Eurovision Young Musicians 1990

Dates and venue
Semi-final 1|

* 24 May 1990

Semi-final 2|

* 25 May 1990

Final|

* 29 May 1990

Venue| Musikverein
Vienna, Austria
Organisation
Organiser| European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisor| Frank Naef
Production
Host broadcaster| Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Director| Claus Viller
Executive producer| Heidelinde Rudy
Musical director| Pinchas Steinberg
Presenter| Gerhard Toetschinger
Participants
Number of entries| 18
Number of finalists| 5
Debuting countries|

* Greece
* Portugal

Participation map

* Finalist countries Countries eliminated in the preliminary round Countries that participated in the past but not in 1990

Vote
Voting system| Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician|

* Netherlands
* Niek van Oosterum [nl]

1988 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 1992

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1990 was the fifth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, on 29 May 1990.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), musicians from five countries participated in the televised final. A total of eighteen countries took part in the competition. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pinchas Steinberg.[1] Greece and Portugal made their début at the 1990 contest.[1]

The non-qualified countries were Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia. The semifinal took place between 24 and 25 May.[1] Niek van Oosterum [nl] of the Netherlands won the contest.[2]

## Location

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Further information on the host venue: Musikverein

Musikverein, Austria. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1990.

The Musikverein (also known as the "Wiener Musikverein") a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, was the host venue for the 1990 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1] It is the home to the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra.

The "Great Hall" (Großer Saal) due to its highly regarded acoustics is considered one of the finest concert halls in the world, along with Berlin's Konzerthaus, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Boston's Symphony Hall.[3] None of these halls was built in the modern era with the application of acoustics science and all share a long, tall, and narrow shoebox shape.

The Großer Musikvereinssaal, or Goldener Saal (Golden Hall), is about 49 m (161 ft) long, 19 m (62 ft) wide, and 18 m (59 ft) high. It has 1,744 seats and standing room for 300. The Skandalkonzert of 1913 was given there, and it is the venue for the annual Vienna New Year's Concert.

## Format

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Gerhard Toetschinger was the host of the 1990 contest. 1988 winner Julian Rachlin performed as the interval act.[1]

## Results

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### Preliminary round

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Broadcasters from eighteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1990 contest, of which five qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.[1]

Country  | Broadcaster  | Performer  | Instrument  | Piece  | Composer

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Cyprus | CyBC | Constantinos Stylianou  | Piano  | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major  | Franz Liszt
Denmark | DR | Mikkel Futtrup  | Violin  | Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22  | Henryk Wieniawski
Finland | Yle | Sharon Jaari  | Violin  | Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44  | Max Bruch
Greece | ERT | Jánnisz Tszitszelíkisz  | Cello  | Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33  | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ireland | RTÉ | Patricia Moynihan  | Flute  | Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Italy | RAI | Vittorio Ceccanti  | Cello  | Cello Concerto in D minor  | Édouard Lalo
Norway | NRK | Gudrun Skretting  | Piano  | Symphonic Variations | César Franck
Portugal | RTP | António Miguel Camolas Quitalo  | Trumpet  | Trumpet Concerto in E flat major  | Joseph Haydn
Spain | TVE | Fernado Alvarez Goicoechea  | Accordion  | Suite Iberoamericana | Francisco Cano
Sweden | SVT | Fedrik Fors  | Clarinet  | Clarinet Concerto | Jean Françaix
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Rafael Rosenfeld  | Cello  | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33  | Camille Saint-Saëns
United Kingdom | BBC | Nicola Loud | Violin  | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26  | Max Bruch
Yugoslavia | JRT | Dejan Božić  | Cello  | Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104  | Antonín Dvořák

### Final

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Niek van Oosterum from the Netherlands won the contest. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.[2]

Participants and results  R/O | Country  | Broadcaster  | Performer(s)  | Instrument  | Piece(s)  | Composer(s)  | Pl.

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1  |  Netherlands | NOS | Niek van Oosterum [nl] | Piano  | Piano Concerto, Op. 16, 1st mov.  | Edvard Grieg | 1
2  |  Austria | ORF | Christine Heeger [de] | Piano  | Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-major  | Franz Liszt |
3  |  Belgium | RTBF | Christophe Delporte [fr] | Accordion  | Accordion concerto in B-Major, 2nd and 1st mov.  | Nikolai Chaikin | 3
4  |  West Germany | ZDF | Koh Gabriel Kameda | Violin  | Violin Concerto in D-Major, Op. 77, 1st mov.  | Johannes Brahms | 2
5  |  France | FR3 | Anne Gastinel | Cello  | Cello Concerto in B-Minor, Op. 104, 1st mov.  | Antonin Dvorak |

## Jury members

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The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

* Austria/ United States – Carole Dawn Reinhart
* Austria – Rainer Küchl
* Czechoslovakia – Václav Neumann (head)
* France – Philippe Entremont
* Germany – Günther Breest
* United Kingdom – Brian J. Pollard
* United Kingdom – Charles Medlam

## Broadcasts

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EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round. It was reportedly broadcast in 23 channels of the participating countries, and in Bulgaria, Romania and the Soviet Union via Intervision.[4][5] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters in participating countries[4] Country  | Broadcaster  | Channel(s)  | Commentator(s)  | Ref(s)

