Eurovision Young Musicians 2000

Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. As said by the host Arild Erikstad [no], a total of twenty-four countries took part in the competition. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Simone Young. Seven countries returned to the contest, while Croatia, Cyprus and Sweden withdrew from the 2000 contest.

Eurovision Young Musicians 2000
Dates
Semi-final 1	10 June 2000
Semi-final 2	11 June 2000
Final	15 June 2000
Host
Venue	Final: Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
Presenter(s)	Arild Erikstad [no]
Musical director	Simone Young
Directed by	Torstein Vegheim
Executive producer	Anne Rothing
Host broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Website	youngmusicians.tv
Participants
Number of entries	24
Number of finalists	8
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Belgium  France  Germany  Hungary  Netherlands  Poland  Russia
Non-returning countries	Croatia Cyprus  Sweden
Participation map      Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the preliminary round     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2000
Vote
Voting system	Jury chose their top 3 favourites by vote.
Winning musician	Poland Stanisław Drzewiecki
1998 ← Eurovision Young Musicians → 2002

The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Stanisław Drzewiecki of Poland won the contest, with Finland and Russia placing second and third respectively.

 

The Grieg Hall (Norwegian: Grieghallen), a 1,500-seat concert hall in Bergen, Norway, was the host venue for the 2000 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It has been the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since the hall's completion in 1978.

It hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, and is the host of the annual Norwegian Brass Band Championship competition, which occurs in mid-winter. The hall is named after Bergen-born composer Edvard Grieg, who was music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1880 until 1882.

Arild Erikstad [no] was the host of the 2000 contest. Norwegian jazz band The Brazz Brothers performed during the interval.

Preliminary round

A total of twenty-four countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2000 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.

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.

Draw	Country	Performer	Instrument	Piece	Result
01	Austria	Martin Grubinger	Percussion	Canis Familiaris (Concertino fuer Schlagwerksolo und Orchester, op. 23) by Bruno Hartl	-
02	Poland	Stanisław Drzewiecki	Piano	Piano Concerto in E minor, op. 11, 3rd movement by Frederic Chopin	1
03	Hungary	Ödön Rácz	Contrabass	Gran fantasia sulla Lucia di Lammermoor per contrabasso ed orchestra by Giovanni Bottesini	-
04	France	David Guerrier	Trumpet	Concertino pour trompette by Andre Jolivet	-
05	Norway	David Coucheron	Violin	Carmen Fantasie by Franz Waxman	-
06	Finland	Timo-Veikko Valve	Cello	Rondo for Cello and Orchestra, op. 94 by Anton Dvorak	2
07	Netherlands	Gwyneth Wentink	Harp	Harp Concerto, op. 25, 3rd movement by Alberto Ginastera	-
08	Russia	Nikolai Tokarev	Piano	Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra by Peter Tchaikovsky	3

The jury members consisted of the following:

EBU members from the following countries broadcast the final round. Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Sweden and Turkey broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries.

Broadcasters in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Austria	ORF
Belgium	RTBF
	VRT
Czech Republic	ČT
Estonia	ERR
Finland	YLE	TV1
France	France Télévision	France 3
Germany	ZDF
Greece	ERT
Hungary	MTV
Ireland	RTÉ
Latvia	LTV
Netherlands	NOS	Nederland 3	Bo van der Meulen
Norway	NRK	NRK1, NRK P2	No commentator
Poland	TVP
Russia	RTR
Slovenia	RTVSLO
Spain	TVE
Switzerland	SRG SSR	DRS 2
		TSR 2
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC Two	Stephanie Hughes

Broadcasters in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Croatia	HRT
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK Dyo
Denmark	DR	DR2	Lars Søgaard
Sweden	SVT
Turkey	TRT

• Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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