Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 was the 10th edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. It consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 11 June, held at Sævigsalen, and a final on 15 June 2000, held at Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway, and presented by . It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK). The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Simone Young accompanied all competing performers.
Musicians representing twenty-four countries took part in the competition, with eight of them participating in the televised final. Five countries returned to the contest, whilst Czech Republic and Turkey made their debut. This was Turkey's first, and to date only, participation in any of the Eurovision family of events besides the flagship Eurovision Song Contest.
The winner was pianist Stanisław Drzewiecki representing Poland, with cellist Timo-Veikko Valve representing Finland placing second, and pianist Nikolai Tokarev representing Russia placing third.
Location
The Grieg Hall (), a 1,500-seat concert hall in Bergen, Norway, was the host venue for the 2000 edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. It has been the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since the hall's completion in 1978.
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.
Format was the host of the 2000 contest. Norwegian jazz band The Brazz Brothers performed during the interval.
Participants and results Preliminary round Broadcasters from twenty-four countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2000 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument RTBF, VRT Violin HRT Jan Jankovic Horn CyBC Roman Kariolou Violin ČT Monika Vavrinková Violin DR Andrea Gyarfas Violin ETV Anna-Liisa Bezrodny Violin ZDF Martin Helmchen Piano ERT Theodorou Andreas-Polandos Trombone RTÉ Rebecca Cap Piano LTV Ieva Rutentale Flute RTVSLO Kristijan Krajncan Cello TVE Elena Mikhailova Pogosova Violin SVT David Gammelgård Cello SRG SSR Nathalie Amstutz Harp TRT Ayşedeniz Gökçin Piano BBC Guy Johnston Cello
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.
+Participants and results Country Broadcaster Performer(s) Instrument Piece(s) Composer(s) 1 ORF Martin Grubinger Percussion Canis Familiaris (Concertino fuer Schlagwerksolo und Orchester, op. 23) Bruno Hartl 2 TVP Stanisław Drzewiecki Piano Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 11, 3rd Mov. Frederic Chopin 1 3 MTV Contrabass Gran fantasia sulla Lucia di Lammermoor per contrabasso ed orchestra Giovanni Bottesini 4 France Télévision David Guerrier Trumpet Concertino pour trompette Andre Jolivet 5 NRK David Coucheron Violin Carmen Fantasie Franz Waxman 6 YLE Timo-Veikko Valve Cello Rondo for Cello and Orchestra, op. 94 Anton Dvorak 2 7 NOS Gwyneth Joyce Wentink Harp Harp Concerto, op. 25, 3rd Mov. Alberto Ginastera 8 RTR Nikolai Tokarev Piano Piano Concerto No. 1 Peter Tchaikovsky 3
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Esa-Pekka Salonen – Michael Thompson – Beata Schanda – Michael Collins – Boris Kuschnir – Evelyn Glennie – Leif Ove Andsnes
Broadcasting EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round. 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 Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) ORF ORF 2 RTBF La Deux VRT HRT CyBCRIK Dyo ČT ČT2 https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/14817852083-eurovizni-soutez-mladych-hudebniku/20036515005/ DR DR2 Lars Søgaard ERR ETV YLE TV1 France Télévision France 3 ZDF ERT MTV RTÉ LTV LTV1 NOS Nederland 3 Bo van der Meulen NRK NRK1, NRK P2 No commentator TVP TVP2 RTR RTVSLO TVE SVT SVT1 https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001756114 SRG SSR DRS 2 TSR 2 TRT BBC BBC Two Stephanie Hughes
See also Eurovision Song Contest 2000
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