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Austria  | ORF | FS2 |  | [6]
Belgium  | RTBF | Télé 21 |  | [7]
Cyprus  | CyBC | RIK |  | [8]
Denmark  | DR | DR TV | Peter Borgwardt [da] | [9]
Finland  | YLE | TV1 |  | [10]
France  | FR3[a] | Alain Duault [fr] | [11]
Germany  | 3sat |  | [12]
Greece  | ERT |  |  |
Ireland  | RTÉ |  |  |
Italy  | RAI | Rai Tre |  |
Netherlands  | NOS | Nederland 3 | Annemiek Tan  | [13]
Norway  | NRK | NRK Fjernsynet | Eyvind Solås | [14]
Portugal  | RTP |  |  |
Spain  | TVE |  |  |
Sweden  | SVT | TV2 | Marianne Söderberg [sv] | [14]
Switzerland  | SRG SSR
SRG Sportkette [de], DRS 2 |  | [6]
SSR Chaîne sportive, Espace 2 |  | [15]
TSI Canale sportivo |  | [6]
United Kingdom  | BBC | BBC2 | Humphrey Burton and Edward Gregson | [16]
Yugoslavia  | JRT | TV Beograd 2 |  | [17]
TV Ljubljana 2 |  | [18]
TV Novi Sad [sr] |  | [19]
TV Zagreb 2 |  | [20]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries[4] Country  | Broadcaster  | Channel(s)  | Commentator(s)  | Ref(s)

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Bulgaria  | BNT |  |  |
Romania  | TVR | TVR 1[b] |  | [21]
Soviet Union  | CT USSR |  |  |

## See also

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* Eurovision Song Contest 1990

## Notes and references

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### Footnotes

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1. ^ Delayed broadcast on 30 May 1990 at 20:53 (CET)[11]
2. ^ Delayed broadcast on 4 September 1990 at 22:00 (EEST).[21]

### References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Eurovision Young Musicians 1990: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 1990: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
3. ^ Long, Marshall, "What is So Special About Shoebox Halls? Envelopment, Envelopment, Envelopment" Archived 8 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Acoustics Today, April 2009, pp. 21–25.
4. ^ a b c "Eurovision Young Musicians 1990". Issuu. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
5. ^ "L' Eurovision des jeunes musiciens". Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 24 May 1990. p. 40. Retrieved 14 April 2024 - via Scriptorium.
6. ^ a b c "Fernsehen" [Television]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zürich, Switzerland. 29 May 1990. pp. 31–32. Retrieved 8 March 2024 - via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
7. ^ "Radio•Televisie" [Radio•Television]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Rotterdam, Netherlands. 29 May 1990. p. 12. Retrieved 23 March 2023 - via Delpher.
8. ^ "Τηλεόραση – ΡΙΚ" [Television – RIK]. Simerini (in Greek). Nicosia, Cyprus. 29 May 1990. p. 6. Retrieved 8 March 2024 - via Press and Information Office [el].SimeriniCategory:Articles+containing+Greek-language+text&rft.atitle=Τηλεόραση+–+ΡΙΚ&rft.pages=6&rft.date=1990-05-29&rft_id=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/910045&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Eurovision+Young+Musicians+1990" class="Z3988">
9. ^ "Alle tiders programoversigter – Tirsdag den 29. maj 1990" [All-time programme overviews – Tuesday 29 May 1990]. DR. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
10. ^ "TV-nädalakava – Teisipäeval, 29. mäil" [TV schedule – Tuesday, 29 May]. Päevaleht (in Estonian). 26 May 1990. p. 4. Retrieved 29 November 2022 - via DIGAR Eesti artiklid.
11. ^ a b "Concours eurovision des jeunes musiciens 1990 (catalog record)". INAthèque (in French). Institut national de l'audiovisuel. CPC90005331. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
12. ^ "Dienstag, 29. Mai – 3sat" [Tuesday 29 Mai – 3sat] (in German). German: Télé-Revue. 22 May 1990. p. 22. Retrieved 17 May 2024.Télé-RevueCategory:Articles+containing+German-language+text&rft.date=1990-05-22&rft_id=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/5hr5v1jspx/pages/102&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Eurovision+Young+Musicians+1990" class="Z3988">
13. ^ "TV dinsdag" [TV Tuesday]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Amsterdam, Netherlands. 29 May 1990. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2024 - via Delpher.
14. ^ a b "TV tirsdag". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). 29 May 1990. p. 26. Retrieved 8 March 2024 - via National Library of Norway.
15. ^ "Mardi 29 juin" [Tuesday 29 June]. Radio TV8 (in French). No. 21\. Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland. 24 May 1990. pp. 30–33. Retrieved 28 January 2025 - via Scriptorium.
16. ^ "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 7 June 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 15 March 2018 - via BBC Genome.
17. ^ "Телевизија" [Television]. Borba (in Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic script)). Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. 29 May 1990. p. 14. Retrieved 30 May 2024 - via Belgrade University Library.
18. ^ "današnji televizijski in radijski sporedi – RTV Ljubljana 2" [today's television and radio programs – RTV Ljubljana 2]. Primorski dnevnik (in Slovenian). Trieste, Italy. 29 May 1990. p. 9. Retrieved 30 May 2024 - via Digital Library of Slovenia.
19. ^ "Televizió" [Television]. Magyar Szó (in Hungarian). Novi Sad, SAP Vojvodina, Yugoslavia. 29 May 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 28 January 2025 - via Vajdasági Magyar Digitális Adattár.
20. ^ "TV Zagreb – utorak, 29. svibnja" [TV Zagreb – Tuesday 29 May]. Glas Podravine (in Serbo-Croatian). Koprivnica, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. 25 May 1990. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2024 - via Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, University of Zagreb [hr].
21. ^ a b "Televiziune" [Television]. Adevărul de Arad [ro] (in Romanian). Arad, Romania. 4 September 1990. p. 3. Retrieved 10 May 2025 - via Arcanum Newspapers [hu].+[ro]&rft.atitle=Televiziune&rft.pages=3&rft.date=1990-09-04&rft_id=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/AdevarulJurnalAradean_1990_09/?pg=2&layout;=s&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Eurovision+Young+Musicians+1990" class="Z3988">

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