Eurovision Young Musicians 1996 was the 8th edition of Eurovision Young Musicians, held on 12 June 1996 at Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon, Portugal. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTP). The conducted by Luis Izquierdo accompanied all competing performers.

Musicians representing eight countries participated in the televised final. Out of the 22 countries (of which 18 are known), 14 (of which 10 are known) did not qualify to the final, including the host country Portugal. The participation of the following countries that took part in the previous edition is unknown; they are Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, and Sweden.

The winner was violinist Julia Fischer representing Germany, with violinist representing Austria placing second, and pianist representing Estonia placing third.

Location

Belém Cultural Center (Portuguese: Centro Cultural de Belém), a cultural centre in Lisbon, Portugal, was the host venue for the 1996 edition of Eurovision Young Musicians.

Located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém (in the municipality of Lisbon), it is the largest building with cultural facilities in Portugal. The CCB's 140,000 m2 spaces was initially built to accommodate the European Presidency, but adapted to provide spaces for conferences, exhibitions and artistic venues (such as opera, ballet and symphony concerts), in addition to political and research congresses, high security meeting halls, and a 7,000 m2 exhibition area.

Participants and results Preliminary round Broadcasters from twenty-two countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1996 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The official list of performers in the preliminary round is unknown; the following participants failed to qualify.

Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument RTBF David Cohen Cello CyBC Manolis Neophytou Piano Yle Cello ERT Angelos Liakakis Cello RTÉ Gerald Peregrine Cello RTP (host) Raquel Queirós Violin RTR Violin RTVSLO Gal Faganel Cello TVE Maia Turullols Piano BBC Rafal Zambrzycki Payne 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. +Participants and results Country Broadcaster Performer(s) Instrument Piece(s) Composer(s) 1 NRK Gunilla Süssmann Piano colspan="2" 2 SRG SSR Piano Piano Concerto No. 1 Sergei Prokofievhttps://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/35319/view?page=45 3 TVP Maria Nowak Violin colspan="2" 4 LTV Baiba Skride Violin Violin Concerto Jean Sibeliushttps://periodika.lndb.lv/periodika2-viewer/?lang=fr#panel:pa|issue:1167784|article:DIVL604 5 France Télévisions Fanny Clamagirand Violin Carmen Fantasy Pablo de Sarasate 6 ORF Violin Violin Concerto No. 5, 1st mvt Henri Vieuxtemps 2 7 ETV Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 3 8 ZDF Julia Fischer Violin Havanaise in E major, op. 83 Camille Saint-Saëns 1

Broadcasts

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 1 RTBF Télé 21 Benoît Jacques de Dixmude CyBC RIK 2 Elli Korai Gerolemou ETV YLE TV1 France 3 ZDF Antonia Ronnewinkel ERT RTÉ LTV LTV1 NRK Eyvind Solås RTP RTP2 TVP TVP2 RTR RTVSLO SLO 2 TVE SRG SSR BBC BBC2 Sarah Walker

+ Broadcasters in other countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) DR DR TV Niels Oxenvad RÚV Rás 1 Bergljót Anna Haraldsdóttir SVT SVT2 https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001740536

See also Eurovision Song Contest 1996

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