Eurovision Young Musicians 1992

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1992 was the sixth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Cirque Royal in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 June 1992.^[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. Eighteen countries took part in the competition. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Belgian National Orchestra, conducted by Ronald Zollman.^[1] Hungary and Poland made their début, while Greece and Italy decided not to participate.^[1][2]

Eurovision Young Musicians 1992
Dates
Semi-final 1	3 June 1992
Semi-final 2	4 June 1992
Final	9 June 1992
Host
Venue	Cirque Royal Brussels, Belgium
Presenter(s)	Marie-Françoise Renson
Director	Jacques Bourton
Musical director	Ronald Zollman
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Host broadcaster	Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
Participants
Number of entries	18
Number of finalists	8
Debuting countries	Hungary  Poland
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	Greece  Italy
Participation map      Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the preliminary round     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1992
Vote
Voting system	Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician	Poland Bartłomiej Nizioł
1990 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 1994

The non-qualified countries were Cyprus, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia.^[1] Bartłomiej Nizioł of Poland won the contest, with Spain and Belgium placing second and third respectively.^[3] It marked the first time any country had won on their first participation in any Eurovision event since Switzerland's victory at the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, and has not been repeated since.^[a] Technically, it would also mark the only time a country won a Eurovision event without their broadcaster being a full member of the EBU, as the Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) wouldn't formally join the EBU until the following year.

The contest also marked the last participation of Yugoslavia in the contest. By the time of the contest, United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (adopted 30 May 1992) had already placed sanctions on FR Yugoslavia,^[4] which included a ban on its participation in international contests and cultural events. Therefore, this was the last participation of Yugoslavia at any Eurovision event.

Location

Further information on the host venue: Cirque Royal

Cirque Royal, Brussels. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1992.

Cirque Royale (French) or Koninklijk Circus (Dutch) an entertainment venue in Brussels, Belgium, was the host venue for the 1992 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.^[1] Conceived by architect Wilhelm Kuhnen, the building has a circular appearance but in fact is constructed as a regular polygon. It can hold 3,500 spectators, and nowadays is primarily used for live music shows.

Format

Belgian radio and television presenter and actress Marie-Françoise Renson, also known by her pseudonym "Soda",^[5] was the host of the 1992 contest.^[6] "Soda" was later the Belgian spokesperson at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995.^[7] Stéphane Grappelli, Marc Fosset and Jean-Philippe Viret [de] performed during the interval. The contest was attended by Princess Paola and ended with short montage as a tribute to Frank Naef.^[8]

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from eighteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1992 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.^[1]

• Cyprus – CyBC^[9]
•  France – FR3^[10]
•  Germany – ZDF^[11]
•  Hungary – MTV^[12][13]
•  Ireland – RTÉ^[2]
•  Netherlands – NOS^[2]
•  Portugal – RTP^[2]
•  Sweden – SVT^[2]
•   Switzerland – SRG SSR^[14][15]
•  Yugoslavia – JRT^[16]

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.^[3]

Participants and results^[17][18]

R/O	Country	Broadcaster	Performer(s)	Instrument	Piece(s)	Composer(s)	Pl.
1	Denmark	DR	Marie Rørbech	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 3	Béla Bartók
2	United Kingdom	BBC	Frederick Kempf	Piano	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43	Sergei Rachmaninoff
3	Finland	Yle	Helen Lindén	Cello	Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85	Edward Elgar
4	Poland	TVP	Bartłomiej Nizioł	Violin	Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77	Johannes Brahms	1
5	Belgium	RTBF	Marie Hallynck	Cello	Cello Concerto No. 1, Allegretto	Dmitri Shostakovich	3
6	Norway	NRK	Henning Kraggerud	Violin	Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 35	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
7	Austria	ORF	Andreas Schablas	Clarinet	Clarinet Concerto in A Major, Kv 622	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
8	Spain	TVE	Antonio Serrano	Harmonica	Concerto For Harmonica And Orchestra, Op. 46	Malcolm Arnold	2

Jury members

The known members of the jury were Aldo Ciccolini, Arnold Baren, Carole Dawn Reinhart, Clemens Quatacker [nl], Noël Lee, Frédéric Lodéon, Ursula Gorniak, Walter Boeykens and Carlos Païta who was the chairman.^{[8][13][19][20]}

Broadcasts

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.

Broadcasters in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Austria	ORF	FS2[b]		[21]
Belgium	RTBF	RTBF1,[c] Radio 3		[23]
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK 2		[24]
Denmark	DR	DR TV[d]	Niels Oxenvad	[2]
Finland	YLE	TV1		[25]
France	FR3[e]		Alain Duault [fr]	[6][8]
	TV5 Europe[f]			[27]
	Arte[g]			[28]
Germany	ZDF[h]			[23]
Hungary	MTV	MTV2[i]		[29]
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet[j]		[30]
Poland	TVP	TVP2		[31]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	SRG Sportkette [de]	Verena Hoehne	[21]
		SSR Chaîne sportive, Espace 2		[32]
		SSR Canale sportivo		[26]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC2[k]	Humphrey Burton	[33]
Yugoslavia	JRT	RTS B2		[34]

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Canada	TV5	TV5 Québec Canada[l]		[35]
Czechoslovakia	ČST	F1 [cs; sk][m]		[36]

Official album

6th Eurovision Competition For Young Musicians
Compilation album by Eurovision Young Musicians
Released	1992
Recorded	8–9 June 1992
Venue	Cirque Royal, Brussels
Genre	Classical
Length	1:09:04
Label	Pavane

6th Eurovision Competition For Young Musicians was the official compilation album of the 1992 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Pavane Records after the contest in June 1992.^[18]

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1992