Eurovision Young Musicians 2004

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Eurovision Young Musicians 2004
Eurovision Young Musicians 2004 logo.jpg
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1
  • 22 May 2004
Semi-final 2
  • 23 May 2004
Final
  • 27 May 2004
Venue Culture and Congress Centre
Lucerne, Switzerland
Organisation
Organiser European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Production
Host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
DirectorMando Bernardinello
Executive producer
  • Thomas Beck
  • Renzo Rota
Musical directorChristian Arming
Presenter Christian Arming
Participants
Number of entries17
Number of finalists7
Returning countriesFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Non-returning countriesFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg Italy
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
  • EYM 2004 Map 2.svg
         Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the preliminary round     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2004
Vote
Voting systemJury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician
2002  Eurovision Young Musicians  2006
Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2004 was the twelfth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 27 May 2004. [1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. Switzerland and broadcaster SRG SSR previously hosted the contest in 1984. A total of seventeen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held in the same venue on 22 and 23 May 2004. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christian Arming. [1]

Contents

Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy and Latvia decided not to participate, whilst Belgium returned. [1] Albania was listed as the 18th participant, performing 9th at the first day of semi-finals, however in the end did not take part or broadcast the contest. [2]

Alexandra Soumm of Austria won the contest, with Germany and Russia placing second and third respectively. [3]

Location

Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2004. KKL Luzern. Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern.jpg
Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2004.

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, was the host venue for the 2004 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. [1] It was built according to the plans of the architect Jean Nouvel and was inaugurated in 1998 with a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.

Format

Christian Arming was the host of the 2004 contest. For the first time, the host and the conductor was the same person. [1]

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from seventeen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2004 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. [1]

CountryBroadcasterPerformerInstrument
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RTBF, VRT Philippe IvanovPiano
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia HRT Kajana PačkoCello
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC Andreas IoannidesPiano
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Yle Santtu-Matias RouvaliPercussion
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT Joánna GaitániViolin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NOS Felicia van den EndFlute
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TVR Octavian Alin LupCello
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia RTVSLO Marina GoljaMarimba
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Andrej PowerViolin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Nicola Benedetti Violin

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. [3]

Participants and results
R/OCountryBroadcasterPerformer(s)InstrumentPiece(s)Composer(s)Pl.
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Alexandra Soumm Violin Violin Concerto No.1 , 1st Mov. Niccolò Paganini 1
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ZDF Koryun AsatryanSaxophonePequeña Czarda Pedro Iturralde 2
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia RTR Dinara Nadzhafova (Klinton)Piano Piano Concerto No.2 , 3rd Mov. Camille Saint-Saëns 3
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland TVP Agnieszka GrzybowskaPercussionConcerto for Marimba and StringsNey Rosauro
5Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia ERR Jaan KappPiano Piano Concerto No.2 , 3rd Mov. Sergei Rachmaninoff
6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Giuliano SommerhalderTrumpetTrumpet concerto No.2, 2nd and 3rd Movs. André Jolivet
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Vilde Frang Bjærke Violin Violin Concerto , 3rd Mov. Jean Sibelius

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following: [1]

Broadcasting

The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network by the participating broadcasters. [4] The Final was also broadcast by the Swiss radio channels and was also shown in Canada and Australia. [5]

Broadcasters in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF
VRT
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia HRT
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic ČT
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ERR
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yle
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ZDF
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR TVR Cultural [6]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia RTR
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcaster
Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaUnknown
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaUnknown

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Eurovision Young Musicians 2004: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. "News - Medienportal - SRF" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Musicians 2004: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. "Eurovison Young Musicians". EBU. 26 May 2004. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. "EBU.CH :: 2004_05_28_EYM". EBU. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  6. "Programe" [Schedule]. Ziua (in Romanian). Bucharest, Romania. 27 May 2004. p. 18. Retrieved 12 March 2025 via Arcanum Newspapers  [ hu ].