Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 was the 17th edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. It consisted of a two-part preliminary round on 26 and 27 May, held at , and a final on 31 May 2014, held outside the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, and presented by Sabine Heinrich. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). The WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kristiina Poska accompanied all competing performers. This was the fifth time that the competition was held on an open-air stage. The contest had been previously hosted in Germany in .

Musicians representing fourteen countries participated in the contest, with all of them automatically qualified for the final. Malta and Moldova made their debut at Eurovision Young Musicians. Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Ukraine decided not to participate in this year's competition. Hungary returned for the first time since . Sweden last took part in , whilst Portugal had not entered since . Portugal's return marked its first appearance in a televised final.

The winner was violinist Ziyu He representing Austria, with pianist Urban Stanič representing Slovenia placing second, and cellist Gergely Devich representing Hungary placing third. In 2014, Austria also won the Eurovision Song Contest.

Location

Roncalliplatz, a square outside the Cologne Cathedral, was the host location for the 2014 edition of Eurovision Young Musicians. The preliminary round was held at the Kleiner Sendesaal in WDR's .

Format Sabine Heinrich was the host of the 2014 contest. Flying Steps performed as the interval act.

The semi final stage of the contest was dropped this year, however a new preliminary round was held over two days on 26–27 May and was streamed live on youngmusicians.tv. Each musician was required to play for up to fifteen minutes in this round and a maximum of five minutes in the Grand Final on 31 May. The international jury scored each musician and performance during the preliminary round. The scores were added to those given in the Grand Final to decide the three prize winners.

The candidates were accompanied by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska. The winner received a prize of 10,000 euros and was given the opportunity to appear with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015. The participants in second and third place were awarded 7,000 and 3,000 euros respectively.

Participants and results All participating countries automatically qualified for the final on 31 May 2014. The semi final elimination stage was replaced by a two-day preliminary round, that was held on 26 and 27 May respectively at the Kleiner Sendesaal in WDR's Funkhaus Wallrafplatz. The professional jury awarded points in this round.

Preliminary round Part 1 (26 May 2014) Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument Piece(s) 1 HRT Sara Domjanić Violin 1) Sonata for Violin on C Minor, op.45, no.3 (1. mvt: Allegro molto ed appassionato) by Edvard Grieg2) Valse-Scherzo in C Major, op.34 by Piotr Tchaikovsky 2 NRK Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde Violin 1) Poème, Op.25 by Ernest Chausson 3 PBS Kurt Aquilina Guitar 1) August Lullaby by Marek Mancina arranged by Per-Olov Kindgren2) Concerto de Aranquez by Joaquin Rodrigo3) Birds flew over the spire by Gary Ryan 4 MTV Gergely Devich Cello 1) Minuet in C Major by Haydn-Piatti2) Liebestraum by Liszt-Cassado3) Roumanien folk dances by Bartók-Silva 5 RTVSLO Urban Stanič Piano 1) Sonata/Capriccio K20, E - Major by Domenico Scarlatti2) Paraphrase de concert S. 434 by Franz Liszt3) Suggestion diabolique, op.4 by Sergej Prokofiev 6 ORF Ziyu He Violin 1) Violinkonzert KV 207, 1. Satz mit Kadenz von Kurt Guntner by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2) Capriccio op. 1/1 by Niccolò Paganini3) 2. Violinkonzert by Belá Bartók 7 NTR Lucie Horsch Recorder 1) Sonata seconda (Renaissance sopraan) by Dario Castello2) Der Besucher der Idylle (1993) (tenor) by Isang Yun3) Adagio en Allegro uit Sonate Wq 135 by C.P.E. Bach

Part 2 (27 May 2014) Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument Piece(s) 8 TVP Bartosz Kołsut Accordion 1) Praeludium and Fugue in h minor BWV 893 by Johann Sebastian Bach2) Near the Portrait of Niccolo Paganini by Volodymyr Runchak3) Don Rhapsody part III by Vjatcheslav Siemionov 9 RTP André Gunko Cello 1) Suite for solo cello - Intermezzo e danza finale by Gaspar Cassadó2) Pezzo Capriccioso by Piotr Tchaikovsky 10 ERT Vassilis Digos Guitar 1) Differencias Sobre Guardame las Vacas by Luys de Narvaez2) Danza del Altiplano by Leo Brouwer3) Sonata-Joaquin Turina 2nd and 3rd movement by Joaquin Turina 11 WDR Judith Stapf Violin 1) Grand Caprice for violine solo op. 26 "Der Erlkönig" (according to the ballad of Franz Schubert) by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst / Franz Schubert2) Estrellita by Manuel Ponce/arr. Jascha Heifetz3) Violin sonata in d, op. 108, 4. Presto agitato by Johannes Brahms 12 SVT Albin Uusijärvi Viola 1) Romanze op 85 by Max Bruch 13 ČT Martin Kot Accordion 1) Flick-Flack by Albert Vossen 14 TRM Livyka Shtirbu-Sokolov Piano 1) Prelude and Fugue no.2 A minor op.87 by Dmitri Shostakovich2) Novelette No.3 by Francis Poulenc3) Sonata no.1 by Rodion Shchedrin

Final 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.

Country Performer Instrument Piece Composer Result 1 Livyka Shtirbu-Sokolov Piano Piano concerto Liviu Shtirbu 2 Sara Domjanić Violin Zigeunerweisen, op.20 Pablo de Sarasate 3 Kurt Aquilina Guitar Concierto de Aranjuez Joaquín Rodrigo 4 Cello Allegro appassionato Op.43 Camille Saint-Saëns 3 5 Urban Stanič Piano Grande polonaise brillante, op. 22 E-flat major Fryderyk Chopin 2 6 Ziyu He Violin Violin Concerto No. 2 Béla Bartók 1 7 Bartosz Kołsut Accordion Concerto Classico, 1st mov. Bronisław Kazimierz Przybylski 8 Lucie Horsch Recorder Flautino Concerto in sol maggiore, RV 443 Antonio Vivaldi 9 André Gunko Cello Cello Concerto op. 85, 2nd mov. Lento. Allegro molto Edward Elgar 10 Vassilis Digos Guitar Concerto in Re Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 11 Judith Stapf Violin Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77, 4th mov.: Burlesque: Allegro con brio - Presto Dmitri Shostakovich 12 Albin Uusijärvi Viola Viola concerto, 2nd mov. William Walton 13 Martin Kot Accordion Flick-Flack Albert Vossen 14 Violin Violin Concerto no 1 in G minor, op. 26, 3rd mov. Max Bruch

Jury members The list of jury members are as follows:

– Clemens Hellsberg (chairman) – (Winner of the 1982 Contest) – Carol McGonnell – Maurice Steger – Uroš Lajovic

Broadcasting The contest was broadcast by the following broadcasters:

Date of broadcast Country Station31 May 2014 HRT 2 ČT art WDR Fernsehen (15-minute delay) ERA 1 M2 TVM1 (50-minute delay) Moldova 1 Radio Moldova NRK1 TVP Kultura Antena 2 Rest of the world TV SLO 2 SVT21 June 2014 ERT1 RTP2 8 June 2014 ORF 2 9 June 2014 NTR

Other countries – National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC) informed Oikotimes that they would be withdrawing from Eurovision Young Musicians on 6 January 2014. – National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) confirmed to Eurovoix.com that Ukraine would not take part in EYM 2014 on 23 January 2014.

See also ABU Radio Song Festival 2014 ABU TV Song Festival 2014 Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Türkvizyon Song Contest 2014

References

External links

Eurovision Young Musicians – European Broadcasting Union