Norbert Daum

Norbert Daum (born 6 September 1948) is an Austrian musician and conductor.

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.

Daum is probably best remembered as one of the conductors at the Eurovision Song Contest, where he conducted a total of seven entries (five years for Germany and two for Luxembourg).

[1] In 1982 he had the honour of conducting the winning entry for Germany that year, which was sung by Nicole.