Eurovision Young Musicians 1990

Eurovision Young Musicians 1990
Dates
Semi-final 124 May 1990
Semi-final 225 May 1990
Final29 May 1990
Host
VenueMusikverein, Vienna, Austria
Presenter(s)Gerhard Toetschinger
Executive producerHeidelinde Rudy
DirectorClaus Viller
Musical directorPinchas Steinberg
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Host broadcasterÖsterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Participants
Number of entries18
Number of finalists5
Debuting countries
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countriesNone
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Vote
Voting systemJury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician
1988 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 1992

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1990 was the fifth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Musikverein in Vienna, Austria on 29 May 1990.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), 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.[1] Greece and Portugal made their début at the 1990 contest.[1]

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.[1] Niek van Oosterum [nl] of the Netherlands won the contest.[2]

Location

Further information on the host venue: Musikverein
Musikverein, Austria. Venue of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1990.

The Musikverein (also known as the "Wiener Musikverein") a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, was the host venue for the 1990 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1] It is the home to the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra.

The "Great Hall" (Großer Saal) 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.[3] 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 (Golden Hall), is about 49 m (161 ft) long, 19 m (62 ft) wide, and 18 m (59 ft) 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.[1]

Results

Preliminary round

A total of eighteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1990 contest, of which five qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.[1]

Final

Niek van Oosterum of the Netherlands won the contest. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.[2]

Participants and results
R/O Country Broadcaster Performer(s) Instrument Piece(s) Composer(s) Pl.
1  Netherlands NOS Niek van Oosterum [nl] Piano Piano Concerto, op. 16, 1st mov. Edvard Grieg 1
2  Austria ORF Christine Heeger [de] Piano Piano Concerto No. 2, A-major Franz Liszt
3  Belgium RTBF Christophe Delporte [fr] Accordion Accordion concerto B-Major, 2nd and 1st mov. Nikolai Chaikin 3
4  West Germany ZDF Koh Gabriel Kameda Violin Violin Concerto, D-Major, op. 77, 1st mov. Johannes Brahms 2
5  France FR3 Anne Gastinel Cello Cello Concerto, B-Minor, op. 104, 1st mov. Antonin Dvorak

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

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.[4][5]

Broadcasters in participating countries[4]
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF FS2 [6]
 Belgium RTBF Télé 21 [7]
 Cyprus CyBC RIK [8]
 Denmark DR DR TV Peter Borgwardt [9]
 Finland YLE TV1 [10]
 France FR3
 Germany 3sat [11]
 Greece ERT
 Ireland RTÉ
 Italy RAI Rai Tre
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 3 Annemiek Tan [12]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Eyvind Solås [13]
 Portugal RTP
 Spain TVE
 Sweden SVT TV2 Marianne Söderberg [13]
  Switzerland SRG SSR
SRG Sportkette [de], DRS 2 [6]
SSR Chaîne sportive, RSR 2
TSI Canale sportivo
 United Kingdom BBC BBC2 Humphrey Burton and Edward Gregson [14]
 Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 2 [15]
TV Ljubljana 2 [16]
TV Zagreb 2 [17]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries[4]
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Bulgaria BNT
 Romania TVR
 Soviet Union CT USSR

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 1990: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ Long, Marshall, "What is So Special About Shoebox Halls? Envelopment, Envelopment, Envelopment" Archived 8 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Acoustics Today, April 2009, pp. 21–25.
  4. ^ a b c "Eurovision Young Musicians 1990". Issuu. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ "L' Eurovision des jeunes musiciens". Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 24 May 1990. p. 40. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Scriptorium.
  6. ^ a b "Fernsehen" [Television]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zürich, Switzerland. 29 May 1990. pp. 31–32. Retrieved 8 March 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  7. ^ "Radio•Televisie" [Radio•Television]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Rotterdam, Netherlands. 29 May 1990. p. 12. Retrieved 23 March 2023 – via Delpher.
  8. ^ "Τηλεόραση – ΡΙΚ" [Television – RIK]. Simerini (in Greek). Nicosia, Cyprus. 29 May 1990. p. 6. Retrieved 8 March 2024 – via Press and Information Office [el].
  9. ^ "Tirsdag den 29. maj 1990". DR. 27 May 1986. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  10. ^ "TV-nädalakava – Teisipäeval, 29. mäil" [TV schedule – Tuesday, 29 May]. Päevaleht (in Estonian). 26 May 1990. p. 4. Retrieved 29 November 2022 – via DIGAR Eesti artiklid.
  11. ^ "Dienstag, 29. Mai – 3sat" [Tuesday 29 Mai – 3sat] (in German). German: Télé-Revue. 22 May 1990. p. 22. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  12. ^ "TV dinsdag" [TV Tuesday]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Amsterdam, Netherlands. 29 May 1990. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2024 – via Delpher.
  13. ^ a b "TV tirsdag". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). 29 May 1990. p. 26. Retrieved 8 March 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
  14. ^ "Eurovision Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 7 June 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  15. ^ "Телевизија – Други програм" [Television – Second program]. Borba (in Serbian). Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. 29 May 1990. p. 14. Retrieved 30 May 2024 – via Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.
  16. ^ "današnji televizijski in radijski sporedi – RTV Ljubljana 2" [today's television and radio programs – RTV Ljubljana 2]. Primorski dnevnik (in Slovenian). Trieste, Italy. 29 May 1990. p. 9. Retrieved 30 May 2024 – via Digital Library of Slovenia.
  17. ^ "TV Zagreb – utorak, 29. svibnja – prvi program" [TV Zagreb – Tuesday 29 May - first program]. Glas Podravine (in Serbo-Croatian). Koprivnica, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. 25 May 1990. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2024.