EUROVISION CONDUCTORS - RANKING BY NUMBER OF PARTICIPATIONS 1956-1998

In this list of all musicians involved as a conductor in the Eurovision Song Contest, no further participations in other guises (songwriter, arranger, producer, or performer) have been taken into account.

Abbreviations:

MD = musical director / resident conductor

ASS-MD = assistant-musical director

SEMI = semi-final held in Ljubljana in 1993

25 participations (29 entries & 5 MD-ships)

• Noel Kelehan (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993-2, 1994-3, 1995-2, 1996, 1998 / MD 1981, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995)

22 participations (22 entries)

• Ossi Runne (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989)

15 participations (23 entries & 2 MD-ships)

• Franck Pourcel (1956, 1958, 1959-6, 1960, 1961-3, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 / MD 1959, 1961)

15 participations (15 entries)

• Harry van Hoof (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994)

13 participations (18 entries & 2 MD-ships)

• Dolf van der Linden (1957, 1958-5, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970-2, 1971 / MD 1958, 1970)

13 participations (14 entries & 1 MD-ship)

• Anders Berglund (1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992-2, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 / MD 1992)

12 participations (12 entries)

• Richard Oesterreicher (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991)

9 participations (9 entries)

• Francis Bay (1959, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979)
• Øivind Bergh (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)

8 participations (9 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Kai Mortensen (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964-2 / 1964 MD)

8 participations (9 entries)

• Charis Andreadis (1978, 1985-2, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995) 

8 participations (8 entries, 3 MD-ships)

• Ronnie Hazlehurst (1974-0, 1977-2, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992 / MD 1974, 1977, 1982)

7 participations (7 entries)

• Olli Ahvenlahti (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998)
• Norbert Daum (1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994)
• Henrik Krogsgaard (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
• Eduardo Leiva (1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996)

6 participations (7 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Curt-Eric Holmquist (1984, 1985-2, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997 / MD 1985)

6 participations (6 entries)

• Rafael Ibarbia (1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1977)
• Sigurd Jansen (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)
• Thilo Krasmann (1976, 1978, 1979, 1994, 1995, 1997)

5 participations (9 entries, 2 MD-ships)

• Eric Robinson (1957, 1959, 1960-2, 1963-4, 1965 / MD 1960, 1963)

5 participations (5 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Rogier van Otterloo (1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 / MD 1980)

5 participations (5 entries)

• Alyn Ainsworth (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1990)
• Allan Botschinsky (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
• John Coleman (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985)
• George de Godzinsky (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
• Alain Goraguer (1965, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1994)
• Nikica Kalogjera (1972, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989)
• Carsten Klouman (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978)
• Raymond Lefèvre (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1970)
• Kobi Oshrat (1979, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992)
• Jože Privšek (1961, 1962, 1993, 1995, 1996)
• Miljenko Prohaska (1963, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1994)
• Michael Rozakis (1976, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1996)
• Henri Segers (1960, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972)

5 participations (4 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Colman Pearce (1971-0, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 / MD 1971)

5 participations (4 entries, 1 semi-final assistant-MD-ship)

• Mojmir Sepe (1966, 1970, 1997, 1998 / 1993 SEMI ASS-MD)

4 participations (7 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Willy Berking (1957-4, 1963, 1964, 1966)

4 participations (4 entries)

• Sinan Alimanović (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
• Michel Bernholc (1976, 1983, 1985, 1995)
• Juan Carlos Calderón (1973, 1975, 1985, 1989)
• José Calvário (1974, 1977, 1985, 1988)
• Jean Claudric (1971, 1973, 1980, 1982)
• Pete Knutsen (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994)
• Mario Robbiani (1965, 1968, 1976, 1984)
• Eldad Shrem (1975, 1977, 1981, 1988)
• George Theophanous (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)

4 participations (3 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Mats Olsson (1967, 1968, 1972, 1975-0 / MD 1975)

3 participations (8 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Fernando Paggi (1956-6, 1961, 1964)

3 participations (4 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Augusto Algueró (1969-2, 1970, 1972)

3 participations (3 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Jo Carlier (1984, 1986, 1987 / MD 1987)
• Frode Thingnæs (1974, 1976, 1996 / MD 1996)

3 participations (3 entries)

