Rogier van Otterloo (Composer, Arranger)

Born: December 11, 1941 - Amsterdam, Holland
Died: January 29, 1988 - Bilthoven, Holland

The Dutch composer and conductor, (Willem) Rogier van Otterloo, was the eldest son of the conductor Willem van Otterloo. He has composed several soundtracks for Dutch films and in 1980 became conductor of the Metropole Orkest for jazz music in Amsterdam. He has conducted four songs 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 musics.

Source: Wikipedia Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (November 2009)

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Rogier van Otterloo (Wikipedia)

Rogier van Otterloo (Official Website) [Dutch]

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