Eurovision Young Musicians 2004

Dates and venue
Semi-final 1|

* 22 May 2004

Semi-final 2|

* 23 May 2004

Final|

* 27 May 2004

Venue| Culture and Congress Centre
Lucerne, Switzerland
Organisation
Organiser| European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Production
Host broadcaster| Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Director| Mando Bernardinello
Executive producer|

* Thomas Beck
* Renzo Rota

Musical director| Christian Arming
Presenter| Christian Arming
Participants
Number of entries| 17
Number of finalists| 7
Returning countries|  Belgium
Non-returning countries|  Czech Republic
Denmark
Italy
Latvia

Participation map

* Finalist countries Countries eliminated in the preliminary round Countries that participated in the past but not in 2004

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

* Austria
* Alexandra Soumm

2002 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 2006

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Official website

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2004 was the twelfth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 27 May 2004.[1] 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 seventeen 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.[1]

Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy and Latvia decided not to participate, whilst Belgium returned.[1] Albania was listed as the 18th participant, performing 9th at the first day of semi-finals, however in the end did not take part or broadcast the contest.[2]

Alexandra Soumm of Austria won the contest, with Germany and Russia placing second and third respectively.[3]

## Location

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Further information on the host venue: Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre

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.[1] 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

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Christian Arming was the host of the 2004 contest. For the first time, the host and the conductor was the same person.[1]

## Results

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### Preliminary round

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Broadcasters from seventeen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2004 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.[1]

Country  | Broadcaster  | Performer  | Instrument

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Belgium | RTBF, VRT | Philippe Ivanov  | Piano
Croatia | HRT | Kajana Pačko  | Cello
Cyprus | CyBC | Andreas Ioannides  | Piano
Finland | Yle | Santtu-Matias Rouvali  | Percussion
Greece | ERT | Joánna Gaitáni  | Violin
Netherlands | NOS | Felicia van den End  | Flute
Romania | TVR | Octavian Alin Lup  | Cello
Slovenia | RTVSLO | Marina Golja  | Marimba
Sweden | SVT | Andrej Power  | Violin
United Kingdom | BBC | Nicola Benedetti | Violin

### Final

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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.[3]

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

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1  |  Austria | ORF | Alexandra Soumm | Violin  | Violin Concerto No.1, 1st Mov.  | Niccolò Paganini | 1
2  |  Germany | ZDF | Koryun Asatryan  | Saxophone  | Pequeña Czarda | Pedro Iturralde | 2
3  |  Russia | RTR | Dinara Nadzhafova (Klinton)  | Piano  | Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd Mov.  | Camille Saint-Saëns | 3
4  |  Poland | TVP | Agnieszka Grzybowska  | Percussion  | Concerto for Marimba and Strings | Ney Rosauro  |
5  |  Estonia | ERR | Jaan Kapp  | Piano  | Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd Mov.  | Sergei Rachmaninoff |
6  |  Switzerland | SRG SSR | Giuliano Sommerhalder  | Trumpet  | Trumpet concerto No.2, 2nd and 3rd Movs.  | André Jolivet |
7  |  Norway | NRK | Vilde Frang Bjærke | Violin  | Violin Concerto, 3rd Mov.  | Jean Sibelius |

## Jury members

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The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

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

## Broadcasting

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The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network by the participating broadcasters.[4] The Final was also broadcast by the Swiss radio channels and was also shown in Canada and Australia.[5]

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

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Austria  | ORF |  |  |
Belgium  | RTBF |  |  |
VRT |  |  |
Croatia  | HRT |  |  |
Cyprus  | CyBC |  |  |
Czech Republic  | ČT |  |  |
Estonia  | ERR |  |  |
Finland  | Yle |  |  |
Germany  | ZDF |  |  |
Greece  | ERT |  |  |
Netherlands  | NOS |  |  |
Norway  | NRK |  |  |
Poland  | TVP |  |  |
Romania  | TVR | TVR Cultural |  | [6]
Russia  | RTR |  |  |
Slovenia  | RTVSLO |  |  |
Sweden  | SVT |  |  |
Switzerland  | SRG SSR |  |  |
United Kingdom  | BBC |  |  |
Broadcasters in non-participating countries  Country  | Broadcaster

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Australia  | Unknown
Canada  | Unknown

## See also

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* Eurovision Song Contest 2004
* Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Eurovision Young Musicians 2004: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. ^ "News - Medienportal - SRF" (PDF).
3. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 2004: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
4. ^ "Eurovison Young Musicians". EBU. 26 May 2004. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
5. ^ "EBU.CH :: 2004_05_28_EYM". EBU. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
6. ^ "Programe" [Schedule]. Ziua (in Romanian). Bucharest, Romania. 27 May 2004. p. 18. Retrieved 12 March 2025 - via Arcanum Newspapers [hu].

## External links

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