🇦🇹 Austria wins Eurovision Young Musicians 2024

Last weekend, another ‘Eurovision’ event took place. This was the twenty-second edition of Eurovision Young Musicians, which took place in Bodø, Norway, where 11 countries competed in this year’s edition. Out of the competing countries, Austria’s Leonhard Baumgartner won the competition.

Securing Austria’s sixth win in the competition

Austria’s win in the competition saw them win for the sixth occassion. Rounding-up the top three, Hugo Svedberg from Sweden took second place, with Fabian Egger from Germany taking third place.

The performers during the competition and the piece(s) that they performed were as follows:

Running Order	Country	Performer	Instrument	Piece(s)	Composer(s)	Result
1	Norway	Sebastian Egebakken Svenøy	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 5, 3rd movement	Camille Saint-Saëns
2	Switzerland	Valerian Alfaré	Euphonium	Excerpt from Euphonium Concert	Paul Mealor
3	Belgium	Mahault Ska	Piano	Piano Concerto in G minor, 1st movement	Felix Mendelssohn
4	Austria	Leonhard Baumgartner	Violin	Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, 1st movement	Henri Vieuxtemps	1
5	Armenia	Hayk Hekekyan	Oboe	Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D minor, 1st movement	Ludwig August Lebrun
6	France	Pierre-Emmanuel Hurpeau	Piano	Piano Concerto in G, 3rd movement	Maurice Ravel
7	Sweden	Hugo Svedberg	Cello	Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major, 1st movement	Joseph Haydn	2
8	Poland	Jeremi Tabęcki	Clarinet	Concert Fantasia on motives from Rigoletto	Luigi Bassi
9	Serbia	Bogdan Dugalić	Piano	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini	Sergei Rachmaninoff
10	Germany	Fabian Egger	Flute	Tango Fantasia for flute and orchestra	Jacob Gade, Toke Lund Christiansen	3
11	Czechia	Adam Znamirovský	Piano	Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd movement	Camille Saint-Saëns

Speaking about his victory, Leonhard comments:

I am deeply grateful to be able to share the gift of music and bring joy to the world. I hope to make the world a more peaceful place through music. I am also very thankful to everyone who has supported me on my musical path

The team at ‘That Eurovision Site’ would like to congratulate Leonhard and the Austrian delegation on their win in the twenty-first edition of Eurovision Young Musicians.

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News Source: EBU

Photo Credit: Nima Taheri, NRK