Eurovision Young Musicians 2010

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2010 was the fifteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Rathausplatz in Vienna, Austria, on 14 May 2010. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk, musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. This was the third time that the competition was held on an open-air stage and was the beginning of the annual Vienna Festival. Austria and broadcaster ORF previously hosted the contest in,, and.
A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held at the ORF Funkhaus Wien studios on 8 and 9 May 2010. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Cornelius Meister. made their début while returned. Three countries decided not to participate, they were, and.
Eva Nina Kozmus of Slovenia won the contest, with Norway and Russia placing second and third respectively.

Location

Rathausplatz, a square outside the Wiener Rathaus city hall of Vienna, was the host location for the 2010 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians final. The ORF Funkhaus Wien studios in Vienna, Austria, hosted the semi-final round.

Format

Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz was the host of the 2010 contest.

Results

Semi-final

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the semi-final round of the 2010 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.

Country	Broadcaster	Performer	Instrument
	ORF	Marie-Christine Klettner	Violin
	CyBC	Lambis Pavlou	Piano
	ČT	Lukáš Dittrich	Clarinet
	ERT	Konstantinos Destounis	Piano
	NPS	Dana Zemtsov	Viola
	TVR	Stefan Cazacu	Cello
	SVT	Mattias Hanskov Palm	Double bass
	BBC	Peter Moore	Trombone

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	Result
1		HRT	Filip Merčep	Percussions	Marimba Concerto, 2nd mov.	Emmanuel Séjourné
2		NRK	Guro Kleven Hagen	Violin	Violin Concerto in D-Major, 3rd mov.	Peter Tchaikovsky	2
3		TVP		Accordion	Accordion Concerto "Classico"	Mikolaj Majkusiak
4		WDR	Hayrapet Arakelyan	Saxophone	Fantaisie Brilliante	Francois Borne
5		BTRC	Ivan Karizna	Cello	Cello Concerto in C Major, 3rd mov.	Joseph Haydn
6		RTVSLO	Eva Nina Kozmus	Flute	Flute Concerto, 3rd mov. Allegro scherzando	Jacques Ibert	1
7		RTR	Daniil Trifonov	Piano	Grande Polonaise Brillante	Frédéric Chopin	3

Jury

The jury members consisted of the following:

Semi-final

Final

– Peter Eötvös
– Werner Hink
– Cristina Ortiz
– Ben Pateman
– Alexei Ogrintchouk

Broadcasting

The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network, for both TV viewers and radio listeners, by 11 out of the 20 participating broadcasters. Armenia, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia and Iceland all broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries.

Country

Broadcaster

Austria