The Eurovision Young Musicians 2006 was the thirteenth edition of the

Eurovision Young Musicians Eurovision Young Musicians (), often shortened to EYM, or Young Musicians, is a biennial classical music competition for musicians aged between 12 and 21. It is organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) between members of the union, who ...

, held at the Rathausplatz in

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, Austria, on 12 May 2006. Organised by the

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(EBU) and host broadcaster

Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF ; , ) is the national public broadcaster of Austria. Funded from a combination of television licence fee revenue and limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media. Austria was the last country in ...

(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 The Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) is a culture festival that takes place in Vienna for five or six weeks in May and June every year. The Vienna Festival was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the Participants in World W ...

. Austria and broadcaster ORF previously hosted the contest in and . A total of eighteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held at the

Konzerthaus, Vienna The Konzerthaus is a concert hall located in Vienna, Austria, which 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 traditional and ...

on 7 and 8 May 2006. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the

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, conducted by

Christian Arming Christian Arming (born 18 March 1971, Vienna) is an Austrian conductor. Biography Born in Vienna, Arming and his family later resided in Tokyo until Arming was age two. The family relocated to Hamburg, and then returned to Vienna. He sang with ...

. 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. and made their début while returned. Two countries decided not to participate, they were and .

Andreas Brantelid Andreas Brantelid (born 8 October 1987) is a Swedish- Danish cellist. He had his concerto debut at the age of 14 playing Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Royal Danish Orchestra. In 2006 he won the Eurovision Young Musicians Eurovision Young ...

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

Location

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 Michael Ostrowski (born 3 January 1973) is an Austrian actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than forty films since 2002. References External links * * 1973 births Living people Austrian male film actors People from Leo ...

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)

Part 2 (8 May)

Final

Due to the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the birth of

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

, 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.

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following: * –

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(head) */ – Hiroko Sakagami * –

Martin Fröst Martin Fröst (born 14 December 1970) is a Swedish clarinetist and conductor. As a clarinetist, he performs internationally and is considered one of the most renowned instrumental soloists ever. He is the first clarinetist to be awarded ...

* – Carole Dawn Reinhart * – * – * –

Broadcasting

The participating broadcasters received the competition live via the

Eurovision Network Eurovision is a pan-European television telecommunications network owned and operated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was officially founded in 1954 in Geneva, Switzerland, and its first official transmission took place on 6 June 19 ...

and broadcast it in their territories.

References

External links

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