Beatrice Kern returns to the commentary booth for SRF for Eurovision Young Musicians 2026 this weekend.
SRF has announced that Beatrice Kern will commentate on its coverage of the final of the 22nd edition of Eurovision Young Musicians in Yerevan on June 6. Beatrice is a radio presenter who has worked for SRF 2 Kultur since 2015, and who commentated on Eurovision Young Musicians in 2024 when Switzerland returned to the competition.
19-year-old Manoush Toth will represent Switzerland this weekend at Eurovision Young Musicians 2026. The pianist was selected in March to represent Switzerland in Armenia. A pre-selection was held to review all the applications with seven musicians invited to the radio hall at the SRF campus in Zurich-Leutschenbach to perform for a jury. The jury that selected the overall winner was formed of bassoonist Valeria Curti, pianist Oliver Schnyder, violinist Meret Lüthi, and classical music influencer Sumina Studer.
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 – Aram Khachaturian’s, Violin Concerto transposed for flute
🇧🇪 Belgium: RTBF – Simon Nakhimovitch – Marimba
🇨🇾 Cyprus: CyBC – Iakovos Kedaritis – Clarinet
🇨🇿 Czechia: ČT – Nora Lubbadová – Piano
🇩🇪 Germany: WDR – Moë Dierstein – Violin – Felix Mendelhssohn’s, Violin Concerto in E minor, 3rd mvt
🇱🇻 Latvia: LSM – Sonja Misiņa – Percussion – Concerto for Marimba and Strings, Op. 12, 2nd mvt by Emmanuel Séjourné
🇵🇱 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.
Source: SRF