• Paul Abela (1991, 1992, 1996)
• Johnny Arthey (1970, 1971, 1977)
• Dick Bakker (1996, 1997, 1998)
• Hans Blum (1967, 1969, 1986)
• Raymond Donnez (1974, 1976, 1977)
• Régis Dupré (1988, 1990, 1997)
• Maurizio Fabrizio (1976, 1977, 1983)
• Geir Langslet (1995, 1997, 1998)
• William Lind (1961, 1963, 1965)
• Garo Mafyan (1982, 1985, 1987)
• Guy Matteoni (1979, 1988, 1989)
• George Niarchos (1981, 1987, 1989)
• Pedro Osório (1975, 1984, 1996)
• Jean-Claude Petit (1971, 1986, 1987)
• Rainer Pietsch (1975, 1985, 1990)
• Jorge Costa Pinto (1966, 1971, 1973)
• Hervé Roy (1969, 1973, 1979)
• Lars Samuelson (1969, 1975, 1979)
• Freddy Sunder (1983, 1987, 1989)
• Hermann Weindorf (1991, 1994, 1995)

3 participations (2 entries, 1 semi-final entry)

• Esad Arnautalić (1973, 1976 / SEMI 1993)
• Vladimír Valovič (1994, 1998 / SEMI 1993)

3 participations (2 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Frank McNamara (1994, 1995, 1997-0 / MD 1997)
• François Rauber (1978-0, 1983, 1984 / MD 1978)

3 participations (2 entries, 1 assistant-MD-ship)

• Terje Fjærn (1985, 1987 / assistant-MD 1986)

2 participations (5 entries, 2 MD-ships)

• Jean Roderes (1962-2, 1966-3 / MD 1962, 1966)

2 participations (3 entries, 2 MD-ships)

• Pierre Cao (1973, 1984-2 / MD 1973, 1984)

2 participations (2 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Johannes Fehring (1964, 1967 / MD 1967)

2 participations (2 entries)

• Ray Agius (1995, 1997)
• Cinico Angelini (1960, 1962)
• Joan Barcons (1976, 1981)
• Raymond Bernard (1965, 1972)
• Silviu Nansi Brandes (1982, 1983)
• Giancarlo Chiaramello (1967, 1968)
• Anthony Chircop (1971, 1994)
• Levent Çoker (1996, 1997)
• Michel Colombier (1964, 1968)
• Luíz Duarte (1982, 1989)
• Cédric Dumont (1960, 1962)
• Ümit Eroğlu (1990, 1998)
• Martyn Ford (1982, 1986)
• Francis Goya (1991, 1993)
• Nurit Hirsh (1973, 1978)
• Peter Jacques (1975, 1977)
• Stipica Kalogjera (1995, 1998)
• Melih Kibar (1986, 1995)
• Erich Kleinschuster (1972, 1976)
• Christian Kolonovits (1977, 1993)
• Arne Lamberth (1965, 1966)
• Stavros Lantsias (1996, 1997)
• Tarmo Leinatamm (1996, 1997)
• Rolf Løvland (1992, 1993)
• David Mackay (1972, 1973)
• Miklós Malek (1995, 1998)
• Alec Mansion (1987, 1995)
• Gianfranco Monaldi (1964, 1974)
• Carlos Alberto Moniz (1990, 1992)
• Jean Musy (1975, 1978)
• Robert Opratko (1968, 1971)
• Wiesław Pieregorólka (1996, 1998)
• Enrico Polito (1971, 1973)
• Harry Rabinowitz (1964, 1966)
• Mario Rijavec (1967, 1975)
• Yvon Rioland (1977, 1978)
• Wolfgang Rödelberger (1980, 1981)
• Jack Say (1970, 1982)
• Timur Selçuk (1975, 1989)
• Jon Kjell Seljeseth (1990, 1993)
• Atilla Şereftuğ (1986, 1988)
• Mike Sergeant (1983, 1998)
• Zvonimir Skerl (1974, 1982)
• Rolf Soja (1978, 1986)
• Radivoje Spasić (1964, 1965)
• Onno Tunç (1978, 1981)
• Péter Wolf (1994, 1997)
• Nigel Wright (1992, 1993)
• Turhan Yükseler (1988, 1991)
• Rolf Zuckowski (1979, 1981)

