List of countries in the Eurovision Young Musicians

Eurovision Young Musicians is a biennial classical music competition for European musicians that are aged between 12 and 21. The contest was created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1982. Only members of the EBU may take part in the contest. Six countries took part in the inaugural contest.

Participation since 1982:
  Entered at least once
  Never entered, although eligible to do so
  Competed as a part of another country but never as a sovereignty

Participants

The Eurovision Young Musicians, inspired by the success of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, is a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European musicians that are 18 years old or younger. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians took place in Manchester, United Kingdom on 11 May 1982 and 6 countries took part.[1] Germany's Markus Pawlik won the contest, with France and Switzerland placing second and third respectively.[2]

Listed are all the countries that have ever taken part in the competition, alongside the year in which they made their debut:

Table key
  Withdrawn – Countries who have participated in the past but have withdrawn.
  Former – Former countries that have been dissolved.
Country[3] Debut year Latest entry Entries Finals[lower-alpha 1] Latest final[lower-alpha 1] Wins Broadcaster(s)[4]
 Albania
2018
2018
1
0
N/A
0
 RTSH
 Armenia
2012
2012
1
1
2012
0
 AMPTV
 Austria
1982
2016
18
14
2016
5
 ORF
 Belarus
2010
2012
2
2
2012
0
 BTRC
 Belgium
1986
2018
10
2
1992
0
 VRT (Dutch)
RTBF (French)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012
2012
1
0
N/A
0
 BHRT
 Bulgaria
2006
2006
1
0
N/A
0
 BNT
 Croatia
1994
2018
11
4
2016
0
 HRT
 Cyprus
1988
2010
10
0
N/A
0
 CyBC
 Czech Republic
2002
2018
7
5
2018
0
 ČT
 Denmark[lower-alpha 2]
1986
2002
6
2
1994
0
 DR
 Estonia
1994
2018
7
3
2004
0
 ERR
 Finland[lower-alpha 2]
1984
2008
12
8
2008
0
 Yle
 France
1982
2000
8
6
2000
1
 TF1 (1982)
France Télévisions (1984–2000)
 Georgia
2012
2012
1
0
N/A
0
 GPB
 Germany
1982
2018
17
12
2018
2
 ZDF (1982–2004)
WDR (ARD) (2008–)
 Greece
1990
2018
11
3
2014
1
 ERT
 Hungary
1992
2018
6
5
2018
0
 MTVA
 Ireland
1986
2000
7
0
N/A
0
 RTÉ
 Israel
1986
2018
2
0
N/A
0
 IBA (1986)
IPBC (2018)
 Italy
1986
2002
4
1
2002
0
 RAI
 Latvia
1994
2002
5
3
1998
0
 LTV
 Lithuania
1994
1994
1
0
N/A
0
 LRT
 Macedonia
1994
1994
1
0
N/A
0
 MKRTV
 Malta
2014
2018
3
2
2016
0
 PBS
 Moldova
2014
2014
1
1
2014
0
 TRM
 Netherlands
1984
2014
12
5
2014
2
 NOS (1984–1990, 2000–2004)
NPS (2006–2010)
NTS (2012–2014)
 Norway[lower-alpha 2]
1982
2018
18
13
2018
1
 NRK
 Poland
1992
2018
13
9
2016
3
 TVP
 Portugal
1990
2014
4
1
2014
0
 RTP
 Romania
2002
2010
5
1
2006
0
 TVR
 Russia
1994
2018
8
6
2018
1
 VGTRK
 San Marino
2016
2018
2
1
2016
0
 SMRTV
 Serbia
2008
2008
1
0
N/A
0
 RTS
 Serbia and Montenegro
2006
2006
1
0
N/A
0
 UJRT
 Slovakia
1998
2000
2
1
1998
0
 STV
 Slovenia
1994
2018
13
7
2018
1
 RTV SLO
 Spain
1988
2018
8
1
1992
0
 TVE
 Sweden[lower-alpha 2]
1986
2018
13
5
2016
1
 SVT
  Switzerland
1982
2006
12
7
2006
0
 SRG SSR
 Ukraine
2008
2012
2
0
N/A
0
 NTU
 United Kingdom
1982
2018
16
10
2008
1
 BBC
 Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 3]
1986
1992
4
1
1986
0
 JRT

Other EBU members

The following list of countries are eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Musicians, but have yet to make their début at the contest.[3]

Participating countries in the decades

The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Musicians was held in 1982.

