Eurovision Young Musicians 2002


The Eurovision Young Musicians 2002 was the eleventh edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Konzerthaus in Berlin, Germany, on 19 June 2002. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. A total of twenty countries took part in the competition. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Marek Janowski. made their début while returned to the contest for the first time since 1990.
Dalibor Karvay of Austria won the contest, with United Kingdom and Slovenia placing second and third respectively.
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Location

The Konzerthaus Berlin, a concert hall situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of Berlin, was the host venue for the 2002 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.
Built as a theatre from 1818 to 1821 under the name of the Schauspielhaus Berlin, later also known as the Theater am Gendarmenmarkt and Komödie, its usage changed to a concert hall after the Second World War and its name changed to its present one in 1994. It is the home to the Konzerthausorchester Berlin symphony orchestra.

Format

Julia Fischer was the host of the 2002 contest.

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from twenty countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2002 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.
CountryBroadcasterPerformerInstrument
HRTIvo DropulićViolin
CyBCAndréasz JoannídiszCello
DRPhilippe Benjamin SkowViolin
ETVMihkel PollPiano
YleJoonatan RautiolaSaxophone
RAIAnna TifuViolin
LTVRuslans ViļenskisCello
NOSFleur BouverieClarinet
NRKVilde Frang BjærkeViolin
TVRCristian Andrei FatouViolin
RTRNikita BorisoglebskyViolin
SVTJacob KoranyiCello
SRG SSRPiano

Final

Awards were given to the top three participants. The third-place musician received €2,000, second-place €3,000, and the winner €5,000. 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.
CountryBroadcasterPerformerInstrumentPieceComposer
1ORFDalibor KarvayViolinCarmen FantasieFranz Waxman1
2BBCSarah WilliamsonClarinetClarinet ConcertoAaron Copland2
3ERTTheodore MilkovPercussionMarimbaphone ConcertoNey Rosauro
4ČTJakub TylmanCelloHungarian RhapsodyDavid Popper
5ZDFAlina PogostkinViolinIntroduction and Rondo CapricciosoCamille Saint-Saens
6RTVSLOKarmen PecarCelloCello ConcertoDmitri Shostakovitch3
7TVPPiotr JasiurkowskiViolinGipsy MelodiesPablo de Sarasate

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

Broadcasting

The 20th anniversary competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network by 11 out of the 27 broadcasters in 23 countries. Belgium, Iceland and Malta broadcast the contest, in addition to the competing countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
CountryBroadcasterChannelCommentator
BelgiumN/A|