Eurovision Young Musicians 2006

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2006 was the thirteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Rathausplatz in Vienna, Austria, on 12 May 2006. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. This was the first time that the competition was held on an open-air stage and was the beginning of the annual Vienna Festival. Austria and broadcaster ORF previously hosted the contest in Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr.

A total of eighteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held at the Konzerthaus, Vienna on 7 and 8 May 2006. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christian Arming. The young musicians could not be older than 19 and their performance during the final could not be longer than 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty made their début while Template:Esccnty returned. Two countries decided not to participate, they were Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty.

Andreas Brantelid of Sweden won the contest, with Norway and Russia placing second and third respectively.

Location

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Rathausplatz, Vienna was the host location of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2006 final.

Rathausplatz, a square outside the Wiener Rathaus city hall of Vienna, was the host location for the 2006 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians final. The Konzerthaus, a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, hosted the semi-final round. The Konzerthaus previously hosted the contest in 1998.

Format

Actor Michael Ostrowski in his role as Schallbert "Sillety" Gilet was the host of the 2006 contest. The interval act included performances of several Mozart pieces by the host, and other invited artists.

Results

Semi-final

Broadcasters from eighteen countries took part in the semi-final round of the 2006 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final.

Part 1 (7 May)

Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument	R.
Template:Esc	RTBF	Ilia Laporev	Cello	DSQ
Template:Esc	BNT	Ivan Szvetozarevo Gerasimov	Bassoon	DSQ
Template:Esc	CyBC	Jórgosz Mánnurisz	Piano	DSQ
Template:Esc	ERT	Jónian-Ilia Kadesa	Violin	DSQ
Template:Esc	HRT	Varga Zita	Cello	DSQ
Template:Esc	NRK	Tine Thing Helseth	Trumpet	Q
Template:Esc	TVR	Alina Elena Bercu	Piano	Q
Template:Esc	UJRT	Marija Gođevac	Piano	DSQ
Template:Esc	BBC	Jennifer Pike	Violin	Q
Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Simone Sommerhalder	Oboe	Q

Part 2 (8 May)

Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument	R.
Template:Esc	Yle	Visa Sippola	Piano	DSQ
Template:Esc	NPS	Kate Sebring	Piano	DSQ
Template:Esc	ORF	Daniela Koch	Flute	Q
Template:Esc	TVP	Jacek Kortus	Piano	DSQ
Template:Esc	RTR	Dmitri Majboroda	Piano	Q
Template:Esc	RTVSLO	Luka Šulič	Cello	DSQ
Template:Esc	ČT	Markéta Janoušková	Violin	DSQ
Template:Esc	SVT	Andreas Brantelid	Cello	Q

Final

Due to the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the pieces performed by the finalists were restricted to Mozart or pieces from his contemporaries. 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.

R/O	Country	Performer	Instrument	Piece	Composer	Result
1	Template:Esc	Alina Elena Bercu	Piano	Piano Concerto, KV 503, 1st mov.	W.A. Mozart
2	Template:Esc	Simone Sommerhalder	Oboe	Oboe Concerto, KV 314, 1st mov.	W.A. Mozart
3	Template:Esc	Jennifer Pike	Violin	Violin Concerto, KV 216, 2nd mov.	W.A. Mozart
4	Template:Esc	Tine Thing Helseth	Trumpet	Trumpet Concerto, 1st mov.	Joseph Haydn	2
5	Template:Esc	Andreas Brantelid	Cello	Violoncello Concerto, 1st mov.	Joseph Haydn	1
6	Template:Esc	Daniela Koch	Flute	Flute Concerto, KV 314, 1st mov.	W.A. Mozart
7	Template:Esc	Dmitry Mayboroda	Piano	Piano Concerto, KV 467, 3rd mov.	W.A. Mozart	3

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

• Template:Flagu – Ranko Markovic (head)
• Template:Flagu/Template:Flagu – Hiroko Sakagami
• Template:Flagu – Martin Fröst
• Template:Flagu – Carole Dawn Reinhart
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Broadcasting

The participating broadcasters received the competition live via the Eurovision Network and broadcast it in their territories.

Broadcasters in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)
Template:Flagu	ORF
Template:Flagu	RTBF
	VRT
Template:Flagu	BNT
Template:Flagu	HRT
Template:Flagu	CyBC
Template:Flagu	ČT
Template:Flagu	Yle
Template:Flagu	ERT
Template:Flagu	NPS
Template:Flagu	NRK
Template:Flagu	TVP
Template:Flagu	TVR Cultural
Template:Flagu	KTVC
Template:Flagu	RTS
Template:Flagu	RTVSLO
Template:Flagu	SVT
Template:Flagu	SF
	TSR
	TSI
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See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

External links

• Eurovision Young Musicians 2006