Eurovision Young Musicians 1990


The Eurovision Young Musicians 1990 was the fifth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, on 29 May 1990. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk, musicians from five countries participated in the televised final. A total of eighteen countries took part in the competition. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pinchas Steinberg. and made their début at the 1990 contest.
The non-qualified countries were Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia. The semifinal took place between 24 and 25 May. of the Netherlands won the contest.

Location

The Musikverein a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, was the host venue for the 1990 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It is the home to the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra.
The "Great Hall" due to its highly regarded acoustics is considered one of the finest concert halls in the world, along with Berlin's Konzerthaus, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Boston's Symphony Hall. None of these halls was built in the modern era with the application of acoustics science and all share a long, tall, and narrow shoebox shape.
The Großer Musikvereinssaal, or Goldener Saal, is about long, wide, and high. It has 1,744 seats and standing room for 300. The Skandalkonzert of 1913 was given there, and it is the venue for the annual Vienna New Year's Concert.

Format

Gerhard Toetschinger was the host of the 1990 contest. 1988 winner Julian Rachlin performed as the interval act.

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from eighteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1990 contest, of which five qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.
CountryBroadcasterPerformerInstrumentPieceComposer
CyBCConstantinos StylianouPianoPiano Concerto No. 1 in E flat majorFranz Liszt
DRViolinViolin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22Henryk Wieniawski
YleSharon JaariViolinViolin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44Max Bruch
ERTJánnisz TszitszelíkiszCelloVariations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
RTÉPatricia MoynihanFluteFlute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RAIVittorio CeccantiCelloCello Concerto in D minorÉdouard Lalo
NRKPianoSymphonic VariationsCésar Franck
RTPAntónio Miguel Camolas QuitaloTrumpetTrumpet Concerto in E flat majorJoseph Haydn
TVEFernado Alvarez GoicoecheaAccordionSuite IberoamericanaFrancisco Cano
SVTFredrik ForsClarinetClarinet ConcertoJean Françaix
SRG SSRRafael RosenfeldCelloCello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33Camille Saint-Saëns
BBCNicola LoudViolinViolin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26Max Bruch
JRTDejan BožićCelloCello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104Antonín Dvořák

Final

Niek van Oosterum from the Netherlands won the contest. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.
CountryBroadcasterPerformerInstrumentPieceComposer
1NOSPianoPiano Concerto, Op. 16, 1st mov.Edvard Grieg1
2ORFPianoPiano Concerto No. 2 in A-majorFranz Liszt
3RTBFAccordionAccordion concerto in B-Major, 2nd and 1st mov.Nikolai Chaikin3
4ZDFKoh Gabriel KamedaViolinViolin Concerto in D-Major, Op. 77, 1st mov.Johannes Brahms2
5FR3Anne GastinelCelloCello Concerto in B-Minor, Op. 104, 1st mov.Antonin Dvorak

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

Broadcasts

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round. It was reportedly broadcast in 23 channels of the participating countries, and in Bulgaria, Romania and the Soviet Union via Intervision. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
CountryBroadcasterChannelCommentator
Bulgaria|1971N/A|N/A|