Eurovision Young Musicians 2010 was the 15th edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. It consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 9 May, held at ORF Funkhaus Wien, and a final on 14 May 2010, held at the Rathausplatz in Vienna, Austria, and presented by Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). The Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Cornelius Meister accompanied all competing performers. This was the third time that the competition was held on an open-air stage and was the beginning of the annual Vienna Festival. ORF had previously hosted the contest in Austria in , , and .
Musicians representing fifteen countries took part in the competition, with seven of them participating in the televised final. Belarus made their début while Czech Republic returned. Three countries decided not to participate, they were Finland, Serbia and Ukraine.
The winner was flutist Eva Nina Kozmus representing Slovenia, with violinist Guro Kleven Hagen representing Norway placing second, and pianist Daniil Trifonov representing Russia placing third. Kozmus is the first flute player to win the competition.
Location
Rathausplatz, a square outside the Wiener Rathaus city hall of Vienna, was the host location for the 2010 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians final. The ORF Funkhaus Wien studios in Vienna, Austria, hosted the semi-final round.
Format Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz was the host of the 2010 contest. The winner was awarded a master-class scholarship and the top three performers were awarded cash prizes, together with a custom-made trophy. As in 2008, television viewers in the host country were able to vote for their favourite performer via SMS.
Participants and results Semi-final Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the semi-final round of the 2010 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.
Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument ORF Marie-Christine Klettner Violin CyBC Lambis Pavlou Piano ČT Lukáš Dittrich Clarinet ERT Konstantinos Destounis Piano NPS Dana Zemtsov Viola TVR Stefan Cazacu Cello SVT Mattias Hanskov Palm Double bass BBC Peter Moore Trombone
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.
Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument Piece Composer Result 1 HRT Filip Merčep Percussions Marimba Concerto, 2nd mov. Emmanuel Séjourné 2 NRK Guro Kleven Hagen Violin Violin Concerto in D-Major, 3rd mov. Peter Tchaikovsky 2 3 TVP Accordion Accordion Concerto "Classico" Mikolaj Majkusiak 4 WDR Hayrapet Arakelyan Saxophone Fantaisie Brilliante Francois Borne 5 BTRC Ivan Karizna Cello Cello Concerto in C Major, 3rd mov. Joseph Haydn 6 RTVSLO Eva Nina Kozmus Flute Flute Concerto, 3rd mov. Allegro scherzando Jacques Ibert 1 7 RTR Daniil Trifonov Piano Grande Polonaise Brillante Frédéric Chopin 3
Jury The jury members consisted of the following: Semi-final
– Werner Hink – Ranko Markovic – Aleksandar Markovic – Ingela Øien – Hüseyin Sermet
Final
– Peter Eötvös (head) – Werner Hink – Cristina Ortiz – Ben Pateman – Alexei Ogrintchouk
Broadcasting The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network, for both TV viewers and radio listeners, by eleven out of the twenty participating broadcasters. Armenia, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia and Iceland all broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries. 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(s) Channel(s) Commentator(s) ORF (live) ORF 2 BTRC (live) HRT (live) CyBC (live) ČT (live) ARD (WDR) WDR Fernsehen 3sat (live) ERT (live) NPS NRK (live) NRK2 TVP (live) TVP Kultura TVR (live) TVR Cultural RTR (live) RTVSLO SVT SVT2 BBC BBC Four Clemency Burton-Hill
+ Broadcasters in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) ARMTV (live) RTBF La Deux DR ERR RÚV
See also Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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