Germany in the Eurovision Young Musicians

Germany has officially participated in the Eurovision Young Musicians 14 times since its debut in 1982, winning the inaugural contest that year. Before German reunification in 1990, it was presented as West Germany, representing the Federal Republic of Germany. East Germany (the German Democratic Republic) did not compete. Germany won again in 1996 and have hosted the contest twice, in 2002 and 2014.[1]

Germany
Member stationWDR (ARD) (2008–)
Participation summary
Appearances17 (12 finals)
First appearance1982
Best result1st: 1982,[N 1] 1996
Worst resultFailed to qualify: 1986, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2008
External links
Germany's page at Eurovision.tv

Contestants
Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
Year[1] Participant Instrument Final Semi
1982 Markus Pawlik Piano 1 No semi-final
1984 Andreas Bach Piano -
1986 Martin Menking Cello Did not qualify -
1988 Nikolai Schneider Cello - -
1990 Koh Gabriel Kameda Violin 2 -
1992 Florence Sitruk Harp Did not qualify -
1994 Luise Wiedemann Bassoon -
1996 Julia Fischer Violin 1 -
Did not participate in 1998
2000 Martin Helmchen Piano Did not qualify -
2002 Alina Pogostkin Violin - -
2004 Koryun Asatryan Saxophone 2 -
Did not participate in 2006
2008 Kathy Kang Violin Did not qualify -
2010 Hayrapet Arakelyan Saxophone - -
2012 Dominic Chamot Piano - -
2014 Judith Stapf Violin - No semi-final
2016 Raul Maria Dignola Horn -
2018 Mira Foron Violin - -

Hostings
Year Location Venues Presenter(s)
2002 Berlin Konzerthaus Julia Fischer
2014 Cologne Cologne Cathedral Sabine Heinrich[2]
2016[3] Daniel Hope and Tamina Kallert

See also

Notes and references

Footnotes
  1. As West Germany before the reunification of Germany.

References
  1. "Country profile: Germany". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. "Meet our Presenter… Sabine Heinrich". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. "WDR and Cologne chosen to host 2016 competition". Youngmusicians.tv. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.


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