Ahead of Eurovision Young Musicians 2024, we had the opportunity to speak to Leonhard Baumgartner, who is representing Austria in this year’s contest.
Leonhard talked about the social activities for the contestants, his reaction to being selected for the contest and how he chose his piece.
You can watch the interview here:
Thank you Leonhard for speaking to us and good luck at the contest!
Eleven countries will compete on the Young Musicians stage in Bodø, Norway. The competing artists with the instrument they are competing with are as follows:
- Armenia: AMPTV – Hayk Hekekyan (Oboe)
- Austria: ORF – Leonhard Baumgartner (Violin)
- Belgium: RTBF – Mahault Ska (Piano)
- Czechia: ČT – Adam Znamirovský (Piano)
- France: France Télévisions – Pierre-Emmanuel Hurpeau (Piano)
- Germany: WDR – Fabian Egger (Flute)
- Norway: NRK – Sebastian Egebakken Svenøy (Piano)
- Poland: TVP – Jeremi Tabęcki (Clarinet)
- Serbia: RTS – Bogdan Dugalić (Piano)
- Sweden: SVT – Hugo Svedberg (Cello)
- Switzerland : SRF – Valerian Alfaré (Euphonium)
Eurovision Young Musicians
Bodø, which is one of the European Capitals of Culture for 2024, is playing host to a Eurovision event for the first time, while Young Musicians returns to Norway for the first time since 2000.
The competition for musicians between the ages of 12 and 21 and has been held since 1982, as the first spin-off contest of the Eurovision Song Contest. The event celebrated its twentieth edition in 2022 when Montpellier hosted the competition.
Over the twenty editions of the competition, a total of forty-two countries have competed across the history of the competition. Norway has competed in nineteen out of the twenty contests, tied with Austria. Austria is the most successful country having won 5 editions and competed in 15 finals.
Image Source: ORF/Hans Leitner
