Eurovision Young Musicians 1984

2. Eurovision Young Musicians
date	May 22, 1984
Host country	Switzerland
venue	Victoria Hall , Geneva
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Georges Kleinmann
participating countries	7th
winner	Netherlands
First time participation	Finland Netherlands
Withdrawn participants	Norway
Voting rule	A professional jury determines the first three places. The remaining results remain unpublished.
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The 2nd Eurovision Young Musicians took place on May 22, 1984 in the Victoria Hall in Geneva , Switzerland . The host was SRG SSR , which hosted this competition for the first time.

The winner of the 1984 edition was the Dutch violinist Isabelle van Keulen . It was the Netherlands' first victory in the competition. In contrast, the Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen came in second , while the British clarinetist Emma Johnson came in third.

venue

The SRG SSR chose as the venue for the Victoria Hall in Geneva from. It was the first time since the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 that Switzerland hosted a Eurovision event.

format

Each country sends a musician who is not older than 19 years to the competition. He then plays an instrument and presents a piece with it. The musician is supported by the Orchester de la Suisse Romande . A professional jury will then decide the first three places. The winner received a prize of £ 1000. The following jurors sat on the jury in 1984:

• Yehudi Menuhin (Chairman)
• Werner Thärichen
• Juhani Raiskinen
• Pierre Fournier
• Marius Constant
• Jan Stulen
• Gottfried Scholz
• Karl Engel
• Pierre Métral
• Aurèle Nicolet
• Eric Tappy
• Alun Hoddinott
• Carole Dawn Reinhart

Moderation

The Swiss presenter Georges Kleinmann acted as moderator.

Attendees

Countries that participated in 1984

A total of seven countries took part in the second Eurovision Young Musicians, one more than in 1982. The Netherlands finally made its debut in the competition.

Once again Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden took part together. This time the musician competed under the Finnish flag, so Norway withdrew from the competition, but still took part under the Finnish flag.

final

The final took place on May 22, 1984 in the Victoria Hall in Geneva . Seven countries competed against each other, with only the first three places being known.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	instrument	piece
1.	4th	Netherlands	Isabelle van Keulen	violin	Violin concert no.5 op.37 by Henri Vieuxtemps
2.	7th	Finland	Olli Mustonen	piano	Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major by Maurice Ravel
3.	2	United Kingdom	Emma Johnson	clarinet	Concerto for clarinet and orchestra No.2 in F-minor, Op.5, 2nd and 3rd movements by Bernhard Henrik Crusell
-	1	France	Sabine Toutain	viola	Concerto for viola and orchestra in D major by Carl Stamitz
-	3	BR Germany	Andreas Bach	piano	Concerto for piano and orchestra no.1 in E-flat major by Franz Liszt
-	5	Switzerland (host)	Martina Schuchen	cello	Concerto for cello and orchestra op.33 by Camille Saint-Saëns
-	6th	Austria	Ghislaine Fleischmann	violin	Concert for violin and orchestra op.53, 3rd movement by Antonín Dvořák

transmission

A total of ten television companies broadcast the event:

country	Channel
participating countries
BR Germany	ZDF
Finland	YLE
France	TF1
Netherlands	NOS
Austria	ORF
Switzerland	SRG SSR
United Kingdom	BBC
Countries not participating
Denmark	DR
Norway	NRK
Sweden	SVT

Web links

• Website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} EBU : Eurovision Young Musicians 1984. In: youngmusicians.tv. 2014, accessed July 25, 2019 . 
2. ^ EBU : Eurovision Young Musicians 1984. In: youngmusicians.tv. 2014, accessed on July 24, 2019 . 
3. ^ EBU : The Eurovision Young Musicians 1986 Official Booklet. In: issuu.com. June 17, 2014, accessed July 25, 2019 .