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Eurovision Young Musicians 2004
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1
  • 22 May 2004
Semi-final 2
  • 23 May 2004
Final
  • 27 May 2004
VenueCulture and Congress Centre
Lucerne, Switzerland
Organisation
OrganiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Production
Host broadcasterSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Schweizer Fernsehen (SF DRS)
Televisione svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI)
DirectorMando Bernardinello
Executive producer
  • Thomas Beck
  • Renzo Rota
Musical directorChristian Arming
PresenterChristian Arming
Participants
Number of entries17
Number of finalists7
Returning countries Belgium
Non-returning countries Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Italy
 Latvia
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         Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the preliminary round     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2004
Vote
Voting systemJury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician
2002 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 2006
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The Eurovision Young Musicians 2004 was the 12th edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 23 May and a final on 27 May 2004, held at the Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland, and presented by Christian Arming. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Schweizer Fernsehen (SF DRS) and Televisione svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI) on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christian Arming accompanied all competing performers. SRG SSR had previously hosted the contest in Switzerland in 1984.

Musicians representing seventeen countries took part in the competition, with seven of them participating in the televised final. Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy and Latvia decided not to participate, whilst Belgium returned.[1] Albania was listed as the 18th participant, performing 9th at the first day of semi-finals, however in the end did not take part or broadcast the contest.[2]

The winner was violinist Alexandra Soumm representing Austria, with saxophonist Koryun Asatryan representing Germany placing second, and pianist Dinara Nadzhafova representing Russia placing third.[3]

Location

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Further information on the host venue: Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre
Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2004.

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, was the host venue for the 2004 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1] It was built according to the plans of the architect Jean Nouvel and was inaugurated in 1998 with a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.

For the week of the contest, a sound curtain was installed on the outer edge of the building's canopy to create a meeting concourse area; it uses technology to diffuse the sounds from the inside of the venue into the outside space.[4]

Format

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Christian Arming was the host of the 2004 contest. For the first time, the host and the conductor was the same person.[1]

Participants and results

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Preliminary round

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Broadcasters from seventeen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2004 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final.[5] The following participants failed to qualify.[1]

Country Broadcaster Performer Instrument
 Belgium RTBF, VRT Philippe Ivanov Piano
 Croatia HRT Kajana Pačko Cello
 Cyprus CyBC Andreas Ioannides Piano
 Finland Yle Santtu-Matias Rouvali Percussion
 Greece ERT Joánna Gaitáni Violin
 Netherlands NOS Felicia van den End [nl] Flute
 Romania TVR Octavian Alin Lup Cello
 Slovenia RTVSLO Marina Golja Marimba
 Sweden SVT Andrej Power Violin
 United Kingdom BBC Nicola Benedetti Violin

Final

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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
R/O Country Broadcaster Performer(s) Instrument Piece(s) Composer(s) Pl.
1  Austria ORF Alexandra Soumm Violin Violin Concerto No.1, 1st Mov. Niccolò Paganini 1
2  Germany ZDF Koryun Asatryan Saxophone Pequeña Czarda Pedro Iturralde 2
3  Russia RTR Dinara Nadzhafova (Klinton) Piano Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd Mov. Camille Saint-Saëns 3
4  Poland TVP Agnieszka Grzybowska Percussion Concerto for Marimba and Strings Ney Rosauro
5  Estonia ERR Jaan Kapp Piano Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd Mov. Sergei Rachmaninoff
6   Switzerland SRG SSR Giuliano Sommerhalder [de; fr] Trumpet Trumpet concerto No.2, 2nd and 3rd Movs. André Jolivet
7  Norway NRK Vilde Frang Bjærke Violin Violin Concerto, 3rd Mov. Jean Sibelius

Jury members

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The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

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The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network by the participating broadcasters.[6] The Final was also broadcast by the second channels of the Swiss radio stations and was also shown in Canada and Australia.[7][8]

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF
 Belgium RTBF La Deux [9]
VRT
 Croatia HRT
 Cyprus CyBC
 Estonia ERR
 Finland Yle
 Germany ZDF[a] [10]
 Greece ERT
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 3[b] [11]
 Norway NRK NRK1 [12]
 Poland TVP
 Romania TVR TVR Cultural [13]
 Russia RTR
 Slovenia RTVSLO
 Sweden SVT SVT1, SVT Europa[c] Marianne Söderberg [sv] [14]
  Switzerland SRG SSR SF2, DRS 2 [15]
TSR 2 Flavia Matea [16]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Four[d] Stephanie Hughes [17]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster
 Australia Unknown
 Canada Unknown
 Czech Republic ČT

See also

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References and notes

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The contest was summarised in an edition of ...und morgen Weltstar? broadcast on 19 June at 0:20 CET[10]
  2. ^ Delayed broadcast, in a shortened format, on 3 June at 00:25 CET (23:25 UTC)
  3. ^ Delayed broadcast on 5 June at 22:50 CET (21:50 UTC)[14]
  4. ^ Deffered broadcast on 31 May at 19:00[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Eurovision Young Musicians 2004: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ "News - Medienportal - SRF" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 2004: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ^ "OOS | s-cape KKL, Lucerne". OOS. Retrieved Oct 12, 2025.
  5. ^ https://medien.srf.ch/documents/20142/3708308/Young_Musicians_2004_Medienmappe_gekuerzt.pdf
  6. ^ "Eurovison Young Musicians". EBU. 26 May 2004. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. ^ "12th Eurovision 2004 Young Musicians Competition". www.sfdrs.ch. Archived from the original on 2004-05-30. Retrieved Oct 12, 2025.
  8. ^ "EBU.CH :: 2004_05_28_EYM". EBU. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  9. ^ https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/49b49fp6wm/pages/151/articles/DIVL6852
  10. ^ a b https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=TGZ20040619-01.2.56
  11. ^ https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2004-06-02/edition/0/page/21
  12. ^ "TV – guiden – torsdag 27. mai". Rogalands Avis. Stavanger, Norway. 27 May 2004. pp. 34–35. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
  13. ^ "Programe" [Schedule]. Ziua (in Romanian). Bucharest, Romania. 27 May 2004. p. 18. Retrieved 12 March 2025 – via Arcanum Newspapers [hu].
  14. ^ a b https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001644749
  15. ^ https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=WAB20040527-01.2.140
  16. ^ https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE20040527-01.2.281
  17. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musician". BBC. 27 May 2004. p. 86. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via BBC Genome.
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