Eurovision Young Musicians 1996

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1996 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon, Portugal, on 12 June 1996.^[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. Out of the 22 countries (of which 18 are known), 14 (of which 10 are known) did not qualify to the final, including the host country Portugal. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Luis Izquierdo.^[1] The participation of the following countries that took part in the previous edition is unknown; they are Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, and Sweden.^[1]

Eurovision Young Musicians 1996
Date and venue
Final	12 June 1996
Venue	Belém Cultural Center Lisbon, Portugal
Organisation
Organiser	European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Host broadcaster	Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)
Musical director	Luis Izquierdo
Participants
Number of entries	22
Number of finalists	8
Non-returning countries	Unknown[a]
Participation map      Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the preliminary round     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1996
Vote
Voting system	Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician	Germany Julia Fischer
1994 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 1998

The disqualified countries included Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, and United Kingdom. For the fourth time, the host country did not qualify for the final. Julia Fischer of Germany won the contest, with Austria and Estonia placing second and third respectively.^[2]

Location

Further information on the host venue: Belém Cultural Center

Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1996.

Belém Cultural Center (Portuguese: Centro Cultural de Belém), a cultural centre in Lisbon, Portugal, was the host venue for the 1996 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.^[1]

Located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém (in the municipality of Lisbon), it is the largest building with cultural facilities in Portugal. The CCB's 140,000 m² spaces was initially built to accommodate the European Presidency, but adapted to provide spaces for conferences, exhibitions and artistic venues (such as opera, ballet and symphony concerts), in addition to political and research congresses, high security meeting halls, and a 7,000 m² exhibition area.

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from twenty-two countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1996 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final.^[3] The official list of performers in the preliminary round is unknown; the following participants failed to qualify.^[1]

Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument
Belgium	RTBF	David Cohen	Cello
Cyprus	CyBC	Manolis Neophytou	Piano
Finland	Yle	Jussi Makkonen [fi]	Cello[4]
Greece	ERT	Angelos Liakakis	Cello
Ireland	RTÉ	Gerald Peregrine	Cello
Portugal	RTP (host)	Raquel Queirós	Violin
Russia	RTR[5]	Un­known	Violin
Slovenia	RTVSLO	Gal Faganel	Cello
Spain	TVE	Maia Turullols	Piano
United Kingdom	BBC	Rafal Zambrzycki Payne	Violin

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	Norway	NRK	Gunilla Süssmann	Piano
2	Switzerland	SRG SSR	Antoine Rebstein [de; fr]	Piano
3	Poland	TVP	Maria Nowak	Violin
4	Latvia	LTV	Baiba Skride	Violin
5	France	France Télévisions	Fanny Clamagirand	Violin	Carmen Fantasy	Pablo de Sarasate[3]
6	Austria	ORF	Lidia Baich [de]	Violin	Violin Concerto No. 5, 1st mvt	Henri Vieuxtemps	2
7	Estonia	ETV	Hanna Heinmaa [fi]	Piano	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[6]	3
8	Germany	ZDF	Julia Fischer	Violin	Havanaise in E major, op. 83	Camille Saint-Saëns[7]	1

Broadcasts

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round. 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	ORF 1[b]		[8]
Belgium	RTBF	Télé 21	Benoît Jacques de Dixmude	[9]
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK 2	Elli Korai Gerolemou	[10]
Estonia	ETV[c]			[11]
Finland	YLE	TV1		[12]
France	France Télévision	France 3[d]		[3]
Germany	ZDF[e]		Antonia Ronnewinkel	[14][13]
Greece	ERT
Ireland	RTÉ
Latvia	LTV	LTV1		[15]
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet[f]	Eyvind Solås	[16]
Portugal	RTP	RTP2		[17]
Poland	TVP	TVP2		[18]
Russia	RTR
Slovenia	RTVSLO	SLO 2		[19]
Spain	TVE
Switzerland	SRG SSR	Schweiz 4		[13]
		Suisse 4	Jean-Pierre Pastori [fr]	[20]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC2[g]	Sarah Walker	[21]

Broadcasters in other countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Denmark	DR	DR TV[h]	Niels Oxenvad	[22][23]
Iceland	RÚV	Rás 1[i]	Bergljót Anna Haraldsdóttir	[24]

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1996