Musical directors
From 1956 to 1998, each edition of the competition had its music director. He was responsible for directing the orchestra during the opening interludes, intermission and conclusion of retransmission. He also officiated for delegations from without conductor. Thirty-one people succeeded to the post.
|
Year |
Country |
Musical directors |
|
1956 |
Switzerland |
Fernando Paggi |
|
1957 |
Germany |
Willy Berking |
|
1958 |
Netherlands |
Dolf van der Linden |
|
1959 |
France |
Franck Pourcel |
|
1960 |
United Kingdom |
Eric Robinson |
|
1961 |
France |
Franck Pourcel |
|
1962 |
Luxembourg |
Jean Roderes |
|
1963 |
United Kingdom |
Eric Robinson |
|
1964 |
Denmark |
Kai Mortensen |
|
1965 |
Italy |
Gianni Ferrio |
|
1966 |
Luxembourg |
Jean Roderes |
|
1967 |
Austria |
Johannes Fehring |
|
1968 |
United Kingdom |
Norrie Paramor |
|
1969 |
Spain |
Augusto Algueró |
|
1970 |
Netherlands |
Dolf van der Linden |
|
1971 |
Ireland |
Colman Pearce |
|
1972 |
United Kingdom |
Malcolm Lockyer |
|
1973 |
Luxembourg |
Pierre Cao |
|
1974 |
United Kingdom |
Ronnie Hazlehurst |
|
1975 |
Sweden |
Mats Olsson |
|
1976 |
Netherlands |
Jan Stulen |
|
1977 |
United Kingdom |
Ronnie Hazlehurst |
|
1978 |
France |
François Rauber |
|
1979 |
Israel |
Yitzhak Graziani |
|
1980 |
Netherlands |
Rogier van Otterloo |
|
1981 |
Ireland |
Noel Kelehan |
|
1982 |
United Kingdom |
Ronnie Hazlehurst |
|
1983 |
Germany |
Dieter Reith |
|
1984 |
Luxembourg |
Pierre Cao |
|
1985 |
Sweden |
Curt-Eric Holmquist |
|
1986 |
Norway |
Egil Monn-Iversen |
|
1987 |
Belgium |
Jo Carlier |
|
1988 |
Ireland |
Noel Kelehan |
|
1989 |
Switzerland |
Benoît Kaufman |
|
1990 |
Yugoslavia |
Igor Kuljerić |
|
1991 |
Italy |
Bruno Canfora |
|
1992 |
Sweden |
Anders Berglund |
|
1993 |
Ireland |
Noel Kelehan |
|
1994 |
Ireland |
Noel Kelehan |
|
1995 |
Ireland |
Noel Kelehan |
|
1996 |
Norway |
Frode Thingnæs |
|
1997 |
Ireland |
Frank McNamara |
|
1998 |
United Kingdom |
Martin Koch |