Ola Melzig
Swedish producer
Lars-Ola Melzig (born May 16, 1966) is a Swedish producer, most commonly associated with the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). He first gained fame after 2000 as technical production manager for The Eurovision Song Contest, which was staged that year at Stockholm’s Globe Arena. Since 2000, Melzig has handled technical production for thirteen ESC finals and was seated as the Stage and Concert producer for two. Most recently, Melzig served as Head of Production for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Early career
Melzig grew up in Malmö, Sweden. He left management at SAAB in the early 1990s for Stockholm, where he had a series of jobs at EMA Telstar (today Live Nation) and others. He did everything from running follow spots and driving forklifts, to production runner and assistant. As a lighting and backline tech, he toured extensively around Europe and the rest of the world. In 1994, Melzig started his own crewing company, M Concert Crew, which he ran for 3 years.
In 1997, Spectra Stage and Event Technologies AB invited him on board to build up an inhouse production department.
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