Eurovision Young Musicians 1998 was the 9th edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. It consisted of a semi-final on 2 June and a final on 4 June 1998, held at Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria, and presented by Julian Rachlin. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies accompanied all competing performers. ORF had previously hosted the contest in Austria in .
Musicians representing eighteen countries took part in the competition, with eight of them participating in the televised final. Slovakia made their début, while Croatia and Sweden returned to the contest. Three countries withdrew from the 1998 contest; they were Belgium, France, and Russia.
The winner was violinist representing Austria, with cellist representing Croatia placing second, and percussionist Adrian Spillett representing the United Kingdom placing third. Baich had represented Austria at the previous edition in 1996, placing second.
Location
The Konzerthaus, a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, was the host venue for the 1998 edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. Opened in 1913, it is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both tradition and innovative musical styles.
The Konzerthaus has the Vienna Symphony, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Wiener Singakademie and the Klangforum Wien in residence. Several subscriptions also include concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic and other organizations.
Format Julian Rachlin was the host of the 1998 contest and performed during the interval.
Participants and results Preliminary round Broadcasters from eighteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1998 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The official list of performers in the preliminary round is unknown. The following countries failed to qualify as noted in the booklet of the official compilation album.
Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument CyBC Nicolas Melis Piano ETV Hando Nahkur Piano ZDF Korbinian Altenberger Violin ERT colspan="2" RTÉ Cora Venus Lunny Violin NRK Kristian Lindberg Violin TVP colspan="2" RTP colspan="2" TVE Leticia Moreno Violin SRG SSR Francesco Piemontesi Piano
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 BBC Adrian Spillett Percussion Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, 3rd Mov. Joseph Schwantner 3 2 YLE Piano Piano Concerto No. 2, 1st Mov. Sergei Prokofiev 3 LTV Lauma Skride Piano Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd Mov. Camille Saint-Saens 4 RTVSLO Accordion Concierto para bandoneon presto Astor Piazzolla 5 STV Cello Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, adagio Edward Elgar 6 ORF Violin Violin Concerto no. 5, 1st Mov. Henri Vieuxtemps 1 7 HRT Cello Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, adagio Edward Elgar 2 8 SVT David Sjögren Violin Violin Concerto, 3rd Mov. Peter Tchaikovsky
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Yehudi Menuhin (head) – Vadim Brodski – Gérard Caussé – Friedrich Doligal – Jack Martin Händler – Nana Yashvili – Eric Kushner – Alexei Lyubimov
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 Otto Brusatti HRT CyBC ETV YLE TV1 3sat ZDF ERT RTÉ LTV LTV1 https://periodika.lndb.lv/periodika2-viewer/?lang=fr#panel:pa|issue:552301|article:DIVL163 NRK NRK1 TVP TVP2 RTP STV STV2 RTVSLO TVE SVT SVT1 SRG SSR SF2 TSR 2 BBC BBC Two Stephanie Hughes
+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) RTBF La Deux TV5 TV5 Québec Canada France 3
Official album
Eurovision Grand Prix For Young Musicians was the official compilation album of the ninth edition of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by the host broadcaster ORF shortly after the contest in June 1998. The album featured live recordings of the eight finalists.
See also Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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