Eurovision Young Musicians 2004
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Eurovision Young Musicians 2004

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2004 was the 12th edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 23 May and a final on 27 May 2004, held at the Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland, and presented by Christian Arming. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Schweizer Fernsehen (SF DRS) and Televisione svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI) on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christian Arming accompanied all competing performers. SRG SSR had previously hosted the contest in Switzerland in 1984.

Musicians representing seventeen countries took part in the competition, with seven of them participating in the televised final. Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy and Latvia decided not to participate, whilst Belgium returned. Albania was listed as the 18th participant, performing 9th at the first day of semi-finals, however in the end did not take part or broadcast the contest.

The winner was violinist Alexandra Soumm representing Austria, with saxophonist Koryun Asatryan representing Germany placing second, and pianist Dinara Nadzhafova representing Russia placing third.

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, was the host venue for the 2004 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. It was built according to the plans of the architect Jean Nouvel and was inaugurated in 1998 with a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.

For the week of the contest, a sound curtain was installed on the outer edge of the building's canopy to create a meeting concourse area; it uses technology to diffuse the sounds from the inside of the venue into the outside space.

Christian Arming was the host of the 2004 contest. For the first time, the host and the conductor was the same person.

Broadcasters from seventeen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2004 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.

Awards were given to the top three participants. 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.

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