Eurovision Young Musicians 2000

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 was the tenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway, on 15 June 2000. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting, musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. As said by the host, a total of twenty-four countries took part in the competition. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Simone Young. Five countries returned to the contest, whilst Czech Republic and Turkey made their debut.
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Location

The Grieg Hall, a 1,500-seat concert hall in Bergen, Norway, was the host venue for the 2000 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It has been the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since the hall's completion in 1978.
It hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, and is the host of the annual Norwegian Brass Band Championship competition, which occurs in mid-winter. The hall is named after Bergen-born composer Edvard Grieg, who was music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1880 until 1882.

Format

was the host of the 2000 contest. Norwegian jazz band The Brazz Brothers performed during the interval.

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from twenty-four countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2000 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.

Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument
	RTBF, VRT		Violin
	HRT	Jan Jankovic	Horn
	CyBC	Roman Kariolou	Violin
	ČT	Monika Vavrinková	Violin
	DR	Andrea Gyarfas	Violin
	ETV	Anna-Liisa Bezrodny	Violin
	ZDF	Martin Helmchen	Piano
	ERT	Theodorou Andreas-Polandos	Trombone
	RTÉ	Rebecca Cap	Piano
	LTV	Ieva Rutentale	Flute
	RTVSLO	Kristijan Krajncan	Cello
	TVE	Elena Mikhailova Pogosova	Violin
	SVT	David Gammelgård	Cello
	SRG SSR	Nathalie Amstutz	Harp
	TRT	Ayşedeniz Gökçin	Piano
	BBC	Guy Johnston	Cello

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		ORF	Martin Grubinger	Percussion	Canis Familiaris	Bruno Hartl
2		TVP	Stanisław Drzewiecki	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 11, 3rd Mov.	Frederic Chopin	1
3		MTV		Contrabass	Gran fantasia sulla Lucia di Lammermoor per contrabasso ed orchestra	Giovanni Bottesini
4		France Télévision	David Guerrier	Trumpet	Concertino pour trompette	Andre Jolivet
5		NRK	David Coucheron	Violin	Carmen Fantasie	Franz Waxman
6		YLE	Timo-Veikko Valve	Cello	Rondo for Cello and Orchestra, op. 94	Anton Dvorak	2
7		NOS	Gwyneth Joyce Wentink	Harp	Harp Concerto, op. 25, 3rd Mov.	Alberto Ginastera
8		RTR	Nikolai Tokarev	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1	Peter Tchaikovsky	3

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

Broadcasting

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.