Curt-Eric Holmquist

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Curt-Eric Holmquist
Curt-Eric Holmquist at Lotta at Liseberg
Born	Curt-Eric Gunnar Holmquist (1948-06-20) June 20, 1948 Gothenburg, Sweden
Occupation	conductor
Years active	1964–present

Curt-Eric Gunnar Holmquist (born 20 June 1948) is a Swedish conductor.

Holmquist first helped the Swedish dance band Curt Haagers in 1966. He played the organ in the band until he left in 1969. in 1984 he conducted the Swedish entry, "Diggi-loo Diggi-ley", in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest.^[1] and performed by the Herreys it won the contest. Holmquist has conducted the Swedish entries for the Eurovision Song Contest on six occasions: 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993 and 1997. In addition to conducting the Swedish entries he also conducted the Flemish entry in 1985.

Holmquist is now program director at Liseberg.^[2] He is also conductor at Lotta Engberg's sing-along shows (Lotta på Liseberg) at Liseberg.

References

↑ "Diggi-loo diggi-ley - lyrics - Diggiloo Thrush". Diggiloo.net. 2010-03-21. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
↑ http://liseberg.se/sv/hem/Scen--show/Lotta-pa-Liseberg/

Preceded by Pierre Cao	Eurovision Song Contest conductor 1985	Succeeded by Egil Monn-Iversen

Persondata
Name	Holmquist, Curt-Eric
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish conductor
Date of birth	20 June 1948
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death

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