Eurovision Young Musicians 1994


The Eurovision Young Musicians 1994 was the seventh edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland between the 9 and 14 June 1994. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska, musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of twenty-four countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held in the same venue on 9 and 10 June 1994. Out of the 24 countries, 16 did not qualify to the final, including the host country Poland. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kazimierz Kord. Nine countries made their début, while five countries returned and FR Yugoslavia withdrew from the 1994 contest.
The non-qualified countries were Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia and Spain. For the third time, the host country did not qualify for the final. Natalie Clein of the United Kingdom won the contest, with Latvia and Sweden placing second and third respectively.

Location

in Warsaw, Poland, was the host venue for the 1994 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. The building was built between 1900 and 1901, under the direction of Karol Kozłowski, to be reconstructed in 1955 by Eugeniusz Szparkowski. The director of the institution is Wojciech Nowak. It is the main venue of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.
Since 1955, the institution organises the International Chopin Piano Competition. The building hosts the annual festival Warsaw Autumn.

Results

Semi final

A total of twenty-four countries took part in the semi final of the 1994 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.
CountryPerformerInstrumentPiece
Anna AjrapetiantsPianoAla Albeniz by Rodion Shchedrin
Nicolas DelclaudViolinMonologue Capriccio de la Vie d'artista by B. Petrov
Ana VidovićGuitarSerenata española by
Lukasz SzyrnerCelloDanse du diable vert by Gaspar Cassadó
Bernard HufnaglTromboneSonatine for trombone and piano. Allegro vivance by Kazimierz Serocki
Manolis NeophytouPianoPrelude and Fugue op. 87 No.5 in D by Dmitri Shostakovich
Vilhelmas ČepinskisViolinConcerto No.2 part 1 by Balsis
Mate BekavacClarinetSolo de concours op. 10 by H. Rabasud
MacedoniaKalina MrmevskaPianoSonata op.28 No. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev
Finghin CollinsPianoPrelude in C-sharp minor op.45 by Frédéric Chopin
Antonios SousamoglouViolinMonogramma for violin solo by C. Samaras
Dolores Rodríguez ParedesGuitarEstudio No.11 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Rolf-Erik NystrømSaxophoneSuite pour saxophone alto et piano, part I by Bonneau
Luise WiedemannBassonSonate in F-major op.168, 2nd part by Camille Saint-Saens
Ruben Da Luz SantosTrombonBach by K. Starzenegger
David CohenCelloCantillene-jeu by P.B. Michel

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.
DrawCountryPerformerInstrumentPieceResult
01Mark FaragoPianoDance Macabre by Ferenc Liszt-
02Liene CircenePianoDance Macabre by Ferenc Liszt2
03David BruchezTromboneBallade for Trombone and Orchestra by Frank Martin-
04Pia ToivioCelloRoccoco Variations op. 33 part II, VI, VII by Pyotr Tchaikovsky-
05Marko MartinPianoConcerto in C minor, no.1 op. 35, part III, IV by Dmitri Shostakovich-
06Malin BromanViolinViolin Concerto in A minor op.53, part III by Anton Dvorak3
07Natalie CleinCelloCello Concerto in E minor, op. 85, part I by Edward Elgar1
08Frederik MagleOrganConcerto for Organ and Orchestra in G minor, part II by Francis Poulenc-

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:
EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round.