BBC Young Musician of the Year

Infobox award
name = BBC Young Musician of the Year
current_awards =

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imagesize = 300px
caption = BBC Young Musician of the Year logo
description = Exceptional musical talent.
presenter = British Broadcasting Corporation
country = flag|United Kingdom
year = 1978
year2 = 2008
website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/The BBC Young Musician of the Year is a televised music competition, broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Four biennially, and hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation.cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/|title=History. How it all started|accessdate=2008-03-06|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)] The competition is designed for British percussion, keyboard, string, brass and woodwind players, all of whom must be eighteen years of age or under.

The competition was established in 1978 by Humphrey Burton and Walter Todds, both of whom are former members of the BBC Television Music Department. In 1994, the usage of percussion instruments were permitted, alongside the existing keyboard, string, brass and woodwind categories, and is still permitted for use nowadays. Since its introduction, the allowance of percussion instruments has increased interest in the competition among young people. Currently, the competition has five stages, which consist of regional auditions, regional finals, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/entrydetails/stages.shtml|title=Stages of the Competition|accessdate=2008-03-03|publisher=BBC] As a result of the success of the competition, the Eurovision Young Musicians competition was initiated in 1982.

Winners

1982

1988

1994

2000

2006

The 2006 finals were held at The Sage Gateshead on 20 May 2006. The adjudicators for this competition were Marin Alsop, Carlos Bonell, Peter Sadlo, Thea King, Sergei Nakariakov, Angela Hewitt and Kathryn McDowell. The overall number of finalists was significantly smaller for the number of finalists in this competition.

2008

The 2008 finals took place at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 10 May 2008 and 11 May 2008.cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/competition08|title=BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008|accessdate=2008-03-14|publisher=BBC] In celebration of thirty years of the competition broadcasting, the performances lasted for two days.

Notes

References

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1978 History - Past Finalists. 1978] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1980 History - Past Finalists. 1980] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1972 History - Past Finalists. 1982] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1984 History - Past Finalists. 1984] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1986 History - Past Finalists. 1986] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1988 History - Past Finalists. 1988] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1990 History - Past Finalists. 1990] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1992 History - Past Finalists. 1992] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1994 History - Past Finalists. 1994] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1996 History - Past Finalists. 1996] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#1998 History - Past Finalists. 1998] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#2000 History - Past Finalists. 2000] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#2002 History - Past Finalists. 2002] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#2004 History - Past Finalists. 2004] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/history/finalists.shtml#2006 History - Past Finalists. 2006] . BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-12
* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/sandh/2008/Jan-Jun08/bbcym_comp2.htm BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008: Category finalists announced] . MusicWeb. Retrieved on 2008-03-14

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/ Official Site]