Eurovision Young Musicians 1994
International youth classical music competition
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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.
- 9 June 1994
- 10 June 1994
- 14 June 1994
Warsaw, Poland
| Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 | |
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| Dates and venue | |
| Semi-final 1 |
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| Semi-final 2 |
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| Final |
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| Venue | Philharmonic Concert Hall Warsaw, Poland |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Telewizja Polska (TVP) |
| Executive producer | Małgorzata Jedynak-Pietkiewicz |
| Musical director | Kazimierz Kord |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 24 |
| Number of finalists | 8 |
| Debuting countries |  Croatia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Russia Slovenia |
| Returning countries |  Greece |
| Non-returning countries |  Netherlands Yugoslavia |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Top 3 chosen by professional jury |
| Winning musician |
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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 2000 and 1998 (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.[1]
Location
Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland, was the host venue for the 1994 edition of Eurovision Young Musicians.[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
| Country | Broadcaster | Performer | Instrument | Piece | Composer |
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| Russia | RTR | Anna Ajrapetiants | Piano | Ala Albeniz | Rodion Shchedrin |
 France | France Télévision | Nicolas Delclaud | Violin | Monologue Capriccio de la Vie d'artista | B. Petrov |
| Croatia | HRT | Ana Vidović | Guitar | Serenata española | Joaquín Malats |
 Poland | TVP | Lukasz Szyrner | Cello | Danse du diable vert | Gaspar Cassadó |
 Austria | ORF | Bernard Hufnagl | Trombone | Sonatine for trombone and piano, Allegro vivance | Kazimierz Serocki |
 Cyprus | CyBC | Manolis Neophytou | Piano | Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D, Op. 87 | Dmitri Shostakovich |
| Lithuania | LRT | Vilhelmas Čepinskis | Violin | Concerto No.2, part I | Balsis |
| Slovenia | RTVSLO | Mate Bekavac | Clarinet | Solo de concours, Op. 10 | H. Rabasud |
| Macedonia | MRT | Kalina Mrmevska | Piano | Piano Sonata No. 3, Op.28 | Sergei Prokofiev |
 Ireland | RTÉ | Finghin Collins | Piano | Prelude No. 25 in C-sharp minor, Op.45 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Greece | ERT | Antonios Sousamoglou | Violin | Monogramma for violin solo | Christos Samaras |
 Spain | TVE | Dolores Rodríguez Paredes | Guitar | Étude No. 11 | Heitor Villa-Lobos |
 Norway | NRK | Rolf-Erik Nystrøm | Saxophone | Suite pour saxophone alto et piano, part I | Paul Bonneau |
 Germany | ZDF | Luise Wiedemann | Bassoon | Sonate in F-major, Op.168, part II | Camille Saint-Saens |
 Portugal | RTP | Ruben Da Luz Santos | Trombone | Bach | Kurt Sturzenegger |
 Belgium | 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.[1]
| R/O | Country | Broadcaster | Performer | Instrument | Piece | Composer | Result |
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| 1 |  Hungary |
MTV | Mark Farago | Piano | Dance Macabre | Ferenc Liszt | |
| 2 | Latvia |
LTV | Liene Circene | Piano | Dance Macabre | Ferenc Liszt | 2 |
| 3 |  Switzerland |
SRG SSR | David Bruchez | Trombone | Ballade for Trombone and Orchestra | Frank Martin | |
| 4 |  Finland |
YLE | Pia Toivio | Cello | Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, part II, VI, VII | Pyotr Tchaikovsky | |
| 5 | Estonia |
ERR | Marko Martin | Piano | Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, part III, IV | Dmitri Shostakovich | |
| 6 |  Sweden |
SVT | Malin Broman | Violin | Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53, part III | Antonin Dvorak | 3 |
| 7 |  United Kingdom |
BBC | Natalie Clein | Cello | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, part I | Edward Elgar | 1 |
| 8 |  Denmark |
DR | Frederik Magle | Organ | Organ Concerto in G minor, part II | Francis Poulenc |
Jury members
The jury members consisted of the following:[2]
Poland – Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (president)
Belgium – Marc Grauwels
Switzerland – Arié Dzierlatka
United Kingdom – Emma Johnson
Czech Republic – Frantisek Maxian
Finland – Jorma Panula
Austria – Carole Dawn Reinhart
Italy – Alfredo Riccardi- Poland – 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.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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| Austria |
ORF | |||
| Belgium |
RTBF | Sports 21 | [7] | |
| Croatia |
HRT | |||
| Cyprus |
CyBC | |||
| Denmark |
DR | DR TV[a] | Niels Oxenvad | [8] |
| Estonia |
STV | STV1 | [9] | |
| ETV[b] | [10] | |||
| Finland |
YLE | |||
| France |
France Télévision | France 3[c] | ||
| Germany |
ZDF[d] | [11][7] | ||
| Greece |
ERT | |||
| Hungary |
MTV | |||
| Ireland |
RTÉ | Network 2 | [12] | |
| Latvia |
LTV | LTV1[e] | [13] | |
| Lithuania |
LRT | LTV | [14] | |
| Macedonia |
MRT | |||
| Norway |
NRK | |||
| Portugal |
RTP | |||
| Poland |
TVP | TVP2 | [15] | |
| Russia |
RTR | |||
| Slovenia |
RTVSLO | SLO 2 | [16] | |
| Spain |
TVE | |||
| Sweden |
SVT | TV2[f] | Marianne Söderberg | [17] |
| Switzerland |
SRG SSR | SF DRS | [18] | |
| TSR Chaîne nationale | Jean-Pierre Pastori | |||
| S Plus | ||||
| TSI Canale nazionale | ||||
| United Kingdom |
BBC | BBC2[g] | Humphrey Burton | [19] |
Official album
| 7th Eurovision Competition For Young Musicians | |
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| Compilation album by | |
| Released | 1994 |
| Recorded | 9–14 June 1994 |
| Venues | Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw |
| Genre | Classical |
| Length | 2:34:52 |
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.