The Eurovision Young Musicians 1996 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon, Portugal on 12 June 1996.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. Out of the 22 countries, 14 did not qualify to the final, including the host country Portugal. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Luis Izquierdo.[1] Seven countries withdrew from the 1996 contest; they were Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Russia and Sweden.[1]

Eurovision Young Musicians 1996
Dates
Final	12 June 1996
Host
Venue	Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
Musical director	Luis Izquierdo
Host broadcaster	Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
Participants
Number of entries	17 (8 qualified)
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	Croatia  Denmark  Hungary  Lithuania  Macedonia  Russia  Sweden
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1996
Vote
Voting system	Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician	Germany Julia Fischer
1994 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 1998

The disqualified countries included Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and United Kingdom. For the fourth time, the host country did not qualify for the final. Julia Fischer of Germany won the contest, with Austria and Estonia placing second and third respectively.[2]

Location

Cultural Centre of Belém (Portuguese: Centro Cultural de Belém), a cultural centre in Lisbon, Portugal, was the host venue for the 1996 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians.[1]

Located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém (in the municipality of Lisbon), it is the largest building with cultural facilities in Portugal. The CCB's 140,000 m² spaces was initially built to accommodate the European Presidency, but adapted to provide spaces for conferences, exhibitions and artistic venues (such as opera, ballet and symphony concerts), in addition to political and research congresses, high security meeting halls, and a 7,000 m² exhibition area.

Results

Preliminary round

A total of twenty-two countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1996 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.[1]

Final

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.[2]

Draw	Country	Performer	Instrument	Piece	Result
01	Norway	Gunilla Süssmann	Piano		-
02	Switzerland	Antoine Rebstein	Piano		-
03	Poland	Maria Nowak	Violin		-
04	Latvia	Baiba Skride	Violin		-
05	France	Fanny Clamagirand	Violin		-
06	Austria	Lidia Baich	Violin		2
07	Estonia	Hanna Heinmaa	Piano	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major by W.A. Mozart	3[3]
08	Germany	Julia Fischer	Violin	Havanaise in E major, op. 83 by Camille Saint-Saëns	1

Broadcasting

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round.

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1996

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

[ru] Конкурс молодых музыкантов «Евровидение-1996»