Micha\u0142 Stochel from Poland has been named the winner of Eurovision Young Musicians 2026 in Yerevan.<\/p>\n
The 22nd edition of Eurovision Young Musicians took place this evening at the Yerevan Opera Theatre in Yerevan. This marked the first time that Eurovision Young Musicians has been hosted by Armenia, and the third time Yerevan has hosted a Eurovision competition. Hamlet Arakelyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan presented the show. <\/p>\n
Performers from 11 countries competed for the title, all accompanied by the Armenian National Philarmonic Orchestra, which was conducted by Eduard Topchjan. The contest also featured an interval act called \u201cA Second, That\u2019s 40 Minutes\u201d, which combines symphonic music, ballet dancing, acrobatics and visual effects through emblematic works by Aram Khachaturian such as Spartacus, Gayane and Masquerade Suite. Khachaturian was a Soviet and Armenian composer who was born on this day in 1903.<\/p>\n
A jury of international music experts determined the top three and overall winner of the competition. Each juror awarded a mark from 1 to 10 which is based upon specific criteria; technical level, quality of sound, musicianship and interpretation, as well as communication.<\/p>\n
The jurors for Eurovision Young Musicians 2026 are:<\/p>\n
Julien Salemkour \u2013 Conductor
\nEduard Belmar \u2013 Flautist
\nRoman Simovi\u0107 \u2013 Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra
\nNarek Hakhnazaryan \u2013 Cellist<\/p>\n
The running order and results of Eurovision Young Musicians 2026 were as follows:<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany: Mo\u00eb Dierstein \u2013 Violin \u2013 Violin Concerto in E minor, 3rd movement by Felix Mendelhssohn
\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfe Cyprus: Iakovos Kedaritis \u2013 Clarinet \u2013 Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73, 3rd movement by Carl Maria von Weber
\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium: Simon Nakhimovitch \u2013 Simon Nakhimovitch \u2013 Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns
\n\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 Serbia: Jana Jakovljevi\u0107 \u2013 Violin \u2013 Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate
\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland: Manoush Toth \u2013 Piano \u2013 Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7, 3rd movement by Clara Schumann
\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 Armenia: Elen Virabyan \u2013 Flute \u2013 Violin Concerto transposed for flute by Aram Khachaturian \u2013 3rd
\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland: Micha\u0142 Stochel \u2013 Accordion \u2013 Concerto Classico, 3rd movement by Miko\u0142aj Majkusiak \u2013 1st
\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portugal: Beatriz Li Ros\u00e3o \u2013 Violin \u2013 Violin Concerto in D major, 3rd movement by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia: Sonja Misi\u0146a \u2013 Percussion \u2013 Concerto for Marimba and Strings, Op. 12, 2nd movement by Emmanuel S\u00e9journ\u00e9 \u2013 2nd
\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czechia: Nora Lubbadov\u00e1 \u2013 Piano \u2013 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, 3rd movement by Dmitri Shostakovich
\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden: Edward Ahlbeck Glader \u2013 Piano \u2013 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16, 4th movement by Sergei Prokofiev<\/p>\n
Ahead of the final of Eurovision Young Musicians 2026, Eurovoix had the opportunity to speak to some of this year\u2019s contestants. You can watch the interviews below:<\/p>\n
Micha\u0142 Stochel gave Poland their fourth Eurovision Young Musicians win, having previously won in 1992, 2000 and 2016. He is also the first accordionist to win the contest. As the winner Eurovision Young Musicians 2026, Stochel received a prize that includes a trophy and an invitation to perform with the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra during the 2026\u20132027 concert season.<\/p>\n
Eurovision Young Musicians<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
A total of 43 countries have competed in 22 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 Bod\u00f8\u200e in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Micha\u0142 Stochel from Poland has been named the winner of Eurovision Young Musicians 2026 in Yerevan. The 22nd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[35,9],"class_list":["post-10795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-poland","tag-headline","tag-poland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}