Rogier van Otterloo
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Rogier van Otterloo (1975)
Willem Rogier van Otterloo (11 December 1941 – 29 January 1988) was a Dutch composer and conductor.
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Biography[]
Van Otterloo was the eldest son of the conductor Willem van Otterloo, in Bilthoven, The Netherlands. He composed several soundtracks for Dutch films and in 1980 became conductor of the Metropole Orkest for jazz music in Amsterdam. He conducted five Dutch entries in Eurovision Song Contests: "Amsterdam" (1980), "Het is een wonder" (1981), "Jij en ik" (1982), "Ik hou van jou" (1984) and "Rechtop in de wind" (1987). He has also composed jazz music.
He died from mesothelioma in Bilthoven[1] in 1988.
Discography[]
- 'Turks Fruit' 1973
- 'Visions' 1974
- 'Lets Go To Randstad/Randstad Reflection' 1974
- 'Munich 74' 1974
- 'On The Move' 1976
- 'Moods' 1976
- 'The French Collection' 1976
- 'Heartbeat/Farewell Song' 1976
- 'Soldaat van Oranje' 1977
- 'Tin Pan Alley' 1978
- 'Wereldsuccessen' 1978
- 'Juliana 70' 1979
- 'Grijpstra en de Gier'1979
- 'Collage' 1980
- 'First In The Air' 1984
- 'Silver Selection' 1985
- 'Verzameld Werk' 2005
Filmography[]
- Turkish Delight (1973)
- (1974)
- Help, de dokter verzuipt! (1974)
- Keetje Tippel (1975)
- Soldaat van Oranje (1977)
- Grijpstra & De Gier (1979)
- (1981)
- (1981)
- De Vlaschaard (1983)
- (1986)
External links[]
Media related to Rogier van Otterloo at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Dutch) Official site
- Rogier van Otterloo at IMDb
- ^ "ROGIER VAN OTTERLOO OVERLEDEN". De Telegraaf. 31120. 30 January 1988. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
Categories:
- 1941 births
- 1988 deaths
- Dutch conductors (music)
- Male conductors (music)
- Eurovision Song Contest conductors
- Dutch jazz composers
- Dutch film score composers
- Musicians from Amsterdam
- Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands
- Deaths from mesothelioma
- 20th-century conductors (music)
- Male film score composers
- Male jazz composers
- 20th-century male musicians
- 20th-century jazz composers