Ahead of Eurovision Young Musicians 2026, we caught up with Manoush Toth, who will represent Switzerland in this year’s contest.

With Eurovision Young Musicians 2026 less than a week away, we spoke to the Swiss representative Manoush Toth. We discussed with her about how someone else’s old piano made her fall in love with the instrument, bringing the music of Clara Schumann to a wider audience, and her reaction to finding out that her classmate Edward Ahlbeck Glader would be representing Sweden this year.

We thank Manoush Toth for her time and wish her and the Swiss delegation the best of luck in this year’s contest. Manoush Toth was selected to represent Switzerland at Eurovision Young Musicians after winning the Swiss selection in March.

Eurovision Young Musicians 2026 will take place on June 6 in Yerevan. This is the first time that Eurovision Young Musicians has been hosted by Armenia, and the third time Yerevan has hosted a Eurovision contest.

The countries and musicians competing are:

🇦🇲 Armenia: AMPTV – Elen Virabyan – Flute
🇧🇪 Belgium: RTBF – Simon Nakhimovitch – Marimba
🇨🇾 Cyprus: CyBC – Iakovos Kedaritis – Clarinet
🇨🇿 Czechia: ČT – Nora Lubbadová – Piano
🇩🇪 Germany: WDR – Moë Dierstein – Violin
🇱🇻 Latvia: LSM – Sonja Misiņa – Percussion
🇵🇱 Poland: TVP – Michał Stochel – Accordion
🇵🇹 Portugal: RTP – Beatriz Li Rosão – Violin – Korngold’s Violin Concerto 3rd movement in D major
🇷🇸 Serbia: RTS – Jana Jakovljević – Violin – Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate
🇸🇪 Sweden: SVT – Edward Ahlbeck Glader – Piano
🇨🇭 Switzerland: SRF – Manoush Toth – Piano – Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7

Eurovision Young Musicians

Eurovision Young Musicians is a contest for musicians between the ages of 12 and 21. It has been held since 1982, as the first spin-off contest of the Eurovision Song Contest. The event celebrated its 20th edition in 2022, when Montpellier hosted the competition.

A total of 42 countries have competed over 21 editions of the contest. Norway has competed in 20 out of the 21 contests, tied with Austria. Austria is the most successful country, having won six editions and competed in 17 finals. Leonhard Baumgartner from Austria is the latest winner of the contest, taking victory in Bodø‎ in 2024.