Eurovision Young Musicians 1998

Eurovision Grand Prix For Young Musicians
Eurovision Grand Prix For Young Musicians
Compilation album by Eurovision Young Musicians
Released	1998
Recorded	June 1998
Venue	Großer Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Genre	Classical
Label	ORF, Casinos Austria Classic
Producer	Raimund Langner

Eurovision Young Musicians 1998
Eurovision Young Musicians 1998
Dates
Semi-final	2 June 1998
Final	4 June 1998
Host
Venue	Konzerthaus; Vienna, Austria
Presenter(s)	Julian Rachlin
Musical director	Dennis Russell Davies
Host broadcaster	Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Participants
Number of entries	18
Number of finalists	8
Debuting countries	Slovakia
Returning countries	Croatia; Sweden
Non-returning countries	Belgium; France; Russia
	Participation map Finalist countries Countries eliminated in the preliminary round Countries that participated in the past but not in 1998;
Vote
Voting system	Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician	Austria; Lidia Baich;
	1996 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 2000

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1998 was the ninth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria, on 4 June 1998.^[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. Austria and broadcaster ORF previously hosted the contest at Musikverein in 1990. A total of eighteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held two days earlier. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.^[1]

Slovakia made their début, while Croatia and Sweden returned to the contest. Three countries withdrew from the 1998 contest; they were Belgium, France, and Russia.^[1]

The non-qualified countries were Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Lidia Baich of host country Austria won the contest, with Croatia and United Kingdom placing second and third respectively.^[2] Baich had represented Austria at the previous edition in 1996, placing second.

Location

The Konzerthaus, a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, was the host venue for the 1998 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.^[1] Opened in 1913, it is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both tradition and innovative musical styles.

The Konzerthaus has the Vienna Symphony, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Wiener Singakademie and the Klangforum Wien in residence. Several subscriptions also include concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic and other organizations.

Format

Julian Rachlin was the host of the 1998 contest and performed during the interval.^[1]

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from eighteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1998 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify as noted in the booklet of the official compilation album.^[1]^[3]

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	United Kingdom	BBC	Adrian Spillett	Percussion	Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, 3rd Mov.	Joseph Schwantner	3
2	Finland	YLE	Kalle Toivio	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 2, 1st Mov.	Sergei Prokofiev
3	Latvia	LTV	Lauma Skride	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd Mov.	Camille Saint-Saens
4	Slovenia	RTVSLO	Borut Zagoranski	Accordion	Concierto para bandoneon presto	Astor Piazzolla
5	Slovakia	STV	Michal Sťahel	Cello	Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, adagio	Edward Elgar
6	Austria	ORF	Lidia Baich	Violin	Violin Concerto no. 5, 1st Mov.	Henri Vieuxtemps	1
7	Croatia	HRT	Monika Leskovar	Cello	Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, adagio	Edward Elgar	2
8	Sweden	SVT	David Sjögren	Violin	Violin Concerto, 3rd Mov.	Peter Tchaikovsky

Jury members

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

United States – Yehudi Menuhin (head)
Ukraine – Vadim Brodski
France – Gérard Caussé
Unknown – Friedrich Doligal
Slovakia – Jack Martin Händler
Georgia – Nana Yashvili
Unknown – Eric Kushner
Russia – Alexei Lyubimov

Broadcasting

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 2^[a]	Otto Brusatti	^[4]
Croatia	HRT
Cyprus	CyBC
Estonia	ETV		Eero Raun [et]	^[5]^[6]
Finland	YLE	TV1		^[5]
Germany	3sat			^[7]
Germany	ZDF^[b]			^[8]
Greece	ERT
Ireland	RTÉ
Latvia	LTV	LTV1^[c]		^[10]
Norway	NRK	NRK1^[d]		^[11]
Poland	TVP	TVP2		^[12]
Portugal	RTP
Slovakia	STV	STV2^[e]		^[13]
Slovenia	RTVSLO
Spain	TVE
Sweden	SVT
Switzerland	SRG SSR	SF2		^[14]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	TSR 2	Jean-Pierre Pastori [fr]	^[14]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC Two^[f]	Stephanie Hughes	^[9]

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Ref(s)
Belgium	RTBF	La Deux	^[15]
Canada	TV5	TV5 Québec Canada^[g]	^[16]
France	France Télévision	France 3^[h]	^[17]

Official album

Eurovision Grand Prix For Young Musicians was the official compilation album of the ninth edition of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by the host broadcaster ORF shortly after the contest in June 1998. The album featured live recordings of the eight finalists.^[3]

