The Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 was the seventeenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held outside the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, on 31 May 2014.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), musicians from fourteen countries participated in the televised final. This was the fifth time that the competition was held on an open-air stage. Germany previously hosted the contest in 2002.[1]
Ziyu He of Austria won the contest, with Slovenia and Hungary placing second and third respectively.[3] In 2014, Austria also won the Eurovision Song Contest.[4]
Location
The contest was held on an open-air stage outside Cologne Cathedral, Cologne.
Roncalliplatz, a square outside the Cologne Cathedral, was the host location for the 2014 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1]
Format
Sabine Heinrich (left) and Kristiina Poska (right) at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 final.Prize winners: Hungary, Slovenia and Austria
The semi final stage of the contest was dropped this year, however a preliminary round was held over two days on 26 & 27 May and streamed live on youngmusicians.tv. Each musician was required to play for up to 15 minutes in this round and a maximum of five minutes in the Grand Final on 31 May. The international jury scored each musician and performance during the preliminary round. The scores were added to those given in the Grand Final to decide the three prize winners.[6][7]
All participating countries automatically qualified for the final on 31 May 2014. The semi final elimination stage was replaced by a two-day preliminary round, that was held on 26 and 27 May respectively at the Kleiner Sendesaal in WDR's Funkhaus Wallrafplatz. The professional jury awarded points in this round.
1)Sonata for Violin on C Minor, op.45, no.3 (1. mvt: Allegro molto ed appassionato) by Edvard Grieg 2)Valse-Scherzo in C Major, op.34 by Piotr Tchaikovsky
1)Violinkonzert KV 207, 1. Satz mit Kadenz von Kurt Guntner by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2)Capriccio op. 1/1 by Niccolò Paganini 3)2. Violinkonzert by Belá Bartók
1)Sonata seconda (Renaissance sopraan) by Dario Castello 2)Der Besucher der Idylle (1993) (tenor) by Isang Yun 3)Adagio en Allegro uit Sonate Wq 135 by C.P.E. Bach
1)Praeludium and Fugue in h minor BWV 893 by Johann Sebastian Bach 2)Near the Portrait of Niccolo Paganini by Volodymyr Runchak 3)Don Rhapsody part III by Vjatcheslav Siemionov
Awards were given to the top three countries. 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.[11]
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