Broadcasters from forty-four countries have participated in Eurovision Young Musicians since it started in 1982, with winners coming from twelve of those countries. This biennial classical music competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is held between members of the union, who participate representing their countries. Broadcasters send to the competition one young talented musician aged 12 to 21 that performs a piece of classical music of their choice accompanied by the event's orchestra, and a jury, composed of international experts, decides the top 3 participants.

Participation in the contest is primarily open to all broadcasters with active EBU membership, with only one entrant per country allowed in any given year. To become an active member of the EBU, a broadcaster has to be from a country which is covered by the European Broadcasting Area –that is not limited only to the continent of Europe–, or is a member state of the Council of Europe. Thus, eligibility is not determined by geographic inclusion within Europe, despite the "Euro" in "Eurovision", nor does it have a direct connection with the European Union.

Participants Eurovision Young Musicians, inspired by the success of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, is a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European musicians that are 18 years old or younger. The first edition of Eurovision Young Musicians took place in Manchester, United Kingdom on 11 May 1982 and six countries took part. Germany's Markus Pawlik won the contest, with France and Switzerland placing second and third respectively. The 2020 contest was cancelled, so it will be excluded from the table below.

Listed are all the countries that have ever taken part in the competition, alongside the year in which they made their debut: + Table key Inactivecountries which participated in the past but did not appear in the most recent contest, or will not appear in the upcoming contest Ineligiblecountries whose broadcasters have been suspended from the European Broadcasting Union and are therefore ineligible to participate Formercountries which previously participated but no longer exist

Country Broadcaster(s) Debut year Latest entry Entries Finals Times qualified Latest final Wins Latest win † RTSH AMPTV † ORF ◇ BTRC VRT (Dutch)RTBF (French) † BHRT † BNT † HRT CyBC ČT † DR † ERR † Yle TF1 France 3 France Télévisions Radio France † GPB ZDF WDR (ARD) † ERT † MTVA † RTÉ † IBA IPBC † RAI LTV LSM † LRT † PBS † TRM † NOS NPS NTR † MKRTV † NRK TVP RTP † TVR ◇ VGTRK † SMRTV RTS ‡ UJRT † STV † RTV SLO † TVE RTVE SVT SRG SSR † TRT † NTU † BBC ‡ JRT

Other EBU members The following countries have broadcasters eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Musicians, but have yet to make their debut at the contest.

Participating countries by decade

The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Musicians was held in 1982.

+ Table keyDebutant The country made its debut during the decade. Winner The country won the contest. Second place The country was ranked second. Third place The country was ranked third. Remaining places The country placed from fourth to last in the final. Non-qualified for the final The country did not qualify for the final. (1986–2018)Disqualified or withdrawn The country was to participate in the contest, but was disqualified or withdrew. Cancelled The contest was cancelled after the announcement of participating countries. (2020) Upcoming The country has confirmed participation for the next contest, however, the contest has yet to take place. No entry The country did not enter the contest.

1980s 1982–1988 Country # Х Х † 1 # † † # † # † † # 2 3 X # 2 Х 1 † # 1 Х † X # † † # † # † 3 # 1 † † # Х † 2 W # † # † † # 3 X 2 † # Х 3 X X # X †

1990s 1990–1998 Country Х Х † 2 1 3 3 † † # † 2 † † † † † † Х Х # X 3 † † Х Х † Х Х † † X 2 † † 1 † # † † † † # † X † † † † † † # 2 Х Х Lithuania # † # † 1 † † Х † Х † # 1 † X † # † † † † † # † † # X # † † X † 2 † † † † † 3 X † † Х Х † † Х 1 † 3 Yugoslavia † †

2000s 2000–2008 Country W X 1 1 Х † † † † # † † † † † † † † † † † # † X † † † † † X 2 † † † 2 X † X 2 † † X † † 1 X † † † † X † † † X X † X 2 3 1 X X † † # † † X † 3 † 3 3 X Serbia # † # † † 3 † † X † † † † 1 † † † X X # † # † † 2 † X X

2010s 2010–2018 Country # † # 3 † 2 1 3 # X X † # † X † X X † † † X X 2 X † # † X X X X X † † X † 3 X X † # X X † # X † † X 2 1 X X X X X X 1 † X † 3 1 # X † 1 † 2 X 2 † † X X † † † †

2020s 2020–2026 Country 2020 X 3 X 1 X X X C X X C 1 X X C X X C 2 3 X C 2 C C 3 X C X X 1 X X X C C X 2 X X X C

Broadcast in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster(s) Year(s) Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) 1986 2004 TV5 Québec Canada 1992, 1998 2004 Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) 1996, 2002, 2008–2012

List of winners By contest Year Date Host city Winner Performer InstrumentPiece 11 May 6 Piano Piano Concerto No.1 by Felix Mendelssohn 22 May Geneva 7 Isabelle van Keulen Violin Violin concert no. 5 op. 37 by Henri Vieuxtemps 27 May 15 Sandrine Lazarides Piano Piano Concerto E flat by Franz Liszt 31 May Amsterdam 16 Julian Rachlin Violin Concerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.22 by Henryk Wieniawski 29 May Vienna 18 Piano Concert for Piano and Orchestra a-minor op. 16, 1 Mov. by Edvard Grieg 9 June Brussels 18 Bartłomiej Nizioł Violin Concerto for violin and orchestra in d major op. 77 by Johannes Brahms 14 June Warsaw 24 Natalie Clein Cello Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85, part I by Edward Elgar 12 June Lisbon 22 Julia Fischer Violin Havanaise in E major, op. 83 by Camille Saint-Saëns 4 June Vienna 18 Violin Violin Concerto no. 5, 1st Mov. by Henri Vieuxtemps 15 June Bergen 24 Stanisław Drzewiecki Piano Piano Concerto in E minor, op. 11, 3rd movement by Frederic Chopin 19 June Berlin 20 Dalibor Karvay Violin Carmen Fantasie by Franz Waxman 27 May Lucerne 17 Alexandra Soumm Violin Violin Concerto No.1 (1st Movement) by Niccolò Paganini 12 May Vienna 18 Andreas Brantelid Cello Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 1st movement by Joseph Haydn 9 May Vienna 16 Clarinet Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, 4th movement by Jean Françaix 14 May Vienna 15 Eva Nina Kozmus Flute Concerto for flute, III. mov. Allegro scherzando by Jacques Ibert 11 May Vienna 14 Viola Viola concerto, 2 & 3 mov. by Béla Bartók 31 May Cologne 14 Ziyu He Violin 2. Violinkonzert by Béla Bartók Cologne 11 Saxophone Rhapsody pour Saxophone alto by André Waignein 23 August Edinburgh 18 Ivan Bessonov Piano 3rd mvt from Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 23 July Montpellier 9 Daniel Matejča Violin 3rd and 4th mvt Violin Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich 17 August Bodø 11 Leonhard Baumgartner Violin Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, 1st movement by Henri Vieuxtemps 6 June Yerevan 11 Michał Stochel Accordion Concerto Classico, 3rd movement by Mikołaj Majkusiak

By country

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest. Country Total Years won 6 2 1 9 4 0 0 4 2 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 6 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 4rowspan=11 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1

See also List of countries in Eurovision Choir List of countries in the Eurovision Dance Contest List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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