Table key
  Winner – The country won the Eurovision Young Musicians that year.
  Second place – The country was ranked second that year.
  Third place – The country was ranked third that year.
  Non-qualified – The country did not qualify to the final (1986–2012, 2018–present).
  Undecided – The country has confirmed participation for the next Eurovision Young Musicians, however, the competition has not yet taken place.
  Debutant – The country made its debut during the decade.
  Did not participate – The country did not participate in the Eurovision Young Musicians that year.
  Withdrawn – The country was going to participate that year, but later withdrew.
A cross (X) means that the country participated in the contest that year.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Broadcast in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Year(s)
 Australia Un­known 2004[6]
 Canada
 Iceland Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) 2002,[7] 2008–2012[8][9][10]
 Turkey Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) 2000[11]

List of winners

By contest
Year Date Host City Countries Winner Performer Instrument Piece
1982 11 May Manchester 6  Germany Markus Pawlik Piano Piano Concerto No.1 by Felix Mendelssohn
1984 22 May Geneva 7  Netherlands Isabelle van Keulen Violin Violin concert no. 5 op. 37 by Henri Vieuxtemps
1986 27 May Copenhagen 15  France Sandrine Lazarides Piano Piano Concerto E flat by Franz Liszt
1988 31 May Amsterdam 16  Austria Julian Rachlin Violin Concerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.22 by Henryk Wieniawski
1990 29 May Vienna 18  Netherlands Niek van Oosterum Piano Concert for Piano and Orchestra a-minor op. 16, 1 Mov. by Edvard Grieg
1992 9 June Brussels 13  Poland Bartłomiej Nizioł Violin Concerto for violin and orchestra in d major op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
1994 14 June Warsaw 24  United Kingdom Natalie Clein Cello Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85, part I by Edward Elgar
1996 12 June Lisbon 17  Germany Julia Fischer Violin –
1998 4 June Vienna 13  Austria Lidia Baich Violin Violin Concerto no. 5, 1st Mov. by Henri Vieuxtemps
2000 15 June Bergen 18  Poland Stanisław Drzewiecki Piano Piano Concerto in E minor, op. 11, 3rd movement by Frederic Chopin
2002 19 June Berlin 20  Austria Dalibor Karvay Violin Carmen Fantasy by Franz Waxman
2004 27 May Lucerne 17  Austria Alexandra Soumm Violin Violin Concerto No.1 (1st Movement) by Niccolò Paganini
2006 12 May Vienna 18  Sweden Andreas Brantelid Cello Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 1st movement by Joseph Haydn
2008 9 May Vienna 16  Greece Dionysis Grammenos Clarinet Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, 4th movement by Jean Françaix
2010 14 May Vienna 15  Slovenia Eva Nina Kozmus Flute Concerto for flute, III. mov. Allegro scherzando by Jacques Ibert
2012 11 May Vienna 14  Norway Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad Viola Viola concerto, 2 & 3 mov. by Béla Bartók
2014 31 May Cologne 14  Austria Ziyu He Violin 2. Violinkonzert by Béla Bartók
2016 3 September Cologne[12] 11  Poland Łukasz Dyczko Saxophone Rhapsody pour Saxophone alto by André Waignein
2018 23 August Edinburgh 18  Russia Ivan Bessonov Piano 3rd mvt from Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

By country
Map showing each country's number of Young Musicians gold medal wins up to and including 2018.

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.

Country Total Years won
 Austria 5 2 1 8
 Poland 3 0 0 3
 Germany 2 1 0 3
 Netherlands 2 0 0 2
 Norway 1 3 1 5
 Slovenia 1 2 1 4
 United Kingdom 1 1 2 4
 France 1 1 0 2
 Russia 1 0 4 5
 Sweden 1 0 1 2
 Greece 1 0 0 1
 Finland 0 3 1 4 N/A
  Switzerland 0 1 1 2 N/A
 Croatia 0 1 0 1 N/A
 Czech Republic 0 1 0 1 N/A
 Latvia 0 1 0 1 N/A
 Spain 0 1 0 1 N/A
 Armenia 0 0 1 1 N/A
 Belgium 0 0 1 1 N/A
 Estonia 0 0 1 1 N/A
 Hungary 0 0 1 1 N/A
 Italy 0 0 1 1 N/A

See also

Notes
  1. Correct as of the 2018 contest.
  2. The four Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden) originally sent a joint participant to the contest. In 1982, the musician represented the Norwegian colors and the Finnish colors in 1984.[5] The nations were represented individually, following the introduction of a preliminary round, at the 1986 contest.
  3. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed as "Yugoslavia" in 1992.

References
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