2 participations (1 entry, 1 interval act)

• Proinnsías Ó Duinn (1979 / interval 1995)

1 participation (3 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Gianni Ferrio (1965-3 / MD 1965)
• Benoît Kaufman (1989-3 / MD 1989)

1 participation (2 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Egil Monn-Iversen (1986-2 / MD 1986)

1 participation (2 entries)

• Jacques Lasry (1956-2)
• Léo Souris (1956-2)
• Gian Stellari (1956-2)

1 participation (2 semi-final entries, 1 MD-ship semi-final)

• Petar Ugrin (1993 SEMI-2 / MD SEMI 1993)

1 participation (1 entry including semi-final)

• Andrej Baša (1993 / SEMI 1993)

1 participation (1 entry, 1 MD-ship)

• Bruno Canfora (1991 / MD 1991)
• Martin Koch (1998 / MD 1998)
• Norrie Paramor (1968 / MD 1968)
• Dieter Reith (1983 / MD 1983)

1 participation (1 entry, 1 assistant-MD-ship)

• Stanko Selak (1990 / ASS-MD 1990)

1 participation (1 entry)

• Don Airey (1997)
• Manuel Alejandro (1967)
• Joan Amils (1982)
• Karsten Andersen (1964)
• Gert-Ove Andersson (1966)
• Ramón Arcusa (1978)
• Bela Balint (1990)
• Aimé Barelli (1967)
• Selçuk Başar (1984)
• László Bencker (1987)
• Arne Bendiksen (1971)
• Alan Bjelinski (1996)
• Charles Blackwell (1974)
• André Borly (1968)
• Rony Brack (1990)
• Franz Josef Breuer (1960)
• Christian Bruhn (1970)
• Juraj Burian (1996)
• Paul Burkhard (1958)
• Costas Cacogiannis (1998)
• Charles Camilleri (1972)
• Bert Candries (1993)
• Mario Capuano (1970)
• Fernando de Carvalho (1965)
• Matti Caspi (1976)
• George Catsaros (1974)
• Lefteris Chalkiadakis (1979)
• Léo Chauliac (1961)
• Valeriano Chiaravalle (1994)
• Pierre Chiffre (1974)
• Gigi Cichellero (1963)
• Vittorio Cosma (1993)
• Phil Coulter (1975)
• Christian Cravero (1993)
• Flaviano Cuffari (1991)
• Pietro Damiani (1997)
• Krzesimir Dębski (1997)
• Claude Denjean (1967)
• Jacques Denjean (1964)
• Mike Dixon (1995)
• Monica Dominique (1973)
• Henrik Otto Donner (1981)
• Mato Došen (1984)
• Ernie Dunstall (1996)
• Paul Durand (1957)
• Thierry Durbet (1990)
• Aleksandar Džambazov (1998)
• Pepe Ederer (1974)
• Thore Ehrling (1960)
• Anders Ekdahl (1983)
• Alberto Estébanez (1998)
• José Miguel Évora (1983)
• Frede Ewert (1995)
• Lucio Fabbri (1997)
• Marco Falagiani (1992)
• Willy Fantel (1958)
• Rafael Ferrer (1961)
• Jean-Pierre Festi (1972)
• Frank Fievez (1992)
• Mikhail Finberg (1995)
• Jean Frankfurter (1978)
• Colin Frechter (1986)
• Amir Frohlich (1993)
• Shegundo Galarza (1981)
• William Galassini (1959)
• Ólafur Gaukur (1996)
• Bernard Gérard (1970)
• Angelo Giacomazzi (1966)
• Jan Glæsel (1997)
• Gadi Goldman (1995)
• Joaquim Luís Gomes (1968)
• Carl de Groof (1957)
• Eddy Guerin (1984)
• Rutger Gunnarsson (1997)
• Erwin Halletz (1963)
• Hans Hammerschmid (1966)
• Johnny Harris (1969)
• George Hatzinassios (1977) 
• Alfred Hause (1965)
• Richard Hill (1972)
• Les Humphries (1976)
• Nick Ingman (1974)
• Gianfranco Intra (1961)
• Javier Iturralde (1980)
• Leon Ives (1992)
• Christian Jacob (1992)
• Daniel Janin (1978)
• Horst Jankowski (1968)
• Ken Jones (1979)
• Javier de Juan (1988)
• Wolfgang Käfer (1985)
• George Keller (1993)
• Anita Kerr (1985)
• Michael Kienzl (1995)
• Egon Kjerrman (1962)
• Frans de Kok (1969)
• Mischa Krausz (1996)
• Paul Kuhn (1972)
• Szymon Kuran (1997)
• Urmas Lattikas (1994)
• Tomas Leiburas (1994)
• Ezio Leoni (1969)
• Rami Levin (1990)
• Josep Llobell (1994)
• Gianfranco Lombardi (1987)
• Javier Losada (1992)
• Jorge Machado (1980)
• Gianni Madonini (1990)
• Giuseppe Marchese (1981)
• Slobodan Marković (1991)
• Fernando Correia Martins (1991)
• Natale Massara (1975)
• Henry Mayer (1969)
• James McMillan (1998)
• Stjepan Mihaljinec (1990)
• Hans Moeckel (1967)
• Rolf-Hans Müller (1962)
• Klaus Munro (1972)
• Jick Nacassian (1980)
• Mario Natale (1989)
• José Luis Navarro (1979)
• Harald Neuwirth (1988)
• Armindo Neves (1993)
• Del Newman (1980)
• Magdi Vasco Noverraz (1992)
• Gaston Nuyts (1965)
• Jón Ólafsson (1991)
• Helmer Olesen (1978)
• Jaime Oliveira (1987)
• Aydın Özarı (1992) 
• Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1980)
• Shaike Paikov (1989)
• Bengt Palmers (1978)
• Anacreon Papageorgiou (1997)
• Radovan Papović (1983)
• Jérôme Pillement (1991)
• Giusto Pio (1984)
• Jo Plée (1976)
• Mimis Plessas (1983)
• André Popp (1975)
• Bob Porter (1996) 
• Stefan Raab (1998)
• Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson (1987)
• Tony Rallo (1976)
• Peter Reber (1980)
• Yonatan Rechter (1974)
• Michael Reed (1994)
• Rui dos Reis (1996)
• Gianfranco Reverberi (1972)
• Ranko Rihtman (1981)
• Waldo de los Rios (1971)
• Harry Robinson (1961)
• Joël Rocher (1981)
• Adrian Romcescu (1998)
• Claes Rosendahl (1971)
• Gérard Salesses (1979)
• Nicola Samale (1978)
• Joseph Sammut (1993)
• Sylvano Santorio (1980)
• Werner Scharfenberger (1974)
• Hardy Schneiders (1971)
• Roby Seidel (1992)
• Alberto Semprini (1958)
• Marc Sorrentino (1993)
• Piet Souer (1983)
• David Sprinfield (1981)
• Arild Stav (1988)
• Pascal Stive (1984)
• Robert Stolz (1960)
• Wally Stott (1962)
• Armando Tavares Belo (1967)
• Vince Tempera (1975)
• Michael Thatcher (1988)
• Günther-Eric Thöner (1973)
• Gunnar Þórðarson (1986)
• Fiachra Trench (1996)
• Ferrer Trindade (1969)
• Armando Trovajoli (1957)
• Buğra Uğur (1983)
• Bruno Uher (1962)
• Heiki Vahar (1998)
• Jean-Claude Vannier (1973)
• Miguel Ángel Varona (1982)
• Adolfo Ventas (1965)
• Roland Verlooven (1991)
• Sven-Olof Walldoff (1974)
• Jimmy Walter (1970)
• Robert Weber (1983)
• Daniel Willem (1988)
• Kenny Woodman (1967)
• Toni Xuclà (1997)
• Yoram Zadok (1986)
• Fiorenzo Zanotti (1985)
• Lev Zemlinski (1994)
• Dieter Zimmermann (1994)
• Alexander Kirov Zografov (1991)

1 participation (1 semi-final entry)

• Peeter Lilje (1993 SEMI)
• George Natsis (1993 SEMI)

1 participation (0 entries, 1 MD-ship)

• Yitzhak Graziani (1979-0 / MD 1979)
• Igor Kuljerić (1990-0 / MD 1990)
• Malcolm Lockyer (1972-0 / MD 1972)
• Jan Stulen (1976-0 / MD 1976)