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The Eurovision Young Musicians 1990 was the fifth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Musikverein in Vienna, Austria on 29 May 1990. 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. Greece and Portugal made their début at the 1990 contest.

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

Location

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. 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. 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.

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.

• Cyprus
•  Denmark
•  Finland
•  Greece
•  Ireland
•  Italy
•  Norway
•  Portugal
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•   Switzerland
•  United Kingdom
•  Yugoslavia

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.

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:

•  Austria/ United States – Carole Dawn Reinhart
•  Austria – Rainer Küchl
•  Czechoslovakia – Václav Neumann (head)
•  France – Philippe Entremont
•  Germany – Günther Breest
•  United Kingdom – Brian J. Pollard
•  United Kingdom – Charles Medlam

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.

Broadcasters in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Austria	ORF	FS2
Belgium	RTBF	Télé 21
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK
Denmark	DR	DR TV	Peter Borgwardt
Finland	YLE	TV1
France	FR3
Germany	3sat
Greece	ERT
Ireland	RTÉ
Italy	RAI	Rai Tre
Netherlands	NOS	Nederland 3	Annemiek Tan
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet	Eyvind Solås
Portugal	RTP
Spain	TVE
Sweden	SVT	TV2	Marianne Söderberg
Switzerland	SRG SSR
		SRG Sportkette [de], DRS 2
		SSR Chaîne sportive, RSR 2
		TSI Canale sportivo
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC2	Humphrey Burton and Edward Gregson
Yugoslavia	JRT	TV Beograd 2
		TV Ljubljana 2
		TV Zagreb 2

Broadcasters in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Bulgaria	BNT
Romania	TVR
Soviet Union	CT USSR

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1990

References

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External links

• Official website

• Eurovision Young Musicians by year
• 1990 in music
• 1990 in Austria
• Music in Vienna
• Music festivals in Austria
• Events in Vienna
• May 1990 events in Europe