Ziyu He from Austria wins Young Musicians 2014!

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 has come to an end and we have a winner!

 

Ziyu He (Violin) has won the first prize of this Eurovision musical talents contest which has taken place in the Roncalliplatz located in the heart of Cologne (Germany). Second and Third prizes has been got by Urban Stanič (piano) and Gergely Devich (cello) from Slovenia and Hungary, the winners’ prizes has been announced at the end of the final concert where each participant has performed a 5-minute.

The winner have been determined by a professional jury formed by Prof. Dr. Clemens Hellsberg (Chairman – Violinist – Austria), Carol McGonnell (Clarinettist – Ireland), Markus Pawlik (Pienist – Germany), Maurice Steger (Recorder Virtuoso – Switzerland), Uroš Lajovic (Conductor – Slovenia). The five jury members have evaluated the 14 participants in two stages: pre-round performance (15 minutes) and final performance (5 minutes).

The show has been presented by Sabine Heinrich and all the participants have been accompained by the WDR Symphony Orchestra. The 14 contestant have also performed together a special composition by Mark Adair.

ABOUT ZIYU HE (VIOLIN):

Ziyu He was born in 1999 in Qingdao, China and began studying the violin at the age of 5 under the guidance of Professor Xiangrong Zhang.

In 2010, Ziyu was presented in Beijing as a part of the Austrian-Chinese Music Academy to Professor Paul Roczek of the Mozarteum University, Salzburg. Professor Roczek immediately recognized the immense musical potential and artistic talent of young Ziyu and recommended him as a participant in the International Mozarteum Summer Academy. Since October 2011, Ziyu lives and studies in Salzburg at the Leopold Mozart Institute of the Mozarteum University. Ziyu has already demonstrated astonishing talent in many concerts. Of especial distinction were two concerts opening the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and 2012, and another in the Leopold Mozart Center in the University of Augsburg, Germany.

As the youngest participant of the Meissen Music Academy in the summer of 2012, he was chosen amongst all age groups for the Szymon Goldberg Award. Recently he was also named prize winner of the Mozarteum International Summer Academy, and as a result he performed at the Salzburg Festival the Chaconne in d minor of J.S. Bach. In 2013 he won a special prize as well as the third prize at the International Competition for Violin, Kloster Schöntal and a third prize at the International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists. Ziyu made his debut with orchestra in November 2012 with the Qingdao Symphony, playing Saint-Saëns´ Rondo Capriccioso.

In September 2014 he will perform a recital in the Robert Schumann House, Zwickau, Germany.

Pre-Round Pieces:

• Violinkonzert KV 207, 1. Satz mit Kadenz von Kurt Guntner by W.A. Mozart
• Capriccio op. 1/1 by Niccolò Paganini
• 2. Violinkonzert by Belá Bartók

Final Piece: 2. Violinkonzert by Belá Bartók

This is the third victory for Austria at Eurovision Young Musicians, they also won the contest in 2004 and 1998.  Austria has taken part in this competition a total of 14 times owning the record of participations as the most musical European country.