The Eurovision Young Musicians 2008 was the fourteenth edition of the

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, held at the Rathausplatz in

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on 9 May 2008. Organised by the

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(EBU) and host broadcaster

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(ORF), musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. This was the second time that the competition was held on an open-air stage and was the beginning of the annual

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. Austria and broadcaster ORF previously hosted the contest in , and 2006. A total of sixteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held at the

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on 4 and 5 May 2008. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the

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, conducted by Aleksandar Markovic. (as an independent nation) and made their début while returned. Five countries decided to withdraw from the contest, they were , , , and .

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of Greece won the contest, with Finland and Norway placing second and third respectively. Grammenos is the first woodwind player to win the competition (previous winners have played piano, violin or cello). A new feature in 2008 was the audience prize, voted for by television viewers in the host country via

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. The third prize winning Norwegian violinist

Eldbjørg Hemsing Eldbjørg Hemsing (born 16 February 1990 in Nord-Aurdal, Norway) is a Norwegian violinist who has been since the age of 11, with her solo debut with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. She premiered several works by Tan Dun. She lives in Berlin. ...

was the winner of this public vote.

Location

Rathausplatz, a square outside the Wiener Rathaus city hall of Vienna, was the host location for the 2008 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians final. The

, a theatre in Vienna, Austria, hosted the semi-final round.

Format

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and Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz were the hosts of the 2008 contest. The interval act was

Angelika Kirchschlager Angelika Kirchschlager (born 24 November 1965, Salzburg) is an Austrian mezzo-soprano opera and lieder singer. Career Kirchschlager began her musical training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where she studied percussion and piano. In 1984, she w ...

performing "One Life to Live" alone and "We Dream Together" with the

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Results

Semi-final

A total of sixteen countries took part in the semi-final round of the 2008 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final.

Part 1 (4 May)

Part 2 (5 May)

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.

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

Semi-final

* – Jeanette de Boer * – Günter Voglmayr * – Franz Bartolomey * – Ranko Marković * – Kaja Danczowska * –

Jerzy Maksymiuk Jerzy Jan Maksymiuk (born 9 April 1936) is a Polish composer, pianist and orchestra conductor. Personal life Maksymiuk was born in Grodno, Second Polish Republic (now Belarus). He studied violin, piano, conducting and composition at the Warsaw ...

Final

* –

Sir Roger Norrington Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington (born 16 March 1934) is an English conductor. He is known for historically informed performances of Baroque, Classical and Romantic music. In November 2021 Norrington announced his retirement. Life Norr ...

(head) * –

Ranko Markovic Ranko Markovic is an Australian film and television producer and is the company director and producer of Templar Entertainment. Markovic's career started out in property development and investment before moving into film. Since then Markovic ha ...

*/ – Jeanette de Boer * –

Lars Anders Tomter Lars Anders Tomter (born 30 November 1959) is a Norwegian viola player. He plays on a 1590 Gasparo da Salò Gasparo da Salò (20 May 154214 April 1609) is the name given to Gasparo Bertolotti, one of the earliest violin makers and an expert ...

* – Günter Voglmayr * –

Alison Balsom Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and thre ...

Broadcasting

The competition was transmitted live over the

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by 18 broadcasters. Iceland and Lithuania broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries.

References

External links

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Location

Format

Results

Semi-final

Part 1 (4 May)

Part 2 (5 May)

Final

Jury members

Semi-final

Final

Broadcasting

See also

References

External links