Eurovision Young Musicians 1986

3. Eurovision Young Musicians
date	May 22, 1986 (semi-final 1) May 23, 1986 (semi-final 2) May 27, 1986 (final)
Host country	Denmark
venue	Koncerthuset, Copenhagen
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Anette Faaborg
Pause filler	Isabelle van Keulen and Olli Mustonen played " Suite Italienne "
participating countries	15th
winner	France
First time participation	Belgium Denmark Ireland Israel Italy Yugoslavia Sweden
Returning participants	Norway
Voting rule	A professional jury determines the first three places. The remaining results remain unpublished.
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The 3rd Eurovision Young Musicians took place on May 27, 1986 at Koncerthuset in Copenhagen , Denmark . The host was Danmarks Radio , which hosted this competition for the first time.

The winner of the 1986 edition was the French pianist Sandrine Lazarides. It was France's first victory in the competition. On the other hand, the Swiss pianist Marian Rosenfeld came in second, while the Finnish cellist Jan-Erik Gustafsson took third.

venue

Danmarks Radio chose the Koncerthuset in Copenhagen as the venue . It was the first time since the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 that Denmark 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 Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra . Since the number of participants would exceed the time frame for a final, two semi-finals were introduced. In the end, a professional jury decided only five countries that will appear in the final. The jury then also decides the first three places there. The following jurors sat on the jury in 1986:

• Claudio Scimone (Chairman)
• Georges Dumortier
• Poul Birkelund
• Siegfried Palm
• Hannu-Ilari Lampila
• Teresa Llacuna
• Jasna Nemec Novak
• Ton Hartsuiker
• Bjorn Liljequist
• David Willcocks
• Carole Dawn Reinhart

Moderation

The Danish presenter Anette Faaborg acted as moderator.

Attendees

Countries that participated in 1986

Countries that have already been eliminated in the semi-finals

A total of 15 countries took part in the Eurovision Young Musicians 1986, eight more than in 1984. The introduction of two semi-finals in 1986 allowed more countries to take part. In the end, Belgium, Ireland, Israel, Italy and Yugoslavia made their debut here.

The Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden did not take part in this competition together for the first time, but as individual participating countries. Previously, these countries sent a joint participant to the competition, which took part in 1982 under the Norwegian flag and in 1984 under the Finnish flag. In theory, only Denmark and Sweden made their debut, while Norway returned to competition.

Portugal was originally supposed to make its debut too, but no suitable candidate was found, so that the country withdrew from the competition in the end.

Semifinals

In order not to exceed the timeframe of the finals, two semi-finals were introduced. These took place on May 22, 1986 and May 23, 1986. Otherwise little is known about these semifinals. The following countries have already dropped out:

country	Interpreter	instrument
Belgium	Rhonny Ventat	saxophone
Denmark (hosts)	Janne Thomsen	flute
BR Germany	Martin Menking	cello
Ireland	Seamus Conroy	violin
Israel	Shira Ravin	violin
Italy	Carlo Balzaretti	piano
Netherlands	Pauline Oostenrijk	oboe
Norway	Ellen Margrete Flesjo	cello
Austria	Günter Voglmayr	flute
Sweden	Peter Jablonski	piano

final

The final took place on May 27, 1986 at Koncerthuset in Copenhagen . Five countries competed against each other, with only the first three places being known.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	instrument	piece
1.	1	France	Sandrine Lazarides	piano	Piano Concerto E flat by Franz Liszt
2.	5	Switzerland	Marian Rosenfeld	piano	Piano Concerto no.1 E minor, op.11, 2nd and 3rd movements by Frédéric Chopin
3.	4th	Finland	Jan-Erik Gustafsson	cello	Variations on a Rococo Theme for Violoncello and Orchestra, op.33 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
-	2	United Kingdom	Alan Brind	violin	Concerto for violin and orchestra D minor, op.47, 1st movement by Jean Sibelius
-	3	Yugoslavia	Aleksandar Madžar	piano	Piano Concerto n.4 G major, op.58, 2nd and 3rd movements by Ludwig van Beethoven

transmission

A total of 16 television companies broadcast the event:

country	Channel
participating countries
Belgium	RTBF
Denmark	DR
BR Germany	ZDF
Finland	YLE
France	France 3
Ireland	RTÉ
Israel	IBA
Italy	Rai 3
Yugoslavia	JRT
Netherlands	NOS
Norway	NRK
Austria	ORF
Sweden	SVT
Switzerland	SRG SSR
United Kingdom	BBC
Countries not participating
Portugal	RTP

Web links

• Website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Eurovision Young Musicians 1986. In: youngmusicians.tv. EBU , 2014, archived from the original on September 16, 2014 ; accessed on August 6, 2019 . 
2. ^ Eurovision Young Musicians 1986. In: youngmusicians.tv. EBU , 2014, archived from the original on September 16, 2014 ; accessed on August 6, 2019 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} The Eurovision Young Musicians 1986 Official Booklet. In: issuu.com. EBU , June 17, 2014, accessed on August 6, 2019 .