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The replay of the final is now available here .
Vienna, 14 May 2010 – 16 year old Eva-Nina Kozmus was awarded the coveted title of the "Eurovision Young Musician" for her interpretation of the concerto for flute, 3rd mvt., Allegro scherzando by Jacques Ibert. Born in 1994 in Celje, Slovenia, she began playing flute and piano at age 7. She is currently an undergraduate at the Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory. Eva-Nina Kozmus began competing in 2005 in an international flute competition in Serbia and has since gone on to compete in several competitions in Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, as well as Italy. She is a member of the Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory Symphony and Chamber Orchestra and performs with several renowned international orchestras. First runner-up is Guro Kleven Hagen (16) from Norway who played Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D-Major, Op. 35 3rd mvt.: Allegro vivacissimo, and second runner-up is pianist Daniil Trifonov (19) from Russia who played Frederic Chopin's Grande Polonaise Brilliante, Es-dur op. 22.
The winner was awarded a master-class scholarship. The three winners were awarded cash prizes, together with a "Eurovision Young Musicians" trophy.
The seven Finalists, shortlisted from 15 competitors, aged from 13 to 19, performed live during the competition's Final, which marked the opening of the Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) at the Rathausplatz (Vienna City Hall square). The talented musicians, performing a wide range classical music compositions, performed in front of a vibrant audience of tens of thousands at the square. The young musicians were accompanied by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO), conducted by the 30 year old German conductor Cornelius Meister, recently appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor of RSO. |