Eurovision Young Musicians 1994
Dates
Semi-final 19 June 1994
Semi-final 210 June 1994
Final14 June 1994
Host
VenuePhilharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Musical directorKazimierz Kord
Host broadcasterTelewizja Polska (TVP)
Participants
Number of entries24 (8 qualified)
Debuting countries Croatia
 Estonia
 Latvia
 Lithuania
North Macedonia Macedonia
 Russia
 Slovenia
Returning countries Greece
 Ireland
 Portugal
 Sweden
Non-returning countries Yugoslavia
Participation map
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Vote
Voting systemTop 3 chosen by professional jury
Winning musician

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 was the seventh edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland, afterwards the last year's contest, winning country, Bartłomiej Nizioł performing the violin instrument, dated between the 9 and 14 June 1994.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of twenty-four countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held in the same venue on 9 and 10 June 1994. Out of the 24 countries, 16 did not qualify to the final, including the host country Poland. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kazimierz Kord.[1]

Nine countries made their début, while four countries returned (Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden) and Yugoslavia withdrew from the 1994 contest.[1] It is, to date, the contest with the most contestants and the one closest to matching the number of participants in that same year's Eurovision Song Contest, with 24 to the Song Contest's 25. It also had the most overlap of any year, as all but five countries also competed in that year's Song Contest (the exceptions being Belgium, Denmark, and Slovenia, who had been relegated from the 1994 contest, and Latvia and Macedonia, who would not debut there for several years; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, and Slovakia didn't appear at the 1994 Young Musicians, but all save for Iceland would debut or return in the coming years).

The non-qualified countries were Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia and Spain. For the third time, the host country did not qualify for the final.[2] Natalie Clein of the United Kingdom won the contest, with Latvia and Sweden placing second and third respectively.[3]

Location

Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1994.

Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland, was the host venue for the 1994 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1] The building was built between 1900 and 1901, under the direction of Karol Kozłowski, to be reconstructed in 1955 by Eugeniusz Szparkowski. The director of the institution is Wojciech Nowak.[4][5] It is the main venue of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since 1955, the institution organises the International Chopin Piano Competition. The building hosts the annual festival Warsaw Autumn.[6]

Results

Semi final

A total of twenty-four countries took part in the semi-final of the 1994 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.[2]

CountryPerformerInstrumentPiece
 RussiaAnna AjrapetiantsPianoAla Albeniz by Rodion Shchedrin
 FranceNicolas DelclaudViolinMonologue Capriccio de la Vie d'artista by B. Petrov
 CroatiaAna VidovićGuitarSerenata española by Joaquín Malats
 PolandLukasz SzyrnerCelloDanse du diable vert by Gaspar Cassadó
 AustriaBernard HufnaglTromboneSonatine for trombone and piano. Allegro vivance by Kazimierz Serocki
Cyprus CyprusManolis NeophytouPianoPrelude and Fugue op. 87 No.5 in D by Dmitri Shostakovich
 LithuaniaVilhelmas ČepinskisViolinConcerto No.2 part 1 by Balsis
 SloveniaMate BekavacClarinetSolo de concours op. 10 by H. Rabasud
North Macedonia MacedoniaKalina MrmevskaPianoSonata op.28 No. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev
 IrelandFinghin CollinsPianoPrelude in C-sharp minor op.45 by Frédéric Chopin
 GreeceAntonios SousamoglouViolinMonogramma for violin solo by C. Samaras
 SpainDolores Rodríguez ParedesGuitarEstudo No.11 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
 NorwayRolf-Erik NystrømSaxophoneSuite pour saxophone alto et piano, part I by Bonneau
 GermanyLuise WiedemannBassoonSonate in F-major op.168, 2nd part by Camille Saint-Saens
 PortugalRuben Da Luz SantosTromboneBach by K. Sturzenegger
 BelgiumDavid CohenCelloCantillene-jeu by P.B. Michel

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.[3]

DrawCountryPerformerInstrumentPieceResult
01 HungaryMark FaragoPianoDance Macabre by Ferenc Liszt-
02 LatviaLiene CircenePianoDance Macabre by Ferenc Liszt2
03  SwitzerlandDavid BruchezTromboneBallade for Trombone and Orchestra by Frank Martin-
04 FinlandPia ToivioCelloRoccoco Variations op. 33 part II, VI, VII by Pyotr Tchaikovsky-
05 EstoniaMarko MartinPianoConcerto in C minor, no.1 op. 35, part III, IV by Dmitri Shostakovich-
06 SwedenMalin BromanViolinViolin Concerto in A minor op.53, part III by Antonin Dvorak3
07 United KingdomNatalie CleinCelloCello Concerto in E minor, op. 85, part I by Edward Elgar1
08 DenmarkFrederik MagleOrganConcerto for Organ and Orchestra in G minor, part II by Francis Poulenc-

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round.

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s)
 Austria ORF
 Belgium RTBF
 Croatia HRT
 Cyprus CyBC
 Denmark DR
 Estonia ERR
 Finland Yle
 France France 3
 Germany ZDF
 Greece ERT
 Hungary MTV
 Ireland RTÉ
 Latvia LTV
 Lithuania LRT
 Macedonia MRT
 Norway NRK
 Portugal RTP
 Poland TVP
 Russia RTR
 Slovenia RTVSLO
 Spain TVE
 Sweden SVT
  Switzerland SRG SSR
 United Kingdom BBC

Official album

7th Eurovision Competition For Young Musicians
Compilation album by
Eurovision Young Musicians
Released1994
Recorded9–14 June 1994
VenuePhilharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw
GenreClassical
Length2:34:52

7th Eurovision Competition For Young Musicians was the official compilation album of the 1994 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by the host broadcaster TVP shortly after the contest in June 1994. The album featured live recordings of all 24 participants including those who took part in the semi-final round, divided into 2 separate CDs.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Eurovision Young Musicians 1994: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 (Semi-Final)". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Musicians 1994: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Historia". filharmonia.pl. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie | Miejsce | Culture.pl". Culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Strona główna – BIP – Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie". www.filharmonia.4bip.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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