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Eurovision Young Musicians 1986

International youth classical music contest

Eurovision Young Musicians 1986

Summary

International youth classical music contest

FieldValue
nameEurovision Young Musicians
year1986
semi122 May 1986
semi223 May 1986
final27 May 1986
presenter
exsupervisorFrank Naef
exproducerNiels Karl Nielsen
directorMarianne Montell
musdirectorHans Graf
organiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
hostDanmarks Radio (DR)
venueKoncerthuset
Copenhagen, Denmark
winmusician
voteJury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
entries15
finalists5
debut
return
BlueY
Blue2Finalist countries
RedY
qualification_showthe preliminary round

Copenhagen, Denmark The Eurovision Young Musicians 1986 was the third edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Koncerthuset, in Copenhagen, Denmark on 27 May 1986. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR), musicians from five countries participated in the televised final. Despite the contest being held in Copenhagen, host country Denmark failed to qualify for the final alongside Germany, Austria, Israel, Belgium, Norway, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands and Italy. The participant artists could not be older than 19 by the time of the contest. The finalists were all accompanied by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Hans Graf.

France's Sandrine Lazarides won the contest, with Switzerland and Finland placing second and third respectively.

Location

Koncerthuset, Copenhagen. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1986.

The Koncerthuset at Radiohuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, was the host venue for the 1986 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.

Radiohuset (literally "Radio House") is the former headquarters of national Danish broadcaster DR, located on Rosenørns Allé in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. The building complex was inaugurated in 1945 to a Functionalist design by Vilhelm Lauritzen and later expanded in 1958 and 1972. Vacated by DR when DR Byen was inaugurated in 2006, the buildings now house the Royal Danish Academy of Music as well as the Museum of Music. The complex also contains a 1,200-seat concert hall, Koncerthuset.

Format

The final took place on 27 May 1986, beginning at 20:30 CET (19:30 UTC).

was the host of the 1986 contest. 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 a classical piece of their choice, accompanied by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Hans Graf. The winner and runner-up of the previous edition, Isabelle van Keulen and Olli Mustonen respectively, performed "Suite Italienne" during the interval.

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1986 contest, of which five qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.

CountryBroadcasterPerformerInstrumentPieceComposer
ORFGünter VoglmayrFluteFlute Concerto No. 2 in D major, KV 314Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RTBFSaxophoneSaxophone ConcertoFranz Constant
DRJanne ThomsenFluteFlute ConcertoCarl Nielsen
ZDFMartin MenkingCelloCello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85Edward Elgar
RTÉSeamus ConroyViolinViolin ConcertoPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
IBAShira RavinViolinViolin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64Felix Mendelssohn
RAICarlo BalzarettiPianoPiano Concerto in G majorMaurice Ravel
NOSOboeOboe Concerto in C major, KV 314Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
NRKEllen Margrete FlesjøCelloCello Concerto in D minorÉdouard Lalo
SVTPeter JablonskiPianoPiano Concerto in A minorEdvard Grieg

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.

R/OCountryBroadcasterPerformer(s)InstrumentPiece(s)Composer(s)Pl.12345
FR3Sandrine LazaridesPianoPiano Concerto in E flatFranz Liszt1
BBCAlan BrindViolinViolin Concerto in D minor, Op.47, 1st mov.Jean Sibelius
JRTAleksandar MadžarPianoPiano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op.58, 2nd and 3rd movs.Ludwig van Beethoven
YLECelloVariations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33Pyotr Tchaikovsky3
SRG SSRPianoPiano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11, 2nd and 3rd movs.Frédéric Chopin2

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

Preliminary round

  • Austria – Franz Wagner
  • Belgium – Fud Leclerc
  • Denmark – Mogens Andersen
  • Finland – Anna-Karina Bentley
  • France – Serge Kaufmann
  • Germany – Richard Jakoby
  • Ireland – Jane Carty
  • Israel – Ávi Hannáni
  • Italy – Ilio Catani
  • Netherlands – Ton Hartsuiker
  • Netherlands – Robbert Jan de Neeve
  • Norway – Jan Eriksen
  • Switzerland – Michel Dami
  • Sweden – Sten Andersson
  • United Kingdom – John Manduall
  • Yugoslavia –

Final

  • Austria/United States – Carole Dawn Reinhart
  • Belgium –
  • Denmark –
  • Finland –
  • France – Teresa Llacuna
  • Germany – Siegfried Palm
  • Italy – Claudio Scimone (head juror)
  • Netherlands – Ton Hartsuiker
  • Sweden – Björn Liljequist
  • United Kingdom – Sir David Willcocks
  • Yugoslavia – Jasna Nemec Novak

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.

CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)AustriaBelgiumDenmarkFranceGermanyIrelandItalyNetherlandsNorwaySwedenSwitzerlandUnited KingdomYugoslavia
ORFFS1
RTBFTélé 2Philippe Duposty
DRDR TV, DR P2Lenard Friedmann
FR3
ZDFFriedrich Müller
RTÉRTÉ 2
RAIRai Tre
NOSNederland 2Joop van Zijl
NRKNRK FjernsynetJan Eriksen
SVTTV1
SRG SSRTV DRS
TSR, RSR 2
TSI
BBCBBC2Humphrey Burton and Alun Francis
JRTTV Beograd 2, TV Titograd 2
TV Ljubljana 2
TV Zagreb 2
TV Sarajevo 2
TV Skopje 2
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)Australia
SBSSBS TV

Other countries

  • – Portuguese broadcaster RTP attempted to take part, but were forced to withdraw as it had been unable to provide a "qualified candidate".

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