Eurovision Young Musicians 2004

Dates
Semi-final 1| 22 May 2004
Semi-final 2| 23 May 2004
Final| 27 May 2004
Host
Venue| Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne, Switzerland
Presenter(s)| Christian Arming
Musical director| Christian Arming
Directed by| Mando Bernardinello
Executive producer|

* Thomas Beck
* Renzo Rota

Host broadcaster| Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Website| youngmusicians.tv
Participants
Number of entries| 17
Number of finalists| 7
Debuting countries| None
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

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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A total of seventeen 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.[1]

* Belgium
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Finland
* Greece
* Netherlands
* Romania
* Slovenia
* Sweden
* United Kingdom

### Final

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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.[3]

Draw | Country | Performer | Instrument | Piece | Result

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01 |  Austria | Alexandra Soumm | Violin | Violin Concerto No.1 (1st Movement) by Niccolò Paganini | 1
02 |  Germany | Koryun Asatryan | Saxophone | Pequeña Czarda by Pedro Iturralde | 2
03 |  Russia | Dinara Nadzhafova (Klinton) | Piano | Piano Concerto No.2 (3rd Movement) by Camille Saint-Saëns | 3
04 |  Poland | Agnieszka Grzybowska | Percussion | Concerto for Marimba and Strings by Ney Rosauro | \-
05 |  Estonia | Jaan Kapp | Piano | Piano Concerto No.2 (3rd Movement) by Sergei Rachmaninoff | \-
06 |  Switzerland | Giuliano Sommerhalder | Trumpet | Trumpet concerto No.2 (2nd and 3rd movement) by André Jolivet | \-
07 |  Norway | Vilde Frang Bjærke | Violin | Violin Concerto (3rd movement) by 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(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
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.

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