Germany's Markus Pawlik won the contest, with France and Switzerland placing second and third respectively.[4] It was also notable that Germany won the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 just a few weeks earlier - also in England, and also by performing last in the running order.[5]
The Eurovision Young Musicians, inspired by the success of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, is a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European musicians that are 18 years old or younger.[1][2] Some participating countries held national heats in order to select their representatives for the contest. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians took place in Manchester, United Kingdom on 11 May 1982 and six countries took part.
The competition was established in 1978 by Humphrey Burton and Walter Todds, both of whom are former members of the BBC Television Music Department.[1]Michael Hext, a trombonist, was the inaugural winner. In 1994, the usage of percussion instruments was first permitted, alongside the existing keyboard, string, brass and woodwind categories.[1] The competition has five stages, which consist of regional auditions, category auditions, category finals, semi-finals and the final.[7]
The Free Trade Hall in Peter Street, Manchester, England, was the host venue for the first edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[3] The Italian palazzo-style hall was built on a trapeziform site in ashlarsandstone. It has a two-storey, nine-bay facade and concealed roof. On Peter Street, its ground floor arcade has rectangular piers with round-headed arches and spandrels bearing the coats of arms of Lancashire towns that took part in the Anti-Corn Law movement. The upper floor has a colonnaded arcade, its tympanafrieze is richly decorated with carved figures representing free trade, the arts, commerce, manufacture and the continents. Above the tympanum is a prominent cornice with balustradedparapet. The upper floor has paired Ioniccolumns to each bay and a tall window with a pedimentedarchitrave behind a balustradedbalcony. The return sides have three bays in a matching but simpler style of blank arches. The rear wall was rebuilt in 1950–51 with pilasters surmounted by relief figures representing the entertainment which took place in the old hall. The Large Hall was in a classical style with a coffered ceiling, the walls had wood panelling in oak, walnut and sycamore. Pevsner described it as "the noblest monument in the Cinquecento style in England", whilst Hartwell considered it "a classic which belongs in the canon of historic English architecture."[8]
Format
Humphrey Burton was the host of the inaugural contest, and welcomed representatives from six participating countries in English, French, and German.[3] Each participating country were able to send male or female artists who were no older than 19 years of age, to represent them by playing an instrumental and a musical piece of their choice.[3] They were all accompanied by the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, which was conducted by Bryden Thomson.[3] The winner received a cash prize of £1,000.[3]
Results
Awards were given to the top three countries. 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.[4]
EBU members from the following countries broadcast the contest.[9] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
1 2 3 Given the impossibility of transmitting nine stage performances due to time problems, the Nordic broadcasters (those from Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden) sent a joint participant this year from Norway. In the competition, the musician represented the Norwegian colors.[9]
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