Eurovision Young Musicians 1982 was the first edition of Eurovision Young Musicians, held on 11 May 1982 at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, United Kingdom, and presented by Humphrey Burton. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson accompanied all competing performers.
Six musicians representing nine countries took part in début contest, which was televised across the Eurovision Network. Musicians, who could not be older than 19 years of age, played an instrumental and a musical piece of their choice. The entry from Norway jointly represented Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden.
The winner was pianist Markus Pawlik representing Germany, with clarinetist Paul Meyer representing France placing second, and pianist representing Switzerland placing third. The winner received a cash prize of £1,000. It was also notable that Germany won the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 just a few weeks earlier also in England, and also by performing last in the running order.
History
Eurovision Young Musicians, inspired by the success of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, is a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European musicians that are 18 years old or younger. Some participating countries held national heats in order to select their representatives for the contest. The first edition of Eurovision Young Musicians took place in Manchester, United Kingdom on 11 May 1982 and six countries took part.
The BBC Young Musician of the Year is a televised national music competition. Broadcast originally on BBC Two biennially, and then on BBC Four years later. Despite the name, and hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the competition, a former member of European Union of Music Competitions for Youth, is designed for British percussion, keyboard, string, brass and woodwind players, all of whom must be eighteen years of age or under on 1 January in the relevant year.
The competition was established in 1978 by Humphrey Burton and Walter Todds, both of whom are former members of the BBC Television Music Department. Michael Hext, a trombonist, was the inaugural winner. In 1994, the usage of percussion instruments was first permitted, alongside the existing keyboard, string, brass and woodwind categories. The competition has five stages, which consist of regional auditions, category auditions, category finals, semi-finals and the final.
Location
The Free Trade Hall in Peter Street, Manchester, England, was the host venue for the first edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. The Italian palazzo-style hall was built on a trapeziform site in ashlar sandstone. It has a two-storey, nine-bay facade and concealed roof. On Peter Street, its ground floor arcade has rectangular piers with round-headed arches and spandrels bearing the coats of arms of Lancashire towns that took part in the Anti-Corn Law movement. The upper floor has a colonnaded arcade, its tympana frieze is richly decorated with carved figures representing free trade, the arts, commerce, manufacture and the continents. Above the tympanum is a prominent cornice with balustraded parapet. The upper floor has paired Ionic columns to each bay and a tall window with a pedimented architrave behind a balustraded balcony. The return sides have three bays in a matching but simpler style of blank arches. The rear wall was rebuilt in 1950–51 with pilasters surmounted by relief figures representing the entertainment which took place in the old hall. The Large Hall was in a classical style with a coffered ceiling, the walls had wood panelling in oak, walnut and sycamore. Pevsner described it as "the noblest monument in the Cinquecento style in England", whilst Hartwell considered it "a classic which belongs in the canon of historic English architecture."
Format
Humphrey Burton was the host of the inaugural contest, and welcomed representatives from six participating countries in English, French, and German. Each participating country were able to send male or female artists who were no older than 19 years of age, to represent them by playing an instrumental and a musical piece of their choice. They were all accompanied by the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, which was conducted by Bryden Thomson. The winner received a cash prize of £1,000.
Participants and results 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.
+Participants and results Country Broadcaster Performer(s) Instrument Piece(s) Composer(s) 1 BBC Anna Markland Piano Piano Concerto No.2 Sergei Rachmaninoff 2 TF1 Paul Meyer Clarinet Clarinet Concerto No.2 Carl Maria von Weber 2 3 Violin Violin Concerto No.1 Niccolò Paganini 4 SRG SSR Piano Piano Concerto No.2 Dmitri Shostakovich 3 5 ORF Leonhard Kubizek Clarinet Clarinet Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 6 ZDF Markus Pawlik Piano Piano Concerto No.1 Felix Mendelssohn 1
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Miguel Ángel Estrella – Gerhard Wimberger – Jean-Claude Casadesus – Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt – Mischa Maisky – Argeo Quadri (head juror) – – Gunnar Rugstad – Eric Tappy – Alun Hoddinott – Carole Dawn Reinhart
Broadcasting EBU members from the following countries broadcast the contest. 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 FS2 Andrea Seebohm DR DR TV, DR P1, DR P2 Marianne Albrechtslund TF1 Serge Kaufmann ZDF NRK NRK Fjernsynet Eyvind Solås SRG SSR TSR, RSR 2 BBC BBC2, BBC Radio 4 Humphrey Burton and Margaret Percy
See also Eurovision Song Contest 1982
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