Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 | |
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Dates | |
Semi-final 1 | 10 June 2000 |
Semi-final 2 | 11 June 2000 |
Final | 15 June 2000 |
Host | |
Venue | Final: Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway |
Presenter(s) | Arild Erikstad |
Musical director | Simone Young |
Directed by | Torstein Vegheim |
Executive producer | Anne Rothing |
Host broadcaster | Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) |
Website | youngmusicians |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 24 |
Number of finalists | 8 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote. |
Winning musician | |
The Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 was the tenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway on 15 June 2000. [1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. As said by the host Arild Erikstad , a total of twenty-four countries took part in the competition. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Simone Young. [1] Seven countries returned to the contest, while Croatia, Cyprus and Sweden withdrew from the 2000 contest. [1]
The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Stanisław Drzewiecki of Poland won the contest, with Finland and Russia placing second and third respectively. [2]
The Grieg Hall (Norwegian : Grieghallen), a 1,500-seat concert hall in Bergen, Norway, was the host venue for the 2000 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. [1] It has been the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since the hall's completion in 1978.[ citation needed ]
It hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, and is the host of the annual Norwegian Brass Band Championship competition, which occurs in mid-winter. The hall is named after Bergen-born composer Edvard Grieg, who was music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1880 until 1882.[ citation needed ]
Arild Erikstad was the host of the 2000 contest. Norwegian jazz band The Brazz Brothers performed during the interval. [1]
A total of twenty-four countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2000 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify. [1]
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]
Draw | Country | Performer | Instrument | Piece | Result |
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01 | ![]() | Martin Grubinger | Percussion | Canis Familiaris (Concertino fuer Schlagwerksolo und Orchester, op. 23) by Bruno Hartl | - |
02 | ![]() | Stanisław Drzewiecki | Piano | Piano Concerto in E minor, op. 11, 3rd movement by Frederic Chopin | 1 |
03 | ![]() | Ödön Rácz | Contrabass | Gran fantasia sulla Lucia di Lammermoor per contrabasso ed orchestra by Giovanni Bottesini | - |
04 | ![]() | David Guerrier | Trumpet | Concertino pour trompette by Andre Jolivet | - |
05 | ![]() | David Coucheron | Violin | Carmen Fantasie by Franz Waxman | - |
06 | ![]() | Timo-Veikko Valve | Cello | Rondo for Cello and Orchestra, op. 94 by Anton Dvorak | 2 |
07 | ![]() | Gwyneth Wentink | Harp | Harp Concerto, op. 25, 3rd movement by Alberto Ginastera | - |
08 | ![]() | Nikolai Tokarev | Piano | Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra by Peter Tchaikovsky | 3 |
The jury members consisted of the following: [1]
EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round. Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Sweden and Turkey broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries. [3]
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
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![]() | ORF | |||
![]() | RTBF | La Deux [lower-alpha 1] | [4] | |
VRT | ||||
![]() | ČT | |||
![]() | ERR | |||
![]() | YLE | TV1 | ||
![]() | France Télévision | France 3 [lower-alpha 2] | [5] | |
![]() | ZDF | |||
![]() | ERT | |||
![]() | MTV | |||
![]() | RTÉ | |||
![]() | LTV | |||
![]() | NOS | Nederland 3 | Bo van der Meulen | [6] |
![]() | NRK | NRK1, NRK P2 | No commentator | [7] [8] |
![]() | TVP | |||
![]() | RTR | |||
![]() | RTVSLO | |||
![]() | TVE | |||
![]() | SRG SSR | DRS 2 [lower-alpha 3] | [9] | |
TSR 2 [lower-alpha 4] | [10] | |||
![]() | BBC | BBC Two [lower-alpha 5] | Stephanie Hughes | [11] |
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
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![]() | HRT | |||
![]() | CyBC | RIK Dyo | [12] | |
![]() | DR | DR2 [lower-alpha 6] | Lars Søgaard | [13] [14] |
![]() | SVT | |||
![]() | TRT | |||
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