Notes and references

Footnotes

^ Deferred broadcast in a shortened format on 7 June at 09:05 (CET)^[4]
^ The contest was summarised in an edition of ...und morgen Weltstar? broadcast on 15 June at 00:00 (CET)^[8]
^ Delayed broadcast on 6 June at 21:20 (EEST)^[9]
^ Deferred broadcast on 7 June at 21:45 (CET)^[11]
^ Deferred broadcast on 6 June at 21:45 (CEST)^[13]
^ Delayed broadcast on 14 June at 17:15 (BST)^[9]
^ Deferred broadcast on 28 June at 20:00 (EDT)^[16]
^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format; two finalists featured as part of the programme Nocturnales from 13–16 September 1999^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Eurovision Young Musicians 1998: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Eurovision Young Musicians 1998: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "9. Eurovisions Grand Prix Für Junge Musiker 1998". Retrieved August 18, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Eurovision Young Musicians Kurzfassung des Abschlusskonzerts (1998)" (in German). Jun 7, 1998. Retrieved Oct 22, 2024 – via www.fernsehserien.de.
^ ^a ^b "Telekava" [TV schedule]. Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). 4 June 1998. p. 11. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via DIGAR [et].
^ https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/50756907/suvamuusika-eurovisioonil-voitis-slaavi-kool
^ "Radio og TV" [Radio and TV]. Moss Dagblad. 4 June 1998. pp. 47–48. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
^ ^a ^b "Sonntag 14. Juni | Dimanche 14 juin" [Sunday 14 June]. Télé-Revue (in German, French, and Luxembourgish). No. 24. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 13–19 June 1998. pp. 14–19. Retrieved 30 January 2025 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
^ ^a ^b ^c "BBC Young Musicians 98". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 14 June 1998. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ https://periodika.lndb.lv/periodika2-viewer/?lang=fr#panel:pa%7Cissue:552301%7Carticle:DIVL163
^ ^a ^b "Radio og TV" [Radio and TV]. Moss Dagblad. 7 June 1998. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
^ "Telewizja" [Television]. Głos Słupski [pl] (in Polish). Słupsk, Poland. 4 June 1998. p. 15. Retrieved 29 January 2025 – via Baltic Digital Library [pl].
^ ^a ^b "Sport/Tévé és Rádió – szombat" [Sport/TV and Radio – Saturday]. Új Szó (in Hungarian). Bratislava, Slovakia. 6 June 1998. p. 11. Retrieved 15 January 2025 – via Hungaricana [hu].
^ "Jeudi 4 juin" [Thursday 4th June]. Le Matin (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Tamedia Publications. 28 May 1996. pp. 53, 55. Retrieved 25 April 2024 – via Scriptorium.
^ "Donnerstag 4. Juni | Jeudi 4 juin" [Sunday 4 June]. Télé-Revue (in German, French, and Luxembourgish). No. 24. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 30 May – 5 June 1998. pp. 38–43. Retrieved 30 January 2025 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
^ ^a ^b "Le dimanche 28 juin" [Sunday 28 June]. Le Soleil Télé. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 27 June – 3 July 1998. pp. 10–12. Retrieved 2 December 2024 – via Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Scriptorium". scriptorium.ch. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

External links

Official website

[5] Deferred broadcast in a shortened format on 7 June at 09:05 (CET)^[4]

[10] The contest was summarised in an edition of ...und morgen Weltstar? broadcast on 15 June at 00:00 (CET)^[8]

[12] Delayed broadcast on 6 June at 21:20 (EEST)^[9]

[15] Deferred broadcast on 7 June at 21:45 (CET)^[11]

[18] Deferred broadcast on 6 June at 21:45 (CEST)^[13]

[20] Delayed broadcast on 14 June at 17:15 (BST)^[9]

[23] Deferred broadcast on 28 June at 20:00 (EDT)^[16]

[25] Delayed broadcast in a shortened format; two finalists featured as part of the programme Nocturnales from 13–16 September 1999^[17]

[Show-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Eurovision Young Musicians 1998: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[Results-2] "Eurovision Young Musicians 1998: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[Discogs-3] "9. Eurovisions Grand Prix Für Junge Musiker 1998". Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[Fernsehserien-4] "Eurovision Young Musicians Kurzfassung des Abschlusskonzerts (1998)" (in German). Jun 7, 1998. Retrieved Oct 22, 2024 – via www.fernsehserien.de.

[Eesti-6] "Telekava" [TV schedule]. Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). 4 June 1998. p. 11. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via DIGAR [et].

[7] ttps://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/50756907/suvamuusika-eurovisioonil-voitis-slaavi-kool

[8] "Radio og TV" [Radio and TV]. Moss Dagblad. 4 June 1998. pp. 47–48. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via National Library of Norway.

[Revue-9] "Sonntag 14. Juni | Dimanche 14 juin" [Sunday 14 June]. Télé-Revue (in German, French, and Luxembourgish). No. 24. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 13–19 June 1998. pp. 14–19. Retrieved 30 January 2025 – via National Library of Luxembourg.

[BBC-11] "BBC Young Musicians 98". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 14 June 1998. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[13] ttps://periodika.lndb.lv/periodika2-viewer/?lang=fr#panel:pa%7Cissue:552301%7Carticle:DIVL163

[Moss-14] "Radio og TV" [Radio and TV]. Moss Dagblad. 7 June 1998. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via National Library of Norway.

[16] "Telewizja" [Television]. Głos Słupski [pl] (in Polish). Słupsk, Poland. 4 June 1998. p. 15. Retrieved 29 January 2025 – via Baltic Digital Library [pl].

[Slovakia-17] "Sport/Tévé és Rádió – szombat" [Sport/TV and Radio – Saturday]. Új Szó (in Hungarian). Bratislava, Slovakia. 6 June 1998. p. 11. Retrieved 15 January 2025 – via Hungaricana [hu].

[19] "Jeudi 4 juin" [Thursday 4th June]. Le Matin (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Tamedia Publications. 28 May 1996. pp. 53, 55. Retrieved 25 April 2024 – via Scriptorium.

[21] "Donnerstag 4. Juni | Jeudi 4 juin" [Sunday 4 June]. Télé-Revue (in German, French, and Luxembourgish). No. 24. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 30 May – 5 June 1998. pp. 38–43. Retrieved 30 January 2025 – via National Library of Luxembourg.

[Canada-22] "Le dimanche 28 juin" [Sunday 28 June]. Le Soleil Télé. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 27 June – 3 July 1998. pp. 10–12. Retrieved 2 December 2024 – via Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

[Nocturnales-24] "Scriptorium". scriptorium.ch. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

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