Eurovision Young Musicians 1988

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Eurovision Young Musicians 1988
Dates
Semi-final 126 May 1988
Semi-final 227 May 1988
Final31 May 1988
Host
Venue Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenter(s) Martine Bijl  [ nl ]
Musical director Sergiu Comissiona
Directed byKlaas Rusticus
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerStefan Felsenthal
Host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Participants
Number of entries16
Number of finalists6
Debuting countries
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
  • EYM 1988 Map 2.svg
         Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the preliminary round     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1988
Vote
Voting systemJury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician
1986 ←  Eurovision Young Musicians  → 1990

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1988 was the fourth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 31 May 1988. [1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), musicians from six countries participated in the televised final. A total of sixteen countries took part in the competition. All participants had to be younger than 19 and performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by Sergiu Comissiona. [1] Cyprus and Spain made their début, however Israel decided not to participate. [1]

Contents

The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. For the second year in a row, the host country did not qualify for the final. The semifinal took place between 26 and 27 May, a few days before the televised final. [1] Julian Rachlin of Austria won the contest, with Norway and Italy placing second and third respectively. [2]

Location

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1988. Concertgebouw in Amsterdam Nederland.jpg
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1988.

The Concertgebouw (also known as the "Royal Concertgebouw") a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands, was the host venue for the 1988 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. [1]

The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building". On 11 April 2013, on occasion of the building's 125th anniversary, Queen Beatrix bestowed the Royal Title "Koninklijk" upon the building, as she did previously on to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. [3] Because of its highly regarded acoustics, the Concertgebouw is considered one of the finest concert halls in the world, along with places such as Boston's Symphony Hall [4] [5] and the Musikverein in Vienna. [6]

Format

Martine Bijl  [ nl ] was the host of the 1988 contest. [1] 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 a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conducted under Sergiu Comissiona. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was a special guest at the contest. [1]

Results

Preliminary round

A total of sixteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1988 contest, of which six qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify. [1]

Final

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. [2]

DrawCountryPerformerInstrumentPieceResult
01Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Jan Söderblom  [ fi ]ViolinConcerto for violin and orchestra no.5 in A, KV 219 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart –
02Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom David Pyatt HornConcerto for French horn and orchestra no.1 in E flat, op.11 by Richard Strauss –
03Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Domenico Nordio ViolinConcerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.47 by Jean Sibelius 3
04Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Nikolai SchneiderCelloConcerto for cello and orchestra no.1 in a, op.33 by Camille Saint-Saëns –
05Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Julian Rachlin ViolinConcerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.22 by Henryk Wieniawski 1
06Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Leif Ove Andsnes PianoConcerto for piano and orchestra no.3 in C, op.26 by Sergei Prokofiev 2

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following: [1]

Broadcasting

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round. [7] It was the first time that commentary boxes were provided in the venue.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries [7]
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF Télé 21 [8]
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC RIK [9]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR TV, DR P2 Niels Oxenvad [10] [11]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE Inari Teinilä
Flag of France.svg France FR3 [lower-alpha 1] Alain Duault [12]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ZDF [lower-alpha 2] Friedrich Müller [13]
3sat [14]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ Jane Carly and John O'Connor
Flag of Italy.svg Italy RAI Rai Tre [lower-alpha 3] Ilio Catani [15]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS Nederland 3, Radio 4 [8] [16]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet [lower-alpha 4] Sture Rogne [17] [11]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE TVE 2 Carlos Usillos [18]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT TV1 Sten Andersson [17] [11]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR SRG Sportkette  [ de ]Arthur Godel [19] [20]
SSR Chaîne sportive , RSR 2 Eric Bauer [21] [22]
TSI Canale sportivo Giusy Boni
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC2 Humphrey Burton and Jane Glover [23]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 2 Milena Miloradovic [24]
TV Ljubljana 2  [ sl ] [25]
TV Zagreb 2 [26]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia ČST ČST1 [lower-alpha 5] [27]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 4 June 1988 at 22:30 CEST (20:30 UTC)
  2. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 5 June 1991 at 22:25 CEST (21:25 UTC) [13]
  3. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 1 July 1988 at 14:10 CEST (13:10 UTC) [15]
  4. ↑ Deferred broadcast at 21:45 CEST (20:45 UTC)
  5. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 26 January 1989 at 10:20 WET (9:20 UTC) [27]

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