# Eurovision Young Musicians 2010

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2010 was the fifteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at the Rathausplatz in Vienna, Austria, on 14 May 2010. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), musicians from seven countries participated in the televised final. This was the third time that the competition was held on an open-air stage and was the beginning of the annual Vienna Festival. Austria and broadcaster ORF previously hosted the contest in 1990, 1998, 2006 and 2008.
A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held at the ORF Funkhaus Wien studios on 8 and 9 May 2010. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Cornelius Meister. Belarus made their début while Czech Republic returned. Three countries decided not to participate, they were Finland, Serbia and Ukraine.
Eva Nina Kozmus of Slovenia won the contest, with Norway and Russia placing second and third respectively.

## Location

Rathausplatz, a square outside the Wiener Rathaus city hall of Vienna, was the host location for the 2010 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians final. The ORF Funkhaus Wien studios in Vienna, Austria, hosted the semi-final round.

## Format

Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz was the host of the 2010 contest.

## Results
### Semi-final

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the semi-final round of the 2010 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.
| Country | Broadcaster | Performer | Instrument |
| Austria | ORF | Marie-Christine Klettner | Violin |
| Cyprus | CyBC | Lambis Paulou | Piano |
| Czech Republic | ČT | Lukáš Dittrich | Clarinet |
| Greece | ERT | Konstantin Destounis | Piano |
| Netherlands | NPS | Dana Zemtsov | Viola |
| Romania | TVR | Stefan Cazacu | Cello |
| Sweden | SVT | Mattias Hanskov Palm | Double bass |
| United Kingdom | BBC | Peter Moore | Trombone |

### Final

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.
| R/O | Country | Broadcaster | Performer | Instrument | Piece | Composer | Result |
| 1 | Croatia | HRT | Filip Merčep | Percussions | Marimba Concerto, 2nd mov. | Emmanuel Séjourné | |
| 2 | Norway | NRK | Guro Kleven Hagen | Violin | Violin Concerto in D-Major, 3rd mov. | Peter Tchaikovsky | 2 |
| 3 | Poland | TVP | Bartosz Głowacki | Accordion | Accordion Concerto "Classico" | Mikolaj Majkusiak | |
| 4 | Germany | WDR | Hayrapet Arakelyan | Saxophone | Fantaisie Brilliante | Francois Borne | |
| 5 | Belarus | BTRC | Ivan Karizna | Cello | Cello Concerto in C Major, 3rd mov. | Joseph Haydn | |
| 6 | Slovenia | RTVSLO | Eva Nina Kozmus | Flute | Flute Concerto, 3rd mov. Allegro scherzando | Jacques Ibert | 1 |
| 7 | Russia | RTR | Daniil Trifonov | Piano | Grande Polonaise Brillante | Frédéric Chopin | 3 |

## Jury

The jury members consisted of the following:

### Semi-final

* Austria – Werner Hink
* Austria – Ranko Markovic
* Austria – Aleksandar Markovic
* Norway – Ingela Øien
* Turkey – Hüseyin Sermet

### Final

* Hungary – Peter Eötvös (head)
* Austria – Werner Hink
* Brazil – Cristina Ortiz
* United Kingdom – Ben Pateman
* Russia – Alexei Ogrintchouk

## Broadcasting

The competition was transmitted live over the Eurovision Network, for both TV viewers and radio listeners, by 11 out of the 20 participating broadcasters. Armenia, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia and Iceland all broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries.