Eurovision Young Musicians 2008

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2008 was the fourteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Rathausplatz in Vienna, Austria on 9 May 2008.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. This was the second time that the competition was held on an open air stage and was the beginning of the annual Vienna Festival. Austria and broadcaster ORF previously hosted the contest in 1990, 1998 and 2006.[1]

Eurovision Young Musicians 2008
Dates
Semi-final 14 May 2008
Semi-final 25 May 2008
Grand final9 May 2008
Host
VenueRathausplatz, Vienna, Austria
Presenter(s)Lidia Baich
Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz
Musical directorAleksandar Markovic
Directed byHeidelinde Haschek
Executive supervisorTal Barnea
Executive producerMichael Heinzl
Host broadcasterÖsterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Interval actAngelika Kirchschlager performing "One Life to Live" alone and "We dream together" with the Vienna Boys' Choir
Websiteyoungmusicians.tv
Participants
Number of entries16 (7 qualified)
Debuting countries
Returning countries Germany
Non-returning countries
Participation map
  •      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2008
Vote
Voting systemEach juror awarded a mark from 1–10 to each performer
Winning musician Greece
Dionysis Grammenos

A total of sixteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held at the Theater an der Wien on 4 and 5 May 2008. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Aleksandar Markovic.[1] Serbia (as an independent nation) and Ukraine made their début while Germany returned. Five countries decided to withdraw from the contest, they were Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Serbia and Montenegro and Switzerland.[1]

Dionysios Grammenos of Greece won the contest, with Finland and Norway placing second and third respectively. Grammenos is the first woodwind player to win the competition (previous winners have played piano, violin or cello). A new feature in 2008 was the audience prize, voted for by television viewers in the host country via SMS. The third prize winning Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing was the winner of this public vote.[2]

Location
Further information on the host venue: Rathaus, Vienna
Rathausplatz, Vienna was the host location of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2008 final.

Rathausplatz, a square outside the Wiener Rathaus city hall of Vienna, was the host location for the 2008 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians final. The Theater an der Wien, a theatre in Vienna, Austria, hosted the semi-final round.[1]

Format

Lidia Baich and Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz were the hosts of the 2008 contest.[1]

Results

Semi-final

A total of sixteen countries took part in the semi-final round of the 2008 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final.[1]

Part 1 (4 May)
Draw Country Performer Instrument Piece(s) Result
01 Croatia Marin Maras Violin

1) Sonata in c minor (Largo-Allegro moderato) (Francesco Geminiani)
2) Scherzino (Franjo Krežma)
3) Zigeunerweisen, op.20 (Pablo de Sarasate)

 Failed to qualify
02 United Kingdom Philip Achille Harmonica 1) Little Suite (James Moody) Qualified
03 Austria Sol Daniel Kim Cello

1) 1st Movement of the Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano (Franz Schubert)
2) Variations on a Theme by Rossini (Niccolò Paganini)

 Failed to qualify
04 Ukraine Anna Fedorova Piano

1) Sonata, Op. 57, I mv. (Ludwig van Beethoven)
2) Trois Valses Opus 70 N1 (Frédéric Chopin)
3) Trois Valses Opus 34 N3 (Frédéric Chopin)

 Failed to qualify
05 Germany Kathy Kang Violin

1) Sonata for violin and piano, 2. sentence - Allegro (César Franck)
2) Paganiniana (Nathan Milstein)

 Failed to qualify
06 Sweden Maria Verbaite Piano

1) Sonate in C-Dur Hob. XVI:50 (Joseph Haydn)
2) Piano Study in Mixed Accents (Ruth Crawford Seeger)
3) Islamey: Oriental Fantasy (Mily Balakirev)

 Failed to qualify
07 Romania Stefan Besan Violin

1) The Strolling Fiddler for Violin solo, from the Suite (George Enescu)
2) Impressions from childhood in D Major Op.28 (George Enescu)
3) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A Minor, Op.28 for Violin and Piano (Camille Saint-Saëns)
4) Miniature for Violin and Piano (Gheorghe Neaga)

 Failed to qualify
08 Greece Dionysios Grammenos Clarinet

1) Three Pieces for Clarinet solo (Igor Stravinsky)
2) Rigoletto Fantasia Di Concerto (Alamiro Giampieri)

 Qualified

Part 2 (5 May)
Draw Country Performer Instrument Piece Result
09 Finland Roope Gröhdahl Piano

1) Bagatelle G-Moll, Op. 119, No. 1 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
2) Piano Sonata Op. 1 (Alban Berg)
3) Toccata (Maurice Ravel)

 Qualified
10 Netherlands Steven Bourne Cello

1) Sonata for Cello and Piano (Claude Debussy)

 Qualified
11 Slovenia Jan Gricar Saxophone

1) Fantasie sur un theme original (Jules Demersseman)
2) Aria and Improvisation (Blaž Pucihar)

 Qualified
12 Norway Eldbjørg Hemsing Violin

1) Tzigane (rapsodie de Concert) (Maurice Ravel)
2) Subito for violin and piano (Witold Lutosławski)

 Qualified
13 Serbia Mina Zakić Cello

1) Impromptu G-Dur, Op.90 (Franz Schubert)
2) Introduction et Polonaise Brillante, Op.3 (Frédéric Chopin)

 Failed to qualify
14 Cyprus Orfeas Hiratos Clarinet

1) Sonáta: Allegro (Franz Danzi)
2) Fantasiestuecke I (Robert Schumann)
3) 4 Miniatures: Nos 3 & 4 (Bruno Brun)

 Failed to qualify
15 Russia Anastasia Kobekina Cello

1) Rondo (Luigi Boccherini)
2) Noktürn (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
3) At the fountain op. 20/2 (Karl Davidov)

 Qualified
16 Poland Marta Kowalczyk Violin

1) Fantasie Brillante sur Gounod's "Faust" op.20 (Henryk Wieniawski)

 Failed to qualify

Final
The 2008 winner, Dionysios Grammenos from Greece

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]

DrawCountryPerformerInstrumentPieceResult
01 SloveniaJan CricarSaxophonePequeña Czarda by Pedro Iturralde-
02 RussiaAnastasia KobekinaCelloConcerto for Cello and Orchestra in C Major, 1st movement by Joesph Haydn-
03 United KingdomPhilip AchilleHarmonicaConcerto for Chromatic Harmonica and Orchestra, 1st movement by Jascha Spivakovsky-
04 FinlandRoope GröndahlPianoConcerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat Minor, 3rd movement by Peter Tchaikovsky2
05 GreeceDionysios GrammenosClarinetConcerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, 4th movement by Jean Francaix1
06 NetherlandsSteven BourneCelloElegie by Gabriel Fauré-
07 NorwayEldbjørg HemsingViolinCarmen Fantasie by Franz Waxman3

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Semi-final
  •  Netherlands – Jeanette de Boer
  •  Austria – Günter Voglmayr
  •  Austria – Franz Bartolomey
  •  Austria – Ranko Marković
  •  Poland – Kaja Danczowska
  •  Poland – Jerzy Maksymiuk

Final

Broadcasting

The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network by 18 broadcasters.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Eurovision Young Musicians 2008: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. "Eurovision Young Musicians 2008: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. "Eurovision Young Musicians - Final Press Release". youngmusicians.tv. EBU. 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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