Eurovision Young Musicians 2008

14. Eurovision Young Musicians
date	May 4, 2008 (semi-final 1) May 5, 2008 (semi-final 2) May 9, 2008 (final)
Host country	Austria
venue	Rathausplatz , Vienna
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz Lidia Baich
participating countries	16
winner	Greece
First time participation	Serbia Ukraine
Returning participants	Germany
Withdrawn participants	Belgium Bulgaria Serbia and Montenegro Switzerland Czech Republic
Voting rule	Each juror awards 1–10 points per entry.
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Countries that participated in 2008

Countries that were eliminated in the semi-finals in 2008

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2008

The 14th Eurovision Young Musicians took place on May 9th, 2008 in Vienna , the capital of Austria . It was the fourth competition in total and the second in a row that took place in Vienna. It was also the opening concert of the Wiener Festwochen . The winner of the competition is the clarinetist Dionysios Grammenos from Greece with the piece Concerto pour clarinette et orchester (4th part) by Jean Françaix .

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on May 4th and 5th in the Theater an der Wien . It was only open to invited listeners. The result of this preliminary decision was announced at a press conference on May 6th at Vienna City Hall Square .

Sunday May 4, 2008

Start number	country	Artist	Age	instrument	Piece / s	Result
01	Croatia	Marin Maras	17th	violin	Francesco Geminiani : Sonata in c minor (Largo-Allegro moderato) Franjo Krežma: Scherzino Pablo de Sarasate : Gypsy ways , op.20	Eliminated
02	United Kingdom	Philip Achille	19th	harmonica	James Moody : Small Suite	final
03	Austria	Sol Daniel Kim	17th	cello	Franz Schubert : 1st Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor ( D 821 ) Niccolò Paganini : Variations on a theme by Rossini	Eliminated
04	Ukraine	Anna Fedorova	18th	piano	Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonata, Op. 57, I mv. Frédéric Chopin : Trois Valses Opus 70 N1 Frédéric Chopin: Trois Valses Opus 34 N3	Eliminated
05	Germany	Kathy Kang	17th	violin	César Franck : Sonata for violin and piano, 2nd movement - Allegro Nathan Milstein : Paganiniana	Eliminated
06	Sweden	Maria Verbaite	15th	piano	Joseph Haydn : Sonata in C major Hob.XVI: 50 Ruth Crawford Seeger : Piano Study in Mixed Accents Mili Alexejewitsch Balakirew : Islamej (oriental fantasy)	Eliminated
07	Romania	Stefan Besan	17th	violin	George Enescu : The Strolling Fiddler for Violin solo, from the Suite Impressions of Childhood in D major Op.28 Camille Saint-Saëns : Introduction et Rondo capriccioso in A minor, Op.28 for violin and piano G. Neaga: Miniature for Violin and piano	Eliminated
08	Greece	Dionysios Grammenos	18th	clarinet	Igor Fjodorowitsch Stravinsky : Three parts for a clarinet solo Alamiro Giampieri: Rigoletto Fantasia Di Concerto	final

Monday May 5, 2008

Start number	country	Artist	Age	instrument	Piece / s	Result
09	Finland	Roope Grondahl	18th	piano	Ludwig van Beethoven : Bagatelle in G minor, Op. 119, no. 1 Alban Berg : Op. 1 piano sonata Maurice Ravel : Toccata	final
10	Netherlands	Steven Bourne	19th	cello	Claude Debussy : Sonata for violoncello and piano	final
11	Slovenia	Jan Gricar	16	saxophone	Jules Demersseman : Fantasie sur un theme original Blaz Pucihar: Aria & Improvisation	final
12	Norway	Eldbjørg Hemsing	18th	violin	Maurice Ravel : Tzigane ( Rhapsody for orchestra) Witold Lutosławski : Subito for violin and piano	final
13	Serbia	Mina Zakic	17th	cello	Franz Schubert : Impromptu in G major, Op.90 Frédéric Chopin : Introduction et Polonaise Brillante, Op.3	Eliminated
14th	Cyprus	Orfeas Hiratos	16	clarinet	Franz Danzi : Sonata: Allegro Robert Schumann : Fantasiestücke I B. Brun: 4 Miniatures: Nos 3 & 4	Eliminated
15th	Russia	Anastasia Kobekina	13	cello	Luigi Boccherini: Rondo Pjotr ​​Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Nocturn Karl Juljewitsch Dawidow : Am Springbrunnen op. 20/2	final
16	Poland	Marta Kowalczyk	15th	violin	Henryk Wieniawski : Fantaisie brillante about Faust op.20	Eliminated

jury

1. Maestro Jerzy Maksymiuk (Poland) (jury leader)
2. Jeanette De Boer (Netherlands) (piano)
3. Günter Voglmayr (Austria) (flute, Vienna Philharmonic )
4. Franz Bartolomey (Austria) (cello)
5. Kaja Danczowska (Poland) (violin)
6. Ranko Markovic (Austria) (Director of the Vienna University Conversation / piano)

final

Dionysios Grammenos from Greece, winner 2008

The final took place on Friday, May 9th, 2008 at Vienna City Hall Square in front of around 45,000 people. For the first time, Austrian television viewers were also able to vote on their favorite candidate through a viewer SMS voting.

The participants were judged by an expert jury headed by Sir Roger Norrington .

The finalists were accompanied by the Wiener Symphoniker under the direction of Aleksandar Markovic .

Start number	country	Artist	Age	instrument	piece	placement
01	Slovenia	Jan Gricar	16	saxophone	Pedro Iturralde: Pequeña Czarda	-
02	Russia	Anastasia Kobekina	13	cello	Joseph Haydn : Concerto in C major	-
03	United Kingdom	Philip Achille	19th	harmonica	Michael Spivakovsky: Concert for harmonica	-
04	Finland	Roope Grondahl	18th	piano	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Piano Concerto in B flat minor	2nd place
05	Greece	Dionysios Grammenos	18th	clarinet	Jean Françaix concerto pour clarinette et orchester (4th part)	1st place
06	Netherlands	Steven Bourne	19th	cello	Gabriel Fauré : Elegy	-
07	Norway	Eldbjørg Hemsing	18th	violin	Franz Waxman : Carmen Fantasy	3rd place / audience award

jury

1. Sir Roger Norrington (United Kingdom) (Jury Leader / Violin)
2. Alison Balsom (United Kingdom) (trumpet)
3. Günter Voglmayr (Austria) (flute, Vienna Philharmonic )
4. Lars Anders Tomter (Norway) (viola)
5. Jeanette de Boer (Netherlands) (piano)
6. Ranko Markovic (Austria) (Director of the Vienna University Conversation / piano)

Television broadcast

In 2008 the competition was broadcast to 18 different countries.

country	Channel
Austria	ORF
Germany	WDR / ARD
Finland	YLE
Greece	ERT
Iceland	RUV
Croatia	HRT
Lithuania	LRT
Netherlands	NPS
Norway	NRK
Poland	TVP
Romania	TVR
Russia	KTVC / RTR
Slovenia	RTVSLO
Sweden	SVT
Serbia	RTS
Ukraine	NTU
United Kingdom	BBC
Cyprus	CYBC

Web links

• Eurovision Young Musicians (English)