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Eurovision Young Musicians 1996

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Eurovision Young Musicians 1996
Dates
Final12 June 1996
Host
VenueBelém Cultural Center, Lisbon, Portugal
Musical directorLuis Izquierdo
Host broadcasterRadiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)
Participants
Number of entries22
Number of finalists8
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countriesUnknown[a]
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         Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the preliminary round     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1996
Vote
Voting systemJury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician
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The Eurovision Young Musicians 1996 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon, Portugal on 12 June 1996.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. Out of the 22 countries (of which 18 are known), 14 (of which 10 are known) did not qualify to the final, including the host country Portugal. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Luis Izquierdo.[1] The participation of the following countries that took part in the previous edition is unknown; they are Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, and Sweden.[1]

The disqualified countries included Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, and United Kingdom. For the fourth time, the host country did not qualify for the final. Julia Fischer of Germany won the contest, with Austria and Estonia placing second and third respectively.[2]

Location

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Further information on the host venue: Belém Cultural Center
Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1996.

Belém Cultural Center (Portuguese: Centro Cultural de Belém), a cultural centre in Lisbon, Portugal, was the host venue for the 1996 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1]

Located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém (in the municipality of Lisbon), it is the largest building with cultural facilities in Portugal. The CCB's 140,000 m2 spaces was initially built to accommodate the European Presidency, but adapted to provide spaces for conferences, exhibitions and artistic venues (such as opera, ballet and symphony concerts), in addition to political and research congresses, high security meeting halls, and a 7,000 m2 exhibition area.

Results

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Preliminary round

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A total of twenty-two countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1996 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final.[3] The official list of participating countries in the preliminary round is unknown; the following countries failed to qualify.[1]

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.[2]

Participants and results
R/O Country Broadcaster Performer(s) Instrument Piece(s) Composer(s) Pl.
1  Norway NRK Gunilla Süssmann Piano
2   Switzerland SRG SSR Antoine Rebstein [de; fr] Piano
3  Poland TVP Maria Nowak Violin
4  Latvia LTV Baiba Skride Violin
5  France France Télévisions Fanny Clamagirand Violin Carmen Fantasy Pablo de Sarasate[3]
6  Austria ORF Lidia Baich [de] Violin Violin Concerto No. 5, 1st mvt Henri Vieuxtemps 2
7  Estonia ETV Hanna Heinmaa [fi] Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[6] 3
8  Germany ZDF Julia Fischer Violin Havanaise in E major, op. 83 Camille Saint-Saëns[7] 1

Broadcasting

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EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round.

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF
 Belgium RTBF Télé 21 Benoît Jacques de Dixmude [8]
 Cyprus CyBC
 Estonia ETV
 Finland YLE TV1 [9]
 France France Télévision France 3[b] [3]
 Germany ZDF[c] Antonia Ronnewinkel [11][10]
 Greece ERT
 Ireland RTÉ
 Latvia LTV
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet[d] Eyvind Solås [12]
 Portugal RTP RTP2 [13]
 Poland TVP
 Russia RTR
 Slovenia RTVSLO
 Spain TVE
  Switzerland SRG SSR Schweiz 4 Jean-Pierre Pastori [fr] [10][14]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC2[e] Sarah Walker [15]
Broadcasters in other countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Denmark DR DR TV[f] Niels Oxenvad [16][17]
 Iceland RÚV Rás 1[g] Bergljót Anna Haraldsdóttir [18]

See also

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Notes and references

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The participation of six countries that took part in the previous edition is unknown (Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia and Sweden)
  2. ^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 29 June at 00:10 CET (23:10 UTC)[3]
  3. ^ Delayed broadcast on 13 June at 00:10 CET (23:10 UTC)[10]
  4. ^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 24 June at 22:15 CET (23:15 UTC)
  5. ^ Delayed broadcast on 29 June at 13:10 UTC[15]
  6. ^ Delayed broadcast on 15 June at 16:01 CET (15:01 UTC),[16] the second part was broadcast the following day at 23:07 CET (22:07 UTC)[17]
  7. ^ Delayed broadcast on 2 January 1997 at 20:00 WET (21:00 UTC)[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Eurovision Young Musicians 1996: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 1996: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Concours Eurovision des jeunes musiciens 1996". INAthèque (in French). Institut national de l'audiovisuel. 346923.001. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Sellisti Jussi Makkonen EBU-kilpaan Lissaboniin". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2 March 1996. Retrieved 14 November 2022. (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Klassika-Eurovisioon kuumas Lissabonis". Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). 10 June 1996. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Suursaadikute vahetamine ei ole McDonaldsi külastus, Kiiruse määravad protseduurid, Hanna Heinmaa edu näitab meie muusikaõpetuse head taset, Valgevene soovib Eesti toetust, Poliitilise lindiskandaali eeluurimine pikeneb, Karksi-Nuia volikogu vahetas linn". Postimees. June 15, 1996. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Julia Fischer plays Saint-Saëns's Havanaise aged 12". The Strad. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Mercredi 12 juin – Tele 21" [Wednesday 12 June – Tele 21] (in French, German, and Luxembourgish). French: Télé-Revue. 4 June 1996. p. 39. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Televisioon" [Television]. Post (in Estonian). 12 June 1996. p. 8. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via DIGAR Eesti artiklid.
  10. ^ a b c "Radio / TV Heute" [Radio / TV Today]. Freiburger Nachrichten (in German). 12 June 1996. p. 8. Retrieved 18 April 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  11. ^ "Mercredi 12 juin – ZDF" [Wednesday 12 June – ZDF] (in French, German, and Luxembourgish). French: Télé-Revue. 4 June 1996. p. 39. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Radio og TV - tirsdag". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 24 June 1996. p. 47. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
  13. ^ "The Anglo-Portuguese News 6 June 1996 — Anglo Portuguese News Collection". www.angloportuguesenews.pt. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  14. ^ "Suisse 4" [Switzerland 4]. Radio TV8 (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 12 June 1996. p. 47. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Young Musicians 96: Eurovision Final". BBC. 27 June 1996. p. 69. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  16. ^ a b "Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 15. juni 1996" [All-time programme overviews – Saturday 15th June 1996]. DR. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Alle tiders programoversigter – Søndag den 16. juni 1996" [All-time programme overviews – Sunday 16th June 1996]. DR. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Útvarp – filmtudagar 2/1" [Radio – Thursdays 2/1]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 December 1996. p. 7. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via Timarit.is.
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