Eurovision Young Musicians 1982

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Eurovision Young Musicians 1982
Dates
Final11 May 1982
Host
Venue
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Participants
Number of entries6[a]
Debuting countries
  • A coloured map of the countries of EuropeSwitzerland in the Eurovision Young MusiciansGermany in the Eurovision Young MusiciansUnited Kingdom in the Eurovision Young MusiciansDenmark in the Eurovision Young MusiciansFinland in the Eurovision Young MusiciansNorway in the Eurovision Young MusiciansSweden in the Eurovision Young MusiciansAustria in the Eurovision Young MusiciansFrance in the Eurovision Young Musicians
         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemJury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician
Eurovision Young Musicians → 1984

The Eurovision Young Musicians 1982 was the first edition of the

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).[3] Musicians from six participating countries took part in début contest, which was televised across the Eurovision Network. Humphrey Burton was the host of the contest and welcomed all of the participants in English, French, and German.[3]

Each of the six participating countries sent either a male or female artist who was no older than 19 years of age, to represent them by playing an

BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, under the conductor leadership of Bryden Thomson.[3] The winner received a cash prize of £1,000.[3]

Germany's Markus Pawlik won the contest, with France and Switzerland placing second and third respectively.[4] It was also notable that Germany won the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 just a few weeks earlier - also in England, and also by performing last in the running order.[5]

History

Main articles:
BBC Young Musician of the Year

The Eurovision Young Musicians, inspired by the success of the

BBC Young Musician of the Year, is a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European musicians that are 18 years old or younger.[1][2] Some participating countries held national heats in order to select their representatives for the contest. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians took place in Manchester
, United Kingdom on 11 May 1982 and six countries took part.

The BBC Young Musician of the Year is a televised national music competition. Broadcast originally on BBC Two biennially, and then on BBC Four years later.[1] Despite the name, and hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the competition, a former member of European Union of Music Competitions for Youth, is designed for British percussion, keyboard, string, brass and woodwind players, all of whom must be eighteen years of age or under on 1 January in the relevant year.[6]

The competition was established in 1978 by Humphrey Burton and Walter Todds, both of whom are former members of the BBC Television Music Department.[1] Michael Hext, a trombonist, was the inaugural winner. In 1994, the usage of percussion instruments was first permitted, alongside the existing keyboard, string, brass and woodwind categories.[1] The competition has five stages, which consist of regional auditions, category auditions, category finals, semi-finals and the final.[7]

Location

Further information on the host venue: Free Trade Hall
The façade of the Free Trade Hall

The Free Trade Hall in Peter Street,

balustraded balcony. The return sides have three bays in a matching but simpler style of blank arches. The rear wall was rebuilt in 1950–51 with pilasters surmounted by relief figures representing the entertainment which took place in the old hall. The Large Hall was in a classical style with a coffered
ceiling, the walls had wood panelling in oak, walnut and sycamore. Pevsner described it as "the noblest monument in the Cinquecento style in England", whilst Hartwell considered it "a classic which belongs in the canon of historic English architecture."[8]

Format

BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, which was conducted by Bryden Thomson.[3] The winner received a cash prize of £1,000.[3]

Results

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.[4]

Draw Country Performer Instrument Piece Result
01  United Kingdom Anna Markland Piano Piano Concerto No.2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff -
02  France Paul Meyer Clarinet Clarinet Concerto No.2 by Carl Maria von Weber 2
03  Norway[a] Atle Sponberg [no] Violin Violin Concerto No.1 by Niccolò Paganini -
04   Switzerland Bertrand Roulet [fr] Piano Piano Concerto No.2 by Dmitri Shostakovich 3
05  Austria Leonhard Kubizek Clarinet Clarinet Concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
06  Germany Markus Pawlik Piano Piano Concerto No.1 by Felix Mendelssohn 1

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[3]

Broadcasting

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the contest.[9]

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF FS2 Unknown [10]
 Denmark DR DR TV, DR P1[b], DR P2 Marianne Albrechtslund [11]
 Finland YLE Unknown
 France TF1 Serge Kaufmann [10][12]
 Germany ZDF Unknown [12][13]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Eyvind Solås [14]
 Sweden SVT Unknown
  Switzerland SRG SSR TSR Georges Kleinmann [fr] [10][12]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC2, BBC Radio 4 Humphrey Burton and Margaret Percy [15][16]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Given the impossibility of transmitting nine stage performances due to time problems, the four Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden) sent a joint participant this year from Norway. In the competition, the musician represented the Norwegian colors.[9]
  2. ^ Deferred broadcast at 23:00 CEST (22:00 UTC)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "History. How it all started". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  2. ^ a b Jacob, Jon (20 May 2013). "Past, present and future – The BBC and its Young Musician Competition". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Eurovision Young Musicians 1982: About the show". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 1982 (Participants)". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1982". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  6. ^ "BBC Young Musician of the Year". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Stages of the Competition". BBC. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  8. ISBN 0-14-071131-7
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  9. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Musicians 1986". Issuu. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  10. ^ a b c "Tele-tip heute". Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Biel, Switzerland. 24 April 1982. p. 29. Retrieved 12 January 2023 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  11. ^ "Tirsdag den 11. maj 1982". DR. 11 May 1982. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  12. ^ a b c "TV – mardi 11 mai". Radio TV - Je vois tout (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 11 May 1982. pp. 34–35. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  13. Limburgs Dagblad (in Dutch). Heerlen, Netherlands. 11 April 1982. p. 6. Retrieved 12 January 2023 – via Delpher
    .
  14. ^ "TV Radio programmene". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 11 May 1982. p. 2. Retrieved 3 March 2023 – via National Library of Norway.
  15. ^ "International Young Musician of the Year 1982". BBC. 11 May 1982. p. 43. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  16. ^ "International Young Musician of the Year". BBC. 11 May 1982. p. 45. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via BBC Genome.

External links

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