Eurovision Young Musicians 1986

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1986 was the third edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Koncerthuset, in Copenhagen, Denmark on 27 May 1986. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Danmarks Radio, musicians from five countries participated in the televised final. Despite the contest being held in Copenhagen, host country Denmark failed to qualify for the final alongside Germany, Austria, Israel, Belgium, Norway, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands and Italy. The participant artists could not be older than 19 by the time of the contest. The finalists were all accompanied by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Hans Graf.
France's Sandrine Lazarides won the contest, with Switzerland and Finland placing second and third respectively.

Location

The Koncerthuset at Radiohuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, was the host venue for the 1986 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.
Radiohuset is the former headquarters of national Danish broadcaster DR, located on Rosenørns Allé in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. The building complex was inaugurated in 1945 to a Functionalist design by Vilhelm Lauritzen and later expanded in 1958 and 1972. Vacated by DR when DR Byen was inaugurated in 2006, the buildings now house the Royal Danish Academy of Music as well as the Museum of Music. The complex also contains a 1,200-seat concert hall, Koncerthuset.

Format

The final took place on 27 May 1986, beginning at 20:30 CET.
was the host of the 1986 contest. Each participating country were able to send male or female artists who were no older than 19 years of age, to represent them by playing a classical piece of their choice, accompanied by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Hans Graf. The winner and runner-up of the previous edition, Isabelle van Keulen and Olli Mustonen respectively, performed "Suite Italienne" during the interval.

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1986 contest, of which five qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.

Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument	Piece	Composer
	ORF	Günter Voglmayr	Flute	Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, KV 314	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	RTBF		Saxophone	Saxophone Concerto	Franz Constant
	DR	Janne Thomsen	Flute	Flute Concerto	Carl Nielsen
	ZDF	Martin Menking	Cello	Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85	Edward Elgar
	RTÉ	Seamus Conroy	Violin	Violin Concerto	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
	IBA	Shira Ravin	Violin	Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64	Felix Mendelssohn
	RAI	Carlo Balzaretti	Piano	Piano Concerto in G major	Maurice Ravel
	NOS		Oboe	Oboe Concerto in C major, KV 314	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	NRK	Ellen Margrete Flesjø	Cello	Cello Concerto in D minor	Édouard Lalo
	SVT	Peter Jablonski	Piano	Piano Concerto in A minor	Edvard Grieg

Final

Awards were given to the top three participants. The table below highlights these using gold, silver, and bronze. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.

	Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument	Piece	Composer
1		FR3	Sandrine Lazarides	Piano	Piano Concerto in E flat	Franz Liszt	1
2		BBC	Alan Brind	Violin	Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47, 1st mov.	Jean Sibelius
3		JRT	Aleksandar Madžar	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op.58, 2nd and 3rd movs.	Ludwig van Beethoven
4		YLE		Cello	Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33	Pyotr Tchaikovsky	3
5		SRG SSR		Piano	Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11, 2nd and 3rd movs.	Frédéric Chopin	2

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

Preliminary round

– Franz Wagner
– Fud Leclerc
– Mogens Andersen
– Anna-Karina Bentley
– Serge Kaufmann
– Richard Jakoby
– Jane Carty
– Ávi Hannáni
– Ilio Catani
– Ton Hartsuiker
– Robbert Jan de Neeve
– Jan Eriksen
– Michel Dami
– Sten Andersson
– John Manduall
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Final

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– Teresa Llacuna
– Siegfried Palm
– Claudio Scimone
– Ton Hartsuiker
– Björn Liljequist
– Sir David Willcocks
– Jasna Nemec Novak

Broadcasts

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Country

Broadcaster

Channel

Commentator

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Other countries

– Portuguese broadcaster RTP attempted to take part, but were forced to withdraw as it had been unable to provide a "qualified candidate".