Eurovision Young Musicians 1988

4. Eurovision Young Musicians
date	May 26, 1988 (semi-final 1) May 27, 1988 (semi-final 2) May 31, 1988 (final)
Host country	Netherlands
venue	Concertgebouw , Amsterdam
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Martine Bijl
Pause filler	A film about the participants' stay in the Netherlands
participating countries	16
winner	Austria
First time participation	Spain Cyprus
Withdrawn participants	Israel
Voting rule	A professional jury determines the first three places. The remaining results remain unpublished.
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The 4th Eurovision Young Musicians took place on May 31, 1988 at the Koncerthuset in Concertgebouw in Amsterdam . The organizer was NOS , which organized this competition for the first time.

The winner of the 1988 edition was the Austrian violinist Julian Rachlin . It was the first time that Austria could win the competition. On the other hand, the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes came in second, while the Italian violinist Domenico Nordio came in third.

venue

NOS chose the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as the venue . It was the first time since the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest that the Netherlands had hosted a Eurovision event.

For the first time there were also commentator booths in the building, so that the television broadcasters could for the first time send commentators directly to the competition.

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 Radio Filharmonisch Orkest . Since the number of participants would exceed the time frame for a final, there were two semi-finals beforehand. In the end, a professional jury decided only six 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 1988:

• Roberto Benzi (chairman)
• Anette Faaborg (presenter 1986 )
• Elmar Weingarten
• Osmo Vänskä
• Pascal Rogé
• Herman Krebbers
• Marco Riaskoff
• Sören Hermansson
• William Pleeth

Moderation

The Dutch presenter Martine Bijl acted as moderator.

Attendees

Countries that participated in 1988

Countries that have already been eliminated in the semi-finals

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 1988

A total of 16 countries took part in Eurovision Young Musicians in 1988, one more than in 1986. While Israel withdrew from the competition after participating, Spain and Cyprus made their debuts at the competition in 1988.

Semifinals

In order not to exceed the timeframe of the final, two semi-finals took place before the final. These took place on May 26, 1988 and May 27, 1988. However, little is known about these semi-finals. The following countries have already dropped out:

country	Interpreter	instrument
Belgium	Eliane Reyes	piano
Denmark	Nikolaj Znaider	violin
France	Henri Demarquette	cello
Ireland	Dearbha Collins	piano
Yugoslavia	Violeta Smailovic	violin
Netherlands (hosts)	Wibi Soerjadi	piano
Sweden	Henrik Peterson	violin
Switzerland	David Riniker	cello
Spain	José Ramon Mendez	piano
Cyprus	Plotinos micromatis	piano

final

The final took place on May 31, 1988 in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam . Six countries competed against each other, with only the first three places being known.

The then Queen of the Netherlands Beatrix was present as a special guest .

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	instrument	piece
1.	5	Austria	Julian Rachlin	violin	Concerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.22 by Henryk Wieniawski
2.	6th	Norway	Leif Ove Andsnes	piano	Concerto for piano and orchestra no.3 in C, op.26 by Sergei Prokofiev
3.	3	Italy	Domenico Nordio	violin	Concerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.47 by Jean Sibelius
-	1	Finland	Jan Söderblom	violin	Concerto for violin and orchestra no.5 in A, KV 219 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-	2	United Kingdom	David Pyatt	horn	Concerto for French horn and orchestra no.1 in E flat, op.11 by Richard Strauss
-	4th	BR Germany	Nikolai Schneider	cello	Concerto for cello and orchestra no.1 in a, op.33 by Camille Saint-Saëns

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
Italy	Rai 3
Yugoslavia	JRT
Netherlands	NOS
Norway	NRK
Austria	ORF
Sweden	SVT
Switzerland	SRG SSR
Spain	TVE
United Kingdom	BBC
Cyprus	CyBC

Web links

• Website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Eurovision Young Musicians 1988. In: youngmusicians.tv. EBU , 2014, archived from the original on September 16, 2014 ; accessed on August 7, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Eurovision Young Musicians 1988. In: youngmusicians.tv. EBU , 2014, archived from the original on September 16, 2014 ; accessed on August 7, 2019 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} The Eurovision Young Musicians 1988 Official Booklet. In: issuu.com. EBU , August 6, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2019 .