Eurovision Young Musicians 2004

Eurovision Young Musicians 2004
Dates
Final	27 May 2004
Host
Venue	Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne, Switzerland
Presenter(s)	Christian Arming
Conductor	Christian Arming
Director	Mando Bernardinello
Executive producer	Thomas Beck and Renzo Rota
Host broadcaster	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Interval act	None (video about the week of the musicians in Lucerne)
Participants
Number of entries	19 (7 qualified)
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	None
Withdrawing countries	Czech Republic France Hungary Ireland Spain
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2004
Vote
Voting system	Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning song	Austria "Alexandra Soumm"
Eurovision Young Musicians
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The Eurovision Young Musicians 2004 was the twelfth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland on 27 May 2004. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. Switzerland and broadcaster SRG SSR previously hosted the contest in 1984. A total of nineteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held in the same venue on 22 and 23 May 2004. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christian Arming. Five countries withdrew from the 2004 contest; they were Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Ireland and Spain.

Alexandra Soumm of Austria won the contest, with Germany and Russia placing second and third respectively.

Location

Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2004.

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, was the host venue for the 2004 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It was built according to the plans of the architect Jean Nouvel and was inaugurated in 1998 with a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.

Format

Christian Arming was the host of the 2004 contest. For the first time, the host and the conductor was the same person.

Results

Preliminary round

A total of twenty countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2004 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.

• Belgium
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Finland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Netherlands
• Romania
• Slovenia
• Sweden
• United Kingdom

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.

Draw	Country	Performer	Instrument	Piece	Result
01	Austria	Alexandra Soumm	Violin	Violin Concerto No.1 (1st Movement) by N. Paganini	1
02	Germany	Koryun Asatryan	Saxophone	Pequeña Czarda by P. Iturralde	2
03	Russia	Dinara Nadzhafova (Klinton)	Piano	Piano Concerto No.2 (3rd Movement) by C. Saint-Saëns	3
05	Estonia	Jaan Kapp	Piano	Piano Concerto No.2 (3rd Movement) by S. Rachmaninoff	-
07	Norway	Vilde Frang Bjærke	Violin	Violin Concerto (3rd movement) by J. Sibelius	-
04	Poland	Agnieszka Grzybowska	Percussion	Concerto for Marimba and Strings by N. Rosauro	-
06	Switzerland	Giuliano Sommerhalder	Trumpet	Trumpet concerto No.2 (2nd and 3rd movement) by A. Jolivet	-

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

• Switzerland – Michael Haefliger (head)
• United Kingdom – Harold Clarkson
• Romania – Mihaela Ursuleasa
• Italy – Bruno Giuranna
• Austria –Milan Turkovic
• United States/Canada – Harvey Sachs

See also

• European Broadcasting Union
• Eurovision Song Contest 2004
• Eurovision Young Musicians
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004