Eurovision Young Musician 2012 winner Eiving Holtsmark Ringstad has been nominated for the Statoils Classical Music Scholarship alongside former Eurovision Young Musicians runner-up Guro Kleven Hagen. 

Just over one week ago Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad was crowned the winner of Eurovision Young Musicians 2012 after a spectacular open air show in Vienna. Young Musicians.tv caught up with the prize winners!

Percussionist Martin Grubinger has today been confirmed as the host for the final of the 2012 Eurovision Young Musicians, the European Broadcasting Union’s organisers have confirmed.

The Netherlands have picked Ella van Poucke as their representative in this year's Eurovision Young Musicians. Ella won out of a national final over three other participants, all of whom were girls, which was held at the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden.

Lizi Ramishvili will represent Georgia at the Eurovision Classical Music Competition 2012 in Vienna, Austria, after having won a national final comprising of six contestants organized by broadcaster GBP.

Fotis Zacharias has been selected to represent Greece in Vienna, after winning a national final with 17 other contestants.

Germany have decided on their artist for this year’s Eurovision Young Musicians competition- sixteen year old pianist Dominic Chamot will be heading to Vienna in May.

Bosnia-Herzegovina will take part in the Eurovision Young Musicians competition for the first time this May in Vienna, and they've already picked their representative.

The national selection process in Belarus is down to the final round, and just three young musicians remain. Today they will all perform for the final time, and one will go on to represent their country at the 2012 Eurovision Young Musicians in Vienna.

17-Year old violinist Bohdan Ivasyk has been chosen by Ukraine's broadcaster NTU to represent them at the 2012 Eurovision Young Musicians competition. Bohdan is from Lviv, and was chosen by a professional jury to make the trip to Austria in May.

The Czech Republic have decided that 18-year old Michaela Špačková will represent them in this year's Eurovision Young Musicians. The Bassoonist from Prague was chosen by a jury at a selection process in Brno. She has won several prizes during her career so far, and has toured across the Continent with many different orchestras.

A total of 14 countries have submitted applications to take part in this year's Eurovision Young Musicians competition, that will take place at the Ratzhausplatz Vienna, Austria, on 11 May. Four countries will enter the competition for the first time, whilst Slovenia are the defending champions.

Georgian Public Broadcasting will take part in Eurovision Young Musicians for the first time this year, and will hold their national selection on March 11. The deadline to submit applications passed today, and on February 20 the finalists will be announced by a professional jury. Together with Armenia, Georgia represents the second Caucus country to make their debut this year.

The Czech Republic is preparing for the 2012 Eurovision Young Musicians competition with their national selection tomorrow at in the second largest city, Brno. Thirteen musicians under 20 years old will take part, with a jury deciding who will go to Vienna- and who will receive a special, additional, prize.

Belarus is preparing for only its second ever participation in the Eurovision Young Musicians Contest. Broadcaster Belteleradio Company plans to hold a national final next month before the contest in May, and will also broadcast the final live from Vienna on their first channel.