The Eurovision Young Musicians 2016 was the eighteenth 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 ...

contest, which took place on 3 September 2016, outside the

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, in

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, Germany. For a second consecutive time, German public broadcaster

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(WDR) was the host broadcaster for the event, with Daniel Hope and Tamina Kallert being the presenters for the show. Musicians representing eleven countries with

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(EBU) membership, participated in the contest, with making their debut, while , , , and decided not to participate in this edition. The candidates were accompanied by the

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, conducted by Clemens Schuldt. A five-person jury decided which of the participants would be awarded with the top-three prizes. Łukasz Dyczko of Poland won the contest, with Czech Republic and Austria placing second and third respectively.

Location

Bidding phase

Two cities were interested in hosting the 2016 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians,

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and

. Following the bid presentations to the contest's Steering Group members, representatives of Norwegian broadcaster

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(NRK), Dutch broadcaster

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(NTR) and Slovenian broadcaster

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(RTVSLO) decided to award the hosting of the 2016 contest to Cologne and the German broadcaster

(WDR).

Host city announcement

It was announced on 9 December 2014, that the 2016 contest would take place at the

in Cologne, Germany on 3 September 2016. This was the second consecutive time that the German city had hosted the Young Musicians, with the last being the Eurovision Young Musicians 2014. This was the sixth time that the competition was held on an open-air stage. It was also the third time that Germany had been the host nation, with their first in

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for the Eurovision Young Musicians 2002.

Format

Each of the eleven participants performed a piece of up to six minutes in length, which was judged by a five-person professional jury. Each of the jurors commented on the performances after each participant had finished their piece, adding to the interaction during the show. After all of the performances, the jury then awarded points to each participant, with the total scores being used to decide the winner. Prizes were awarded to the first, second, and third placed participants.

, conducted by Clemens Schuldt, accompanied each of the eleven the participating musicians during their performances.

Presenters

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On 28 April 2016, it was announced by the EBU and host broadcaster WDR that Daniel Hope and would be the presenters for the eighteenth edition of the Young Musicians contest. Hope is better known as a British classical violinist who is of German descent, won the prize for young British classical performer of the year at the

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in 2004. and more recently was awarded the 2015 European Cultural Prize for Music, presented at the

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in October 2015. Kallert started her career with WDR in 1995 as a journalist and television host for the German broadcaster, and has presented programmes including the German travel show, '.

Jury members

The list of jury members are as follows: *

Julian Rachlin Julian Rachlin (born 8 December 1974) is a Lithuanian-born violinist, violist and conductor. Biography Born in Vilnius to a Jewish family, he emigrated in 1978 with his musician parents to Austria. In 1983, he entered the Konservatorium Wien an ...

(chairman) – Winner of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1988 representing Austria. * Jonathan Cohen – artistic director and founder of the British early music ensemble '' Arcangelo''. *

Tine Thing Helseth Tine Thing Helseth ( ; born 18 August 1987) is a Norwegian trumpet soloist specializing in classical repertoire. Career Helseth was born in Oslo. She started to play trumpet at the age of 7 in a school band and studied at the Barratt Due Ins ...

– Runner-up at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2006 representing Norway, and winner of the 2013 Echo Klassik Young Artist of the Year. * – Austrian

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and winner of the 2013 Echo Klassik Instrumentalist of the Year; also wrote the song "Nackert" performed by

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which finished in second place at ''

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'', the national selection programme for Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. *

Alice Sara Ott is a German-Japanese pianist. Early life and education Ott was born in Munich, Germany, in 1988. Her Japanese mother had studied piano in Tokyo; her father was a German civil engineer. She says she realised as a child that "music was the langu ...

– German-Japanese pianist and winner of the 2010

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Young Artist of the Year.

Participating countries

The following countries participated in the 2016 contest. The semi final elimination stage of the contest was expected to return this year, with the first semi final scheduled to take place on 28 August 2016 and the second on 29 August, and the final on 3 September 2016. However the semi-finals were later removed due to the low number of participating countries. This year, only eleven countries participated in the contest. made their debut at the

. , , and withdrew from this year's competition.

Finalists

The Grand Final was held on 3 September 2016. Awards were given to the top three countries. The third-place musician received €3,000, second-place €7,000, and the winner €10,000 and a solo concert performance with the

. 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.

Broadcasting

The following countries, listed in order of broadcasting dates, confirmed that they will broadcast the contest along with the dates of broadcasting schedules.

Other countries

For a country to be eligible for potential participation in the

, it needs to be an active member of the

(EBU). It is unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the

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and

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. The EBU Active Members listed below have made the following announcements in regards to their decisions.

Active EBU Members

* – On 20 October 2015, the Flemish broadcaster

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(VRT) announced that they had no plans to return in 2016. Belgium last participated at the Young Musicians event. * – On 18 October 2015,

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(CyBC) announced that they will not participate at the event. Cyprus last participated at the Young Musicians event. * – Greek broadcaster,

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(ERT) withdrew from the 2016 edition, after last participating at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 with no reasons for their withdrawal being published. * – On 19 October 2015,

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(IBA) announced that they will not participate at the event. Israel's last, and only, participation was at the Young Musicians event. * – On 15 October 2015, the Latvian broadcaster

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(LTV) announced that they would not take part in the 2016 event. Latvia last participated at the Young Musicians event. * – Moldavian broadcaster,

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(TRM) withdrew from the 2016 edition, after last participating at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 with no reasons for their withdrawal being published. * – Dutch broadcaster,

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(NOS) withdrew from the 2016 edition, after last participating at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 with no reasons for their withdrawal being published. * – Portuguese broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) withdrew from the 2016 edition, after last participating at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 with no reasons for their withdrawal being published.

References

External links

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