Eurovision Young Musicians 2000

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 was the tenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway, on 15 June 2000. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. As said by the host Template:Ill, a total of twenty-four countries took part in the competition. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Simone Young. Five countries returned to the contest, whilst Czech Republic and Turkey made their debut.

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Location

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Grieg Hall, Bergen. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2000.

The Grieg Hall (Template:Langx), a 1,500-seat concert hall in Bergen, Norway, was the host venue for the 2000 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It has been the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since the hall's completion in 1978.

It hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, and is the host of the annual Norwegian Brass Band Championship competition, which occurs in mid-winter. The hall is named after Bergen-born composer Edvard Grieg, who was music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1880 until 1882.

Format

Template:Ill was the host of the 2000 contest. Norwegian jazz band The Brazz Brothers performed during the interval.

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from twenty-four countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2000 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.

Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument
Template:Esc	RTBF, VRTTemplate:Efn	Yossif Ivanov	Violin
Template:Esc	HRT	Jan Jankovic	Horn
Template:Esc	CyBC	Roman Kariolou	Violin
Template:Esc	ČT	Monika Vavrinková	Violin
Template:Esc	DR	Andrea Gyarfas	Violin
Template:Esc	ETV	Anna-Liisa Bezrodny	Violin
Template:Esc	ZDF	Martin Helmchen	Piano
Template:Esc	ERT	Theodorou Andreas-Polandos	Trombone
Template:Esc	RTÉ	Rebecca Cap	Piano
Template:Esc	LTV	Ieva Rutentale	Flute
Template:Esc	RTVSLO	Kristijan Krajncan	Cello
Template:Esc	TVE	Elena Mikhailova Pogosova	Violin
Template:Esc	SVT	David Gammelgård	Cello
Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Nathalie Amstutz	Harp
Template:Esc	TRT	Ayşedeniz Gökçin	Piano
Template:Esc	BBC	Guy Johnston	Cello

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	ORF	Martin Grubinger	Percussion	Canis Familiaris (Concertino fuer Schlagwerksolo und Orchester, op. 23)	Bruno Hartl
2	Template:Esc	TVP	Stanisław Drzewiecki	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 11, 3rd Mov.	Frederic Chopin	1
3	Template:Esc	MTV	Ödön Rácz	Contrabass	Gran fantasia sulla Lucia di Lammermoor per contrabasso ed orchestra	Giovanni Bottesini
4	Template:Esc	France Télévision	David Guerrier	Trumpet	Concertino pour trompette	Andre Jolivet
5	Template:Esc	NRK	David Coucheron	Violin	Carmen Fantasie	Franz Waxman
6	Template:Esc	YLE	Timo-Veikko Valve	Cello	Rondo for Cello and Orchestra, op. 94	Anton Dvorak	2
7	Template:Esc	NOS	Gwyneth Joyce Wentink	Harp	Harp Concerto, op. 25, 3rd Mov.	Alberto Ginastera
8	Template:Esc	RTR	Nikolai Tokarev	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1	Peter Tchaikovsky	3

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

• Template:Flagu – Esa-Pekka Salonen
• Template:Flagu – Michael Thompson
• Template:Flagu – Beata Schanda
• Template:Flagu – Michael Collins
• Template:Flagu – Boris Kuschnir
• Template:Flagu – Evelyn Glennie
• Template:Flagu – Leif Ove Andsnes

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)	Template:Refh
Template:Flagu	ORF	ORF 2Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	RTBF	La DeuxTemplate:Efn
	VRT
Template:Flagu	HRT
Template:Flagu	CyBC	RIK Dyo
Template:Flagu	ČT
Template:Flagu	DR	DR2Template:Efn	Lars Søgaard
Template:Flagu	ERR	ETVTemplate:Efn	Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	YLE	TV1
Template:Flagu	France Télévision	France 3Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	ZDFTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagu	ERT
Template:Flagu	MTV
Template:Flagu	RTÉ
Template:Flagu	LTV	LTV1Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	NOS	Nederland 3	Bo van der Meulen
Template:Flagu	NRK	NRK1, NRK P2	No commentator
Template:Flagu	TVP	TVP2Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	RTR
Template:Flagu	RTVSLO
Template:Flagu	TVE
Template:Flagu	SVT
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	DRS 2Template:Efn
		TSR 2Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	TRT
Template:Flagu	BBC	BBC TwoTemplate:Efn	Stephanie Hughes

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2000