Eurovision Young Musicians 1982

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Eurovision Young Musicians 1982
Dates
Final11 May 1982
Host
Venue Free Trade Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Humphrey Burton
Musical director Bryden Thomson
Directed byPeter Butler
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerRoy Tipping
Host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Participants
Number of entries6 [a]
Debuting countries
  • EYM 1982 Map 2.svg
         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemJury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician
Eurovision Young Musicians  → 1984

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1982 was the first edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, a biennial event inspired by the success of the BBC Young Musician of the Year. [1] [2] The contest took place at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, United Kingdom on 11 May 1982, and was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). [3] Musicians from six participating countries took part in début contest, which was televised across the Eurovision Network. Humphrey Burton was the host of the contest and welcomed all of the participants in English, French, and German. [3]

Contents

Each of the six participating countries sent either a male or female artist who was no older than 19 years of age, to represent them by playing an instrumental and a musical piece of their choice, and were accompanied by the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, under the conductor leadership of Bryden Thomson. [3] The winner received a cash prize of £1,000. [3]

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]

History

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 BBC Young Musician of the Year is a televised national music competition. Broadcast originally on BBC Two biennially, and then on BBC Four years later. [1] Despite the name, and hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the competition, a former member of European Union of Music Competitions for Youth, is designed for British percussion, keyboard, string, brass and woodwind players, all of whom must be eighteen years of age or under on 1 January in the relevant year. [6]

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]

Location

The facade of the Free Trade Hall Manchester Free Trade Hall (Radisson Edwardian Hotel).jpg
The façade of the Free Trade Hall

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 ashlar sandstone. 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 tympana frieze is richly decorated with carved figures representing free trade, the arts, commerce, manufacture and the continents. Above the tympanum is a prominent cornice with balustraded parapet. The upper floor has paired Ionic columns to each bay and a tall window with a pedimented architrave behind a balustraded balcony. 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]

Participants and results
R/OCountryBroadcasterPerformer(s)InstrumentPiece(s)Composer(s)Pl.
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Anna Markland Piano Piano Concerto No.2 Sergei Rachmaninoff
2Flag of France.svg  France TF1 Paul Meyer Clarinet Clarinet Concerto No.2 Carl Maria von Weber 2
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway [a] Atle Sponberg  [ no ] Violin Violin Concerto No.1 Niccolò Paganini
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Bertrand Roulet  [ fr ] Piano Piano Concerto No.2 Dmitri Shostakovich 3
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Leonhard Kubizek Clarinet Clarinet Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ZDF Markus Pawlik Piano Piano Concerto No.1 Felix Mendelssohn 1

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following: [3]

Broadcasting

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.

Broadcasters in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF FS2 [10]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR TV, DR P1, [b] DR P2 Marianne Albrechtslund [11]
Flag of France.svg France TF1 Serge Kaufmann [10] [12]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ZDF [12] [13]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Eyvind Solås [14]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR TSR, RSR 2 Georges Kleinmann  [ fr ] [10] [15] [12]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC2, BBC Radio 4 Humphrey Burton and Margaret Percy [16] [17]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. 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]
  2. ↑ Deferred broadcast at 23:00 CEST (22:00 UTC).

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