Eurovision Young Musicians 1998

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1998 was the ninth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria, on 4 June 1998. 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 Template:Escyr. 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.

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Location

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Konzerthaus, Vienna. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1998.

The Konzerthaus, a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, was the host venue for the 1998 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. 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.

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 official list of performers in the preliminary round is unknown. The following countries failed to qualify as noted in the booklet of the official compilation album.

Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument
Template:Flagicon Template:Esccnty	CyBC	Nicolas Melis	Piano
Template:Esc	ETV	Hando Nahkur	Piano
Template:Esc	ZDF	Korbinian Altenberger	Violin
Template:Esc	ERT	Un­known
Template:Esc	RTÉ	Cora Venus Lunny	Violin
Template:Esc	NRK	Kristian Lindberg	Violin
Template:Esc	TVP	Un­known
Template:Esc	RTP	Un­known
Template:Esc	TVE	Leticia Moreno	Violin
Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Francesco Piemontesi	Piano

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.

Participants and results

R/O	Country	Broadcaster	Performer(s)	Instrument	Piece(s)	Composer(s)	Pl.
1	Template:Esc	BBC	Adrian Spillett	Percussion	Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, 3rd Mov.	Joseph Schwantner	3
2	Template:Esc	YLE	Kalle Toivio	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 2, 1st Mov.	Sergei Prokofiev
3	Template:Esc	LTV	Lauma Skride	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd Mov.	Camille Saint-Saens
4	Template:Esc	RTVSLO	Borut Zagoranski	Accordion	Concierto para bandoneon presto	Astor Piazzolla
5	Template:Esc	STV	Michal Sťahel	Cello	Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, adagio	Edward Elgar
6	Template:Esc	ORF	Lidia Baich	Violin	Violin Concerto no. 5, 1st Mov.	Henri Vieuxtemps	1
7	Template:Esc	HRT	Monika Leskovar	Cello	Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, adagio	Edward Elgar	2
8	Template:Esc	SVT	David Sjögren	Violin	Violin Concerto, 3rd Mov.	Peter Tchaikovsky

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

• Template:Flagu – Yehudi Menuhin (head)
• Template:Flagu – Vadim Brodski
• Template:Flagu – Gérard Caussé
• Template:Flagu – Friedrich Doligal
• Template:Flagu – Jack Martin Händler
• Template:Flagu – Nana Yashvili
• Template:Flagu – Eric Kushner
• Template:Flagu – 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)
Template:Flagu	ORF	ORF 2Template:Efn	Otto Brusatti
Template:Flagu	HRT
Template:Flagu	CyBC
Template:Flagu	ETV		Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	YLE	TV1
Template:Flagu	3sat
	ZDFTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagu	ERT
Template:Flagu	RTÉ
Template:Flagu	LTV	LTV1Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	NRK	NRK1Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	TVP	TVP2
Template:Flagu	RTP
Template:Flagu	STV	STV2Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	RTVSLO
Template:Flagu	TVE
Template:Flagu	SVT
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	SF2
		TSR 2	Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	BBC	BBC TwoTemplate:Efn	Stephanie Hughes

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Template:Flagu	RTBF	La Deux
Template:Flagu	TV5	TV5 Québec CanadaTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagu		France 3Template:Efn

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.

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1998