Eurovision Young Musicians 2014

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 was the seventeenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held outside the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, on 31 May 2014.^[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), musicians from fourteen countries participated in the televised final. This was the fifth time that the competition was held on an open-air stage. Germany previously hosted the contest in 2002.^[1]

Eurovision Young Musicians 2014
Dates
Semi-final 1	26 May 2014
Semi-final 2	27 May 2014
Final	31 May 2014
Host
Venue	Funkhaus Wallrafplatz [de] (semi-final) Cologne Cathedral (final) Cologne, Germany
Presenter(s)	Sabine Heinrich
Executive producer	Lothar Mattner
Director	Yves Zosso
Musical director	Kristiina Poska
Executive supervisor	Vladislav Yakovlev
Host broadcaster	Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Website	www.youngmusicians.tv
Participants
Number of entries	14
Debuting countries	Malta  Moldova
Returning countries	Hungary  Portugal  Sweden
Non-returning countries	Armenia  Belarus  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Georgia  Ukraine
Participation map      Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2014
Vote
Voting system	Each juror awarded a mark from 1–10 to each performer
Winning musician	Austria Ziyu He
2012 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 2016

All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kristiina Poska.^[1] This year, 14 countries participated in the contest. Malta and Moldova made their debut at the Eurovision Young Musicians.^[2] Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Ukraine decided not to participate in this year's competition. Hungary returned for the first time since 2000. Sweden last took part in 2010, whilst Portugal had not entered since 1998.

Ziyu He of Austria won the contest, with Slovenia and Hungary placing second and third respectively.^[3] In 2014, Austria also won the Eurovision Song Contest.^[4]

Location

Further information on the host city: Cologne

The contest was held on an open-air stage outside Cologne Cathedral, Cologne.

Roncalliplatz, a square outside the Cologne Cathedral, was the host location for the 2014 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.^[1] The preliminary round was held at the Kleiner Sendesaal in WDR's Funkhaus Wallrafplatz [de].^[5]

Format

Sabine Heinrich was the host of the 2014 contest.^[1] Flying Steps performed as the interval act.^[6]

The semi final stage of the contest was dropped this year, however a new preliminary round was held over two days on 26–27 May and was streamed live on youngmusicians.tv. Each musician was required to play for up to fifteen minutes in this round and a maximum of five minutes in the Grand Final on 31 May. The international jury scored each musician and performance during the preliminary round. The scores were added to those given in the Grand Final to decide the three prize winners.^[7][8]

The candidates were accompanied by the WDR Symphony Orchestra,^[9] under the leadership of Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska.^[10] The winner received a prize of 10,000 euros and was given the opportunity to appear with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015. The participants in second and third place were awarded 7,000 and 3,000 euros respectively.^[11][6]

Participating countries

All participating countries automatically qualified for the final on 31 May 2014. The semi final elimination stage was replaced by a two-day preliminary round, that was held on 26 and 27 May respectively at the Kleiner Sendesaal in WDR's Funkhaus Wallrafplatz. The professional jury awarded points in this round.^[5]

Preliminary round

Part 1 (26 May 2014)

R/O[12]	Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument	Piece(s)
1	Croatia	HRT	Sara Domjanić	Violin	1) Sonata for Violin on C Minor, op.45, no.3 (1. mvt: Allegro molto ed appassionato) by Edvard Grieg 2) Valse-Scherzo in C Major, op.34 by Piotr Tchaikovsky
2	Norway	NRK	Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde	Violin	1) Poème, Op.25 by Ernest Chausson
3	Malta	PBS	Kurt Aquilina	Guitar	1) August Lullaby by Marek Mancina arranged by Per-Olov Kindgren 2) Concerto de Aranquez by Joaquin Rodrigo 3) Birds flew over the spire by Gary Ryan
4	Hungary	MTV	Gergely Devich	Cello	1) Minuet in C Major by Haydn-Piatti 2) Liebestraum by Liszt-Cassado 3) Roumanien folk dances by Bartók-Silva
5	Slovenia	RTVSLO	Urban Stanič	Piano	1) Sonata/Capriccio K20, E - Major by Domenico Scarlatti 2) Paraphrase de concert S. 434 by Franz Liszt 3) Suggestion diabolique, op.4 by Sergej Prokofiev
6	Austria	ORF	Ziyu He	Violin	1) Violinkonzert KV 207, 1. Satz mit Kadenz von Kurt Guntner by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2) Capriccio op. 1/1 by Niccolò Paganini 3) 2. Violinkonzert by Belá Bartók
7	Netherlands	NTR	Lucie Horsch	Recorder	1) Sonata seconda (Renaissance sopraan) by Dario Castello 2) Der Besucher der Idylle (1993) (tenor) by Isang Yun 3) Adagio en Allegro uit Sonate Wq 135 by C.P.E. Bach

Part 2 (27 May 2014)

