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Eurovision Young Musicians 2006
Dates
Semi-final 1	7 May 2006
Semi-final 2	8 May 2006
Final	12 May 2006
Host
Venue	Semi-final: Konzerthaus, Vienna Final: Rathausplatz, Vienna, Austria
Presenter(s)	Schallbert "Sillety" Gilet
Musical director	Christian Arming
Director	Heidelinde Haschek
Host broadcaster	Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Website	youngmusicians.tv
Participants
Number of entries	18
Number of finalists	7
Debuting countries	Bulgaria  Serbia and Montenegro
Returning countries	Czech Republic
Non-returning countries	Estonia  Germany
Participation map      Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2006
Vote
Voting system	Jury voting
Winning musician	Sweden Andreas Brantelid
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The Eurovision Young Musicians 2006 was the thirteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Rathausplatz in Vienna, Austria on 12 May 2006. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. This was the first time that the competition was held on an open-air stage and was the beginning of the annual Vienna Festival. Austria and broadcaster ORF previously hosted the contest in 1990 and 1998.

A total of eighteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held at the Konzerthaus, Vienna on 7 and 8 May 2006. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christian Arming. The young musicians could not be older than 19 and their performance during the final could not be longer than 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Bulgaria and Serbia and Montenegro made their début while Czech Republic returned. Two countries decided not to participate, they were Estonia and Germany.

Andreas Brantelid of Sweden won the contest, with Norway and Russia placing second and third respectively.

Location

Rathausplatz, a square outside the Wiener Rathaus city hall of Vienna, was the host location for the 2006 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians final. The Konzerthaus, a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, hosted the semi-final round. The Konzerthaus previously hosted the contest in 1998.

Format

Actor Michael Ostrowski in his role as Schallbert "Sillety" Gilet was the host of the 2006 contest. The interval act included performances of several Mozart pieces by the host, and other invited artists.

Results

Semi-final

A total of eighteen countries took part in the semi-final round of the 2006 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final.

Part 1 (7 May)

Country	Performer	Instrument	Result
Belgium	Ilia Laporev	Cello	Failed to qualify
Bulgaria	Ivan Szvetozarevo Gerasimov	Bassoon	Failed to qualify
Cyprus	Jórgosz Mánnurisz	Piano	Failed to qualify
Greece	Jónian-Ilia Kadesa	Violin	Failed to qualify
Croatia	Varga Zita	Cello	Failed to qualify
Norway	Tine Thing Helseth	Trumpet	Qualified
Romania	Alina Elena Bercu	Piano	Qualified
Serbia and Montenegro	Marija Gođevac	Piano	Failed to qualify
United Kingdom	Jennifer Pike	Violin	Qualified
Switzerland	Simone Sommerhalder	Oboe	Qualified

Part 2 (8 May)

Country	Performer	Instrument	Result
Finland	Visa Sippola	Piano	Failed to qualify
Netherlands	Kate Sebring	Piano	Failed to qualify
Austria	Daniela Koch	Flute	Qualified
Poland	Jacek Kortus	Piano	Failed to qualify
Russia	Dmitri Majboroda	Piano	Qualified
Slovenia	Luka Šulič	Cello	Failed to qualify
Czech Republic	Markéta Janoušková	Violin	Failed to qualify
Sweden	Andreas Brantelid	Cello	Qualified

Final

Due to the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the pieces performed by the finalists were restricted to Mozart or pieces from his contemporaries. 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.

Draw	Country	Performer	Instrument	Piece	Result
01	Romania	Alina Elena Bercu	Piano	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, KV 503, 1st movement by W.A. Mozart	-
02	Switzerland	Simone Sommerhalder	Oboe	Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, KV 314, 1st movement by W.A. Mozart	-
03	United Kingdom	Jennifer Pike	Violin	Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, KV 216, 2nd movement by W.A. Mozart	-
04	Norway	Tine Thing Helseth	Trumpet	Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, 1st movement by J. Haydn	2
05	Sweden	Andreas Brantelid	Cello	Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 1st movement by J. Haydn	1
06	Austria	Daniela Koch	Flute	Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, KV 314, 1st movement by W.A. Mozart	-
07	Russia	Dmitry Mayboroda	Piano	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, KV 467 3rd movement by W.A. Mozart	3

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

•  Austria – Ranko Markovic (head)
•  Japan/  Switzerland – Hiroko Sakagami
•  Sweden – Martin Fröst
•  United States – Carole Dawn Reinhart
•  Austria – Heinz Sichrovsky
•  Norway – Erik Niord Larsen
•  Austria – Lidia Baich

Broadcasting

The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network by the participating broadcasters.

Broadcasters in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)
Austria	ORF
Belgium	RTBF
	VRT
Bulgaria	BNT
Croatia	HRT
Cyprus	CyBC
Czech Republic	ČT
Finland	Yle
Greece	ERT
Netherlands	NPS
Norway	NRK
Poland	TVP
Romania	TVR Cultural
Russia	KTVC
Serbia and Montenegro	RTS
Slovenia	RTVSLO
Sweden	SVT
Switzerland	SF
	TSR
	TSI
United Kingdom	BBC

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

References

1. ^ "Eurovision Young Musicians 2006: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. ^ "Eurovision Young Musicians 2006: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
3. "45.000 Besucher bei Eröffnung" [45,000 visitors at opening]. Der Standard (in German). 13 May 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
4. "EBU.CH :: 2006_05_15_eurovision". EBU. 31 August 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-31. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

External links

• Eurovision Young Musicians 2006

• Eurovision Young Musicians by year
• 2006 in music
• 2006 in Austria
• Music festivals in Austria
• Events in Vienna
• May 2006 events in Europe