Maarten van Roozendaal

Maarten van Roozendaal

Maarten van Roozendaal onstage at the Vondelpark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 23rd, 2008
Background information
Birth name Maarten van Roozendaal
Born (1962-05-03)May 3, 1962
Heiloo, The Netherlands
Origin Heiloo, The Netherlands
Died July 1, 2013(2013-07-01) (aged 51)
Website maartenvanroozendaal.nl

Maarten van Roozendaal (2 May 1962 – 1 July 2013)[1] was a Dutch singer, comedian and songwriter.[2] He recorded "I'm So Curious", and variously worked with Paul de Munnik, Willem Ennes, Egon Kracht, Marcel de Groot and Kim Soepnel.[1]

Biography

Van Roozendaal was born in Heiloo, North Holland, Netherlands. In his youth he was involved with music, and he combined this with his work as a bartender. He wrote music for Teleac school television, playing piano, plus he played drums in a punk band, and directed and advised other artists. In 1994, he won the jury and audience at the Cabaret Festival. He mainly performed his own work, but also that of Cornelis Vreeswijk and Bram Vermeulen. Van Roozendaal also put some poems by Jean Pