Eurovision Young Musicians 1990

5. Eurovision Young Musicians
date	May 21, 1990 (semi-finals) May 29, 1990 (final)
Host country	Austria
venue	Wiener Musikverein , Vienna
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Gerhard Tötschinger
Pause filler	Julian Rachlin (winner 1988)
participating countries	18th
winner	Netherlands
First time participation	Greece Portugal
Voting rule	A professional jury determines the first three places. The remaining results remain unpublished.
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The 5th Eurovision Young Musicians took place on May 29, 1990 at the Wiener Musikverein in Vienna . The organizer was ORF , which hosted this competition for the first time.

The winner of the 1990 edition was the Dutch pianist Niek van Oosterum. It was the second victory for the Netherlands after 1984 . In addition, the Netherlands was the first country in the competition that could win the competition more than once. On the other hand, the German violinist Koh Gabriel Kameda landed in second place, while the Belgian accordionist Christophe Delporte landed in third place.

venue

The ORF selected the Wiener Musikverein in Vienna as the venue . It was the first time since the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 that Austria hosted a Eurovision event.

It was also the first time in the competition that the previous year's winner was allowed to host the competition. In the end, Austria won the competition in 1988 and therefore had to apply to host it in 1990.

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 Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra . Since the number of participants would exceed the time frame for a final, there was a semi-final beforehand. 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 1990:

• Václav Neumann (chairman)
• Günther Breest
• Philippe Entremont
• Rainer Küchl
• Pascal Rogé
• Carole Dawn Reinhart
• Brian J. Pollard
• Charles Medlam

Moderation

The Austrian director, writer, director, actor and television presenter Gerhard Tötschinger acted as the moderator .

Attendees

Countries that participated in 1990

Countries that have already been eliminated in the semi-finals

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 1990

A total of 18 countries took part in the Eurovision Young Musicians in 1990, two more than in 1988. Until then, it was the largest competition, as Greece and Portugal both made their debut in 1990. In addition, no country withdrew from the event.

Semifinals

In order not to have to exceed the time frame of the final, a semi-final took place on May 21, 1990 before the final. However, little is known about this semi-final. The following countries have already dropped out:

country	Interpreter	instrument
Denmark	Mikkel Futtrup	violin
Finland	Sharon Jaari	violin
Greece	Yannis Tsitselikis	cello
Ireland	Patricia Moynihan	flute
Italy	Vittorio Ceccanti	cello
Yugoslavia	Dejan Božić	cello
Norway	Gudrun Skretting	piano
Portugal	António Miguel Canolas Quitalo	Trumpet
Sweden	Fedrik Fors	clarinet
Switzerland	Rafael Rosenfeld	cello
Spain	Fernando Alvarez Goicoechea	accordion
United Kingdom	Nicola Loud	violin
Cyprus	Constantinos Stylianou	piano

final

The final took place on May 29, 1990 at the Wiener Musikverein in Vienna . Five countries competed against each other, with only the first three places being known.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	instrument	piece
1.	1	Netherlands	Niek van Oosterum	piano	Concert for Piano and Orchestra a-minor op. 16, 1 Mov. by Edvard Grieg
2.	4th	BR Germany	Koh Gabriel Kameda	violin	Concert for Violin and Orchestra, D major, op.77, 1 mov. by Johannes Brahms
3.	3	Belgium	Christophe Delporte	accordion	Concert for Accordion and Orchestra B-Major, 2 and 1 mov. by Nikolai Chaikin
-	2	Austria (host)	Christine Heeger	piano	Concert for Piano and Orchestra num. 2, A-major by Franz Liszt
-	5	France	Anne Gastinel	cello	Concert for Cello and Orchestra, H-Minor, op.104, 1 mov. by Antonín Dvořák

transmission

A total of 21 television companies broadcast the event:

country	Channel
participating countries
Belgium	RTBF
Denmark	DR
BR Germany	ZDF
Finland	Yle TV1
France	France 3
Greece	ERT
Ireland	RTÉ
Italy	Rai 3
Yugoslavia	JRT
Netherlands	NOS
Norway	NRK
Austria	ORF
Portugal	RTP
Sweden	SVT 2
Switzerland	SRG SSR
Spain	TVE
United Kingdom	BBC
Cyprus	CyBC
Countries not participating
Bulgaria	BNT
Romania	TVR
Soviet Union	CT USSR

Web links

• Website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Eurovision Young Musicians 1990. In: youngmusicians.tv. EBU , 2014, archived from the original on September 16, 2014 ; accessed on August 14, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Eurovision Young Musicians 1990. In: youngmusicians.tv. EBU , 2014, archived from the original on September 16, 2014 ; accessed on August 14, 2019 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} The Eurovision Young Musicians 1990 Official Booklet. In: issuu.com. EBU , July 6, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2019 .