United Kingdom in the Eurovision Young Musicians
The United Kingdom has participated in the biennial classical music competition Eurovision Young Musicians sixteen times since its debut in 1982.BBC Young Musician (originally BBC Young Musician of the Year) is a televised national music competition organised by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), that inspired the creation of the Eurovision Young Musicians itself.Broadcast on BBC Television and BBC Radio 3 biennially,[4] the competition, a former member of European Union of Music Competitions for Youth, is designed for British percussion, keyboard, string, brass and woodwind players, all of whom must be eighteen years of age or under on 1 January in the relevant year.[5] The competition was established in 1978 by Humphrey Burton and Walter Todds, both of whom are former members of the BBC Television Music Department.[4] From 1982, the winner of the show often proceeded to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Young Musicians.