Eurovision Young Musicians 1984

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1984 was the second edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, on 22 May 1984.^[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), musicians who could be no older than 19 years of age, from seven countries participated in the televised final hosted by Georges Kleinmann. They were all accompanied by the Roman Swiss Orchestra, conducted by Horst Stein.^[1] Finland and Netherlands made their début, while Norway withdrew from competition.^[1][2]

Eurovision Young Musicians 1984
Date and venue
Final	22 May 1984
Venue	Victoria Hall Geneva, Switzerland
Organisation
Organiser	European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Production
Host broadcaster	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Executive producer	Eric Bauer
Musical director	Horst Stein
Presenter	Georges Kleinmann [fr]
Participants
Number of entries	7[a]
Debuting countries	Finland[a]  Netherlands
Non-returning countries	Norway[a]
Participation map      Participating countries
Vote
Voting system	Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician	Netherlands Isabelle van Keulen
1982 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 1986

The Netherlands's Isabelle van Keulen won the contest, with Finland and the United Kingdom placing second and third respectively.^[2]

Location

Further information on the host venue: Victoria Hall (Geneva)

Victoria Hall, Geneva. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1984.

The Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, was the host venue for the 1984 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.^[1]

The concert hall located in downtown Geneva was built between 1891 and 1894 by the architect John Camoletti and financed by the consul of England, Daniel Fitzgerald Packenham Barton, who dedicated it to Queen Victoria and gave it to the city of Geneva. Currently, the Victoria Hall is mostly used for classical music performances.^[3]

Format

Georges Kleinmann [fr] was the host of the 1984 contest.^[1] Each participating country were able to send male or female artists who were no older than 19 years of age, to represent them by playing a classical piece of their choice.^[1] They were all accompanied by the Roman Swiss Orchestra, which was conducted by Horst Stein.^[1] The winner received a cash prize of £1,000.^[1]

Results

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	France	FR3	Sabine Toutain	Viola	Viola concerto in D major	Karl Stamitz
2	United Kingdom	BBC	Emma Johnson	Clarinet	Clarinet concerto No.2 in F-minor, Op.5, 2nd and 3rd Movs.	Bernhard Henrik Crusell	3
3	Germany	ZDF	Andreas Bach	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1	Franz Liszt
4	Netherlands	NOS	Isabelle van Keulen	Violin	Violin Concerto No. 5	Henri Vieuxtemps	1
5	Switzerland	SRG SSR	Martina Schuchen	Cello	Cello Concerto No. 1	Camille Saint-Saëns
6	Austria	ORF	Ghislaine Fleischmann	Violin	Violin Concerto, 3rd Mov.	Anton Dvorak
7	Finland[a]	DR NRK YLE SVT	Olli Mustonen	Piano	Piano Concerto in G major	Maurice Ravel	2

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:^[1]

•  Austria – Gottfried Scholz [de]
•  Finland – Juhani Raiskinen [fi]
•  France – Marius Constant
•  France – Pierre Fournier
•  Germany – Werner Thärichen [de]
•  Netherlands – Jan Stulen [nl]^[b]
•   Switzerland – Aurèle Nicolet
•   Switzerland – Éric Tappy
•   Switzerland – Karl Engel
•   Switzerland – Pierre Métral
•  United Kingdom – Alun Hoddinott
•  United States – Yehudi Menuhin (head juror)
•  United States – Carole Dawn Reinhart

Broadcasts

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the contest. Belgium and Yugoslavia broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries.^[4] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Austria	ORF	FS2[c]		[5]
Denmark	DR	DR TV, DR P2	Niels Karl Nielsen	[6]
France	FR3[d]		Charles Imbert	[7][8]
Germany	ZDF[e]			[9][10]
Netherlands	NOS	Nederland 2, Hilversum 4	Joop van Zijl	[11][12]
Sweden	SVT	TV1		[13][14]
	RR [sv]	SR P2		[15]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	TSR, RSR 2	Madeleine and Georges Kleinmann [fr]	[16]
		TV DRS[f]		[17]
		TSI[f]		[18]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC2	Humphrey Burton and Jane Glover	[19]

Broadcasters in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Belgium	RTBF	Télé 2	Georges Dumortier [fr]	[20]
Yugoslavia	JRT

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1984