Final
As part of the Opening of the Wiener Festwochen on Rathausplatz, the seven finalists will compete for the Eurovision Young Musicians Award. The ORF will televise the Final as a live broadcast. Admission is free. All information about the Final can be found on this page.
Location: Rathausplatz Vienna
Date: 2006-05-12
Time: 21:20
Wiener Festwochen
Grand finale under the stars
The musicians will play live in an open-air concert on Vienna’s Rathausplatz for an audience of over 40,000. The young soloists will be supported by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Christian Arming. In addition to the young musicians’ performances, a show programme is being presented. The award ceremony will be the highlight of the evening.
The ORF will broadcast the event live throughout the whole of Europe in collaboration with EBU Eurovision.
The Final of Eurovision Young Musicians 2006 will also be a tribute to Austria's greatest musical genius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his birth in 1756. Together with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, all the young finalists will perform music by Mozart and his contemporaries.
The 7 Participants
Name: Alina Elena Bercu (Romania)
Repertoire - Final:
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major KV 503
Olympian, Allegro maestoso (1786)
Name: Simone Sommerhalder (Switzerland)
Repertoire - Final: W.A. Mozart: Concerto for oboe
KV 314, mvt 1
Name: Jennifer Pike (United Kingdom)
Repertoire - Final: W.A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
KV 216, mvt 2
Name: Tine Thing Helseth (Norway)
Repertoire - Final: J. Haydn: Concerto, mvt 1
Name: Andreas Brantelid (Sweden)
Repertoire - Final: J. Haydn: Concerto No. 1 in C major, mvt 1
Name: Daniela Koch (Austria)
Repertoire - Final: W.A. Mozart: Concert No. 2 in D major,
KV 314, mvt 1
Name: Dmitry Mayboroda (Russia)
Repertoire - Final: W.A. Mozart: Concerto No. 21 in C major,
KV 467
