Eurovision Young Musicians
International youth classical music competition
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| August 17 2024 | Twenty-first and most recent edition of Eurovision Young Musicians held in Bodø, Norway. Leonhard Baumgartner won the competition, playing the violin for Austria. |
| 2022 | Violin instrument wins again in Eurovision Young Musicians competition |
| 2022 | Russia was banned from entering the Eurovision Young Musicians competition. |
| February 3 2022 | Norwegian broadcaster NRK confirmed that the upcoming edition would be held in Montpellier, France in July. |
| 2021 | 1st Eurovision Young Musicians competition held in Yerevan, Armenia, with no specified winner. |
| 2020 | Russia withdrew from the planned contest, which was later cancelled. |
| March 18 2020 | The contest scheduled for Zagreb, Croatia was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. |
| 2018 | Brief reintroduction of the semi-final round in the Eurovision Young Musicians competition. |
| 2018 | The contest was hosted by the BBC in partnership with the Edinburgh International Festival. |
| August 23 2018 | 18th Eurovision Young Musicians held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Winner was Ivan Bessonov from Russia, performing the 3rd movement of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. |
| 2016 | 1st Eurovision Young Musicians held in Yerevan, Armenia. |
| 2016 | Semi-finals were removed from the competition due to low participant numbers. |
| 2016 | First recorded Saxophone instrument winner in Eurovision Young Musicians competition |
| May 14 2015 | 15th Eurovision Young Musicians held in Vienna, Austria. Winner was Eva Nina Kozmus from Slovenia, performing a Flute Concerto by Jacques Ibert. |
| May 11 2015 | 14th Eurovision Young Musicians competition held in Vienna, Austria. A Norwegian viola performer competed, playing movements 2 and 3 of Béla Bartók's Viola Concerto. |
| 2014 | Austria won both the Eurovision Young Musicians and Eurovision Song Contest in the same year, another rare dual victory. |
| 2014 | New preliminary round introduced where all participants automatically qualified for the final, with jury scores from this round considered in the Grand Final to help determine the top three prize winners. |
| September 3 2014 | 11th Eurovision Young Musicians competition in Cologne, Germany. A Polish saxophonist performed Rhapsody pour Saxophone alto by André Waignein. |
| May 31 2014 | 14th Eurovision Young Musicians held in Cologne, Germany. Winner was Ziyu He from Austria, performing Violin Concerto No. 2 by Béla Bartók. |
| 2012 | Last year of the original semi-final round format for the competition. |
| 2012 | First recorded Viola instrument winner in Eurovision Young Musicians competition |
| 2012 | Several transcontinental countries expanded their participation in the Eurovision Young Musicians competition. |
| August 17 2012 | 11th Eurovision Young Musicians competition in Bodø, Norway. Winner was Leonhard Baumgartner from Austria, performing the 1st movement of Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 5. |
| July 23 2012 | 9th Eurovision Young Musicians held in Montpellier, France. Winner was Daniel Matejča from the Czech Republic, performing movements 3 and 4 of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1. |
| 2010 | First recorded Flute instrument winner in Eurovision Young Musicians competition |
| August 23 2010 | 18th Eurovision Young Musicians competition held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Winner was Ivan Bessonov from Russia, performing Piano Concerto No. 1, 3rd movement by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. |
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