Austria has participated in the biennial classical music competition

Eurovision Young Musicians The Eurovision Young Musicians (), often shortened to EYM, or Young Musicians, is a biennial classical music competition for European musicians that are aged between 12 and 21. It is organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and broadcast ...

18 times since its debut in

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and is the most successful country in the contest, with a total of five wins. Austria has hosted the contest a record six times, in

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and

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. On 29 October 2015, the Austrian broadcaster

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(ORF) informed Eurovoix.com that they would withdraw from the event in 2016. Austria last participated at the

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Young Musicians, which they won. However, on 11 January 2016 it was announced that Austria would compete in the 2016 contest. ORF decided to withdraw from the 2018 edition, after participating at every previous edition of the contest, with no reasons for their withdrawal being published. On 21 February 2022, it was confirmed that Austria would return to the competition.

Participation overview

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Hostings

Wien Wiener Festwochen 2008 (2481585272)

References

External links

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Participation overview

Hostings

See also

References

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