Rogier van Otterloo

Dutch composer and conductor

Rogier van Otterloo

Otterloo in 1975

Background information
Birth name| Willem Rogier van Otterloo
Born| (1941-12-11)11 December 1941
Bilthoven, Netherlands
Died| 29 January 1988(1988-01-29) (aged 46)
Bilthoven, Netherlands
Genres| Jazz, Jazz fusion, Classical music
Occupation(s)| Composer, conductor
Years active| 1973–1988

Musical artist

Willem Rogier van Otterloo (11 December 1941 – 29 January 1988) was a Dutch composer and conductor.

## Biography

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Van Otterloo was the eldest son of the conductor Willem van Otterloo, and was born in Bilthoven, 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 in 1988.[1]

## Discography

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* '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

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* Turks Fruit (1973)
* De vloek van Woestewolf [nl] (1974)
* Help, de dokter verzuipt! (1974)
* Keetje Tippel (1975)
* Soldaat van Oranje (1977)
* Grijpstra & De Gier (1979)
* Vrijdag (1981)
* Te Gek Om Los te Lopen (1981)
* De Vlaschaard (1983)
* Op hoop van zegen (1986)

## References

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1. ^ "ROGIER VAN OTTERLOO OVERLEDEN". De Telegraaf. 31120. 30 January 1988. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

## External links

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* Media related to Rogier van Otterloo at Wikimedia Commons
* Rogier van Otterloo at IMDb

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Preceded by

Izhak Graziani

|  Eurovision Song Contest conductor
1980 | Succeeded by

Noel Kelehan

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