R/O[12]	Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument	Piece(s)
8	Poland	TVP	Bartosz Kołsut	Accordion	1) Praeludium and Fugue in h minor BWV 893 by Johann Sebastian Bach 2) Near the Portrait of Niccolo Paganini by Volodymyr Runchak 3) Don Rhapsody part III by Vjatcheslav Siemionov
9	Portugal	RTP	André Gunko	Cello	1) Suite for solo cello - Intermezzo e danza finale by Gaspar Cassadó 2) Pezzo Capriccioso by Piotr Tchaikovsky
10	Greece	ERT	Vassilis Digos	Guitar	1) Differencias Sobre Guardame las Vacas by Luys de Narvaez 2) Danza del Altiplano by Leo Brouwer 3) Sonata-Joaquin Turina 2nd and 3rd movement by Joaquin Turina
11	Germany	WDR	Judith Stapf	Violin	1) Grand Caprice for violine solo op. 26 "Der Erlkönig" (according to the ballad of Franz Schubert) by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst / Franz Schubert 2) Estrellita by Manuel Ponce/arr. Jascha Heifetz 3) Violin sonata in d, op. 108, 4. Presto agitato by Johannes Brahms
12	Sweden	SVT	Albin Uusijärvi	Viola	1) Romanze op 85 by Max Bruch
13	Czech Republic	ČT	Martin Kot	Accordion	1) Flick-Flack by Albert Vossen
14	Moldova	TRM	Livyka Shtirbu-Sokolov	Piano	1) Prelude and Fugue no.2 A minor op.87 by Dmitri Shostakovich 2) Novelette No.3 by Francis Poulenc 3) Sonata no.1 by Rodion Shchedrin

• 
  Sabine Heinrich (left) and Kristiina Poska (right) at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 final.
• 
  Prize winners: Hungary, Slovenia and Austria

Final

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.^[13]

R/O	Country[14]	Performer	Instrument	Piece	Composer	Result
1	Moldova	Livyka Shtirbu-Sokolov	Piano	Piano concerto	Liviu Shtirbu
2	Croatia	Sara Domjanić	Violin	Zigeunerweisen, op.20	Pablo de Sarasate
3	Malta	Kurt Aquilina	Guitar	Concierto de Aranjuez	Joaquín Rodrigo
4	Hungary	Gergely Devich	Cello	Allegro appassionato Op.43	Camille Saint-Saëns	3
5	Slovenia	Urban Stanič	Piano	Grande polonaise brillante, op. 22 E-flat major	Fryderyk Chopin	2
6	Austria	Ziyu He	Violin	Violin Concerto No. 2	Béla Bartók	1
7	Poland	Bartosz Kołsut	Accordion	Concerto Classico, 1st mov.	Bronisław Kazimierz Przybylski
8	Netherlands	Lucie Horsch	Recorder	Flautino Concerto in sol maggiore, RV 443	Antonio Vivaldi
9	Portugal	André Gunko	Cello	Cello Concerto op. 85, 2nd mov. Lento. Allegro molto	Edward Elgar
10	Greece	Vassilis Digos	Guitar	Concerto in Re	Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
11	Germany	Judith Stapf	Violin	Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77, 4th mov.: Burlesque: Allegro con brio - Presto	Dmitri Shostakovich
12	Sweden	Albin Uusijärvi	Viola	Viola concerto, 2nd mov.	William Walton
13	Czech Republic	Martin Kot	Accordion	Flick-Flack	Albert Vossen
14	Norway	Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde	Violin	Violin Concerto no 1 in G minor, op. 26, 3rd mov.	Max Bruch

Jury members

The list of jury members are as follows:

•  Austria – Clemens Hellsberg (chairman)^[15][16]
•  Germany – Markus Pawlik^[17] (Winner of the 1982 Contest)
•  Ireland – Carol McGonnell^[18]
•   Switzerland – Maurice Steger
•  Slovenia – Uroš Lajovic

Broadcasting

The contest was broadcast by the following broadcasters:^[19]

Date of broadcast[19]	Country[19]	Station[19]
31 May 2014	Croatia	HRT 2
	Czech Republic	ČT art
	Germany	WDR Fernsehen (15-minute delay)
	Greece	ERA 1
	Hungary	M2
	Malta	TVM1 (50-minute delay)
	Moldova	Moldova 1
		Radio Moldova
	Norway	NRK1
	Poland	TVP Kultura
	Portugal	Antena 2
	Rest of the world	www.youngmusicians.tv
	Slovenia	RTVSLO2
	Sweden	SVT2
1 June 2014	Greece	ERT1
	Portugal	RTP2
8 June 2014	Austria	ORF 2
9 June 2014	Netherlands	NTR

Other countries

•  Belarus – National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC) informed Oikotimes that they would be withdrawing from Eurovision Young Musicians on 6 January 2014.^[20]
•  Ukraine – National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) confirmed to Eurovoix.com that Ukraine would not take part in EYM 2014 on 23 January 2014.^[21]

See also

• ABU Radio Song Festival 2014
• ABU TV Song Festival 2014
• Eurovision Song Contest 2014
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
• Türkvizyon Song Contest 2014