Norbert Daum

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Norbert Daum
Born	(1948-09-06) 6 September 1948 (age 75) Braunau am Inn, Austria
Occupation(s)	Music conductor, composer
Years active	1965 – present

Norbert Daum (born 6 September 1948) is an Austrian musician and conductor.^[1] He often works with Ralph Siegel. Daum conducted entries in 7 years of the Eurovision Song Contest, during 1979–1994.^[1]

Career

Work as an arranger

Daum was born in Braunau am Inn. He studied the violin, guitar, and piano as well as composition and conducting. Between 1965 and 1971, he was a member of the beat band The Substitutes. Since 1971, Daum has lived in Munich, where he met composer and producer Ralph Siegel, for whom he wrote orchestrations in countless productions. As a freelancer, Daum wrote more than 3000 orchestrations and worked with numerous artists in all genres, varying from crossover and outright classical music to German folk music and with artists such as Vicky Leandros, Karel Gott, Demis Roussos, and Die Jungen Tenöre. He arranged Gilbert Bécaud’s 1985 French chart success ‘Desiree’. He also worked in film and television music.

Eurovision Song Contest

Daum is probably best remembered as one of the conductors at the

. With the exception of 1993, all the other ones which Daum conducted were all written by Siegel.

References

External links

• Official Website