Eurovision Young Musicians 1986

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1986 was the third edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Koncerthuset, in Copenhagen, Denmark on 27 May 1986.^[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR), musicians from five countries participated in the televised final. Despite the contest being held in Copenhagen, host country Denmark failed to qualify for the final alongside Germany, Austria, Israel, Belgium, Norway, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands and Italy. The participant artists could not be older than 19 by the time of the contest. The finalists were all accompanied by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Hans Graf.^[1]

Eurovision Young Musicians 1986
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1	22 May 1986
Semi-final 2	23 May 1986
Final	27 May 1986
Venue	Koncerthuset Copenhagen, Denmark
Organisation
Organiser	European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Production
Host broadcaster	Danmarks Radio (DR)
Director	Marianne Montell
Executive producer	Niels Karl Nielsen
Musical director	Hans Graf
Presenter	Anette Faaborg [da]
Participants
Number of entries	15
Number of finalists	5
Debuting countries	Belgium  Denmark  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Sweden  Yugoslavia
Returning countries	Norway
Participation map      Finalist countries     Did not qualify from the preliminary round
Vote
Voting system	Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician	France Sandrine Lazarides
1984 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 1988

France's Sandrine Lazarides won the contest, with Switzerland and Finland placing second and third respectively.^[2]

Location

Further information on the host venue: Radiohuset

Koncerthuset, Copenhagen. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1986.

The Koncerthuset at Radiohuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, was the host venue for the 1986 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.^[1]

Radiohuset (literally "Radio House") is the former headquarters of national Danish broadcaster DR, located on Rosenørns Allé in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. The building complex was inaugurated in 1945 to a Functionalist design by Vilhelm Lauritzen and later expanded in 1958 and 1972. Vacated by DR when DR Byen was inaugurated in 2006, the buildings now house the Royal Danish Academy of Music as well as the Museum of Music. The complex also contains a 1,200-seat concert hall, Koncerthuset.

Format

The final took place on 27 May 1986, beginning at 20:30 CET (19:30 UTC).^[3]

Anette Faaborg [da] was the host of the 1986 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, accompanied by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Hans Graf. The winner and runner-up of the previous edition, Isabelle van Keulen and Olli Mustonen respectively, performed "Suite Italienne" during the interval.^[1]

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1986 contest, of which five qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.^[1]

Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument	Piece	Composer
Austria	ORF	Günter Voglmayr	Flute	Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, KV 314	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Belgium	RTBF	Rhonny Ventat [fr]	Saxophone	Saxophone Concerto	Franz Constant
Denmark	DR	Janne Thomsen	Flute	Flute Concerto	Carl Nielsen
Germany	ZDF	Martin Menking	Cello	Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85	Edward Elgar
Ireland	RTÉ	Seamus Conroy	Violin	Violin Concerto	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Israel	IBA	Shira Ravin	Violin	Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64	Felix Mendelssohn
Italy	RAI	Carlo Balzaretti	Piano	Piano Concerto in G major	Maurice Ravel
Netherlands	NOS	Pauline Oostenrijk [nl]	Oboe	Oboe Concerto in C major, KV 314	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Norway	NRK	Ellen Margrete Flesjø	Cello	Cello Concerto in D minor	Édouard Lalo
Sweden	SVT	Peter Jablonski	Piano	Piano Concerto in A minor	Edvard Grieg

Final

Awards were given to the top three participants. 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	Sandrine Lazarides	Piano	Piano Concerto in E flat	Franz Liszt	1
2	United Kingdom	BBC	Alan Brind	Violin	Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47, 1st mov.	Jean Sibelius
3	Yugoslavia	JRT	Aleksandar Madžar	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op.58, 2nd and 3rd movs.	Ludwig van Beethoven
4	Finland	YLE	Jan-Erik Gustafsson [sv]	Cello	Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33	Pyotr Tchaikovsky	3
5	Switzerland	SRG SSR	Marian Rosenfeld [de]	Piano	Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11, 2nd and 3rd movs.	Frédéric Chopin	2

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:^[4][1]

Preliminary round

•  Austria – Franz Wagner
•  Belgium – Fud Leclerc
•  Denmark – Mogens Andersen
•  Finland – Anna-Karina Bentley
•  France – Serge Kaufmann
•  Germany – Richard Jakoby
•  Ireland – Jane Carty
•  Israel – Ávi Hannáni
•  Italy – Ilio Catani
•  Netherlands – Ton Hartsuiker
•  Netherlands – Robbert Jan de Neeve
•  Norway – Jan Eriksen
•   Switzerland – Michel Dami
•  Sweden – Sten Andersson
•  United Kingdom – John Manduall
•  Yugoslavia – Seadeta Midžić

Final

•  Austria/ United States – Carole Dawn Reinhart
•  Belgium – Georges Dumortier [fr]
•  Denmark – Poul Birkelund [da]
•  Finland – Hannu-Ilari Lampila [fi]
•  France – Teresa Llacuna
•  Germany – Siegfried Palm
•  Italy – Claudio Scimone (head juror)
•  Netherlands – Ton Hartsuiker
•  Sweden – Björn Liljequist
•  United Kingdom – Sir David Willcocks
•  Yugoslavia – Jasna Nemec Novak

Broadcasts

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round.^[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	FS1[a]		[5]
Belgium	RTBF	Télé 2	Philippe Duposty	[6]
Denmark	DR	DR TV, DR P2	Lenard Friedmann	[7]
France	FR3[b]			[8]
Germany	ZDF[a]		Friedrich Müller	[9]
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ 2		[10]
Italy	RAI	Rai Tre		[11]
Netherlands	NOS	Nederland 2	Joop van Zijl	[12][13]
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet	Jan Eriksen	[14]
Sweden	SVT	TV1		[15]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	TV DRS[c]		[16]
		TSR, RSR 2	Georges Kleinmann [fr]	[17]
		TSI[c]		[18]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC2	Humphrey Burton and Alun Francis	[19][20]
Yugoslavia	JRT	TV Beograd 2, TV Titograd 2		[21]
		TV Ljubljana 2		[22]
		TV Zagreb 2		[21]
		TV Sarajevo 2
		TV Skopje 2

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Australia	SBS	SBS TV[d]		[23]

Other countries

•  Portugal – Portuguese broadcaster RTP attempted to take part, but were forced to withdraw as it had been unable to provide a "qualified candidate".^[4]

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1986