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Austria in youth classical music contest From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austria has participated in the biennial classical music competition Eurovision Young Musicians 19 times since its debut in 1982 and is the most successful country in the contest, with a total of six wins. Austria has hosted the contest a record six times, in 1990, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2024
On 29 October 2015, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) informed Eurovoix.com that they would withdraw from the event in 2016. Austria last participated at the 2014 Young Musicians, which they won.[1] However, on 11 January 2016 it was announced that Austria would compete in the 2016 contest.[2] ORF decided to withdraw from the 2018 edition, after participating at every previous edition of the contest, with no reasons for their withdrawal being published.[3] On 21 February 2022, it was confirmed that Austria would return to the competition.[4]
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Winner |
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Second place |
3 |
Third place |
Year[5] | Entrant | Instrument | Final | Semi |
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1982 | Leonhard Kubizek | Clarinet | - | No semi-finals |
1984 | Ghislaine Fleischmann | Violin | - | |
1986 | Günter Voglmayr[6] | Flute | Did not qualify | - |
1988 | Julian Rachlin | Violin | 1 | - |
1990 | Christine Heeger | Piano | - | - |
1992 | Andreas Schablas | Clarinet | - | - |
1994 | Bernard Hufnagl | Trombone | Did not qualify | - |
1996 | Lidia Baich | Violin | 2 | - |
1998 | Lidia Baich | Violin | 1 | |
2000 | Martin Grubinger | Percussion | - | - |
2002 | Dalibor Karvay | Violin | 1 | - |
2004 | Alexandra Soumm | Violin | 1 | - |
2006 | Daniela Koch | Flute | - | - |
2008 | Sol Daniel Kim | Cello | Did not qualify | - |
2010 | Marie-Christine Klettner | Violin | - | |
2012 | Emmanuel Tjeknavorian | Violin | 2 | - |
2014 | Ziyu He[7] | Violin | 1 | No semi-finals |
2016 | Dominik Wagner | Double bass | 3 | |
2018 | Did not participate | |||
2022 | Alexander Svetnitsky-Ehrenreich[8] | Clarinet | - | No-semi finals |
2024 | Leonhard Baumgartner[9] | Violin | 1 |
Year | Location | Venues | Presenter(s) |
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1990 | Vienna | Musikverein | Gerhard Toetschinger |
1998 | Konzerthaus | Julian Rachlin | |
2006 | Semi-final: Konzerthaus Final: Rathausplatz |
Schallbert "Sillety" Gilet | |
2008 | Semi-final: Theater an der Wien Final: Rathausplatz |
Lidia Baich and Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz | |
2010 | Semi-final: ORF Funkhaus Wien studios Final: Rathausplatz |
Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz | |
2012 | Semi-final: Schubert Hall Final: Rathausplatz |
Semi-final: Pia Strauss Final: Martin Grubinger |
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