sweden |
SVT | Hugo Svedberg | Cello | Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major, 1st movement | Joseph Haydn | 2 | [30] |
| 8 |  Poland |
TVP | Jeremi Tabęcki | Clarinet | Concert Fantasia on motives from Rigoletto | Luigi Bassi | [31] | |
| 9 | Serbia |
RTS | Bogdan Dugalić | Piano | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | Sergei Rachmaninoff | [32] | |
| 10 |  Germany |
WDR | Fabian Egger | Flute | Tango Fantasia for flute and orchestra |
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3 | [33] |
| 11 |  Czechia |
ČT | Adam Znamirovský | Piano | Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd movement | Camille Saint-Saëns | [34] |
Other EBU members
Active EBU member broadcasters in Bulgaria,[35] Georgia,[36] the Netherlands,[37] Spain,[38] and Wales[39] confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU, while Croatia opted to not return after taking part in the prior edition.[40][41][42] Slovenia had announced its intention to return to the contest after an absence,[43] but did not appear on the final list of participants.[15] In late-December 2023, the BBC announced that the United Kingdom had no plans to return to the 2024 competition, as the BBC Young Musician contest was held at the same time as the final of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[44][45][46]
Broadcasts
All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. Some broadcasters aired the show "as live" on 17 August 2024 at 21:00 CEST, with others moving the broadcast to other time slots or other dates.
| Country | Date of broadcast | Time | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia |
17 August | Live | First Channel | Anna Avanesyan and Ruben Muradyan | [47] |
| Belgium |
Live | Musiq'3 | Caroline Veyt | [48] | |
| 21:25 CEST | La Trois | ||||
| Czechia |
Live | ČT art | Jiří Vejvoda and Petra Křížková | [49][50] | |
| Germany |
21:45 CEST | WDR Fernsehen, WDR 3 | Daniel Finkernagel | [33][51] | |
| Norway |
Live | NRK1 | No commentary | [52][53] | |
| NRK Klassisk | Anikken Sunde | ||||
| Poland |
Live | TVP Kultura, TVP Kultura 2 | Sylwia Janiak-Kobylińska and Robert Kamyk | [54][55][56] | |
| Serbia |
Live | RTS 2, Radio Belgrade 3 | Tijana Lukić | [57][58] | |
| Switzerland |
22:45 CEST | SRF 1 | Beatrice Kern | [59][60] | |
| 23:30 CEST | RTS 2 | Benoît Perrier | |||
| Austria |
18 August | 22:10 CEST | ORF 2 | Teresa Vogl | [1] |
| Norway |
19 August | 21:10 CEST | NRK3 | No commentary | [52] |
| Sweden |
24 August | 19:10 CEST | SVT2 | [61] | |
| 25 August | 10:40 CEST | ||||
| France |
24 September | 21:00 CEST | Culturebox | No commentary[a] | [62][63] |
Notes
- Broadcast dubbed in French by Aurore Bonjour, Laetitia Godes, Emmanuelle Kester, Marion Pasdeloup, Christophe Seugnet and Taric Mehani.