Musical directors

	Year		Country				Location		Musical director
	1956				Switzerland		Lugano		Fernando Paggi
	1957				Germany		Frankfurt am Main		Willy Berking
	1958				Netherlands		Hilversum		Dolf van der Linden
	1959				France		Cannes		Franck Pourcel
	1960				United Kingdom		London		Eric Robinson
	1961				France		Cannes		Franck Pourcel
	1962				Luxembourg		Luxembourg		Jean Roderes
	1963				United Kingdom		London		Eric Robinson
	1964				Denmark		Copenhagen		Kai Mortensen
	1965				Italy		Naples		Gianni Ferrio
	1966				Luxembourg		Luxembourg		Jean Roderes
	1967				Austria		Vienna		Johannes Fehring
	1968				United Kingdom		London		Norrie Paramor
	1969				Spain		Madrid		Augusto Algueró
	1970				Netherlands		Amsterdam		Dolf van der Linden
	1971				Ireland		Dublin		Colman Pearce
	1972				United Kingdom		Edinburgh		Malcolm Lockyer
	1973				Luxembourg		Luxembourg		Pierre Cao
	1974				United Kingdom		Brighton		Ronnie Hazlehurst
	1975				Sweden		Stockholm		Mats Olsson
	1976				Netherlands		The Hague		Jan Stulen
	1977				United Kingdom		London		Ronnie Hazlehurst
	1978				France		Paris		François Rauber
	1979				Israel		Jerusalem		Yitzhak Graziani
	1980				Netherlands		The Hague		Rogier van Otterloo
	1981				Ireland		Dublin		Noel Kelehan
	1982				United Kingdom		Harrogate		Ronnie Hazlehurst
	1983				Germany		Munich		Dieter Reith
	1984				Luxembourg		Luxembourg		Pierre Cao
	1985				Sweden		Gothenburg		Curt-Eric Holmquist
	1986				Norway		Bergen		Egil Monn-Iversen
	1987				Belgium		Brussels		Jo Carlier
	1988				Ireland		Dublin		Noel Kelehan
	1989				Switzerland		Lausanne		Benoît Kaufman
	1990				Yugoslavia		Zagreb		Igor Kuljerić
	1991				Italy		Rome		Bruno Canfora
	1992				Sweden		Malmö		Anders Berglund
	1993				Ireland		Millstreet		Noel Kelehan
	1994				Ireland		Dublin		Noel Kelehan
	1995				Ireland		Dublin		Noel Kelehan
	1996				Norway		Oslo		Frode Thingnæs
	1997				Ireland		Dublin		Frank McNamara
	1998				United Kingdom		Birmingham		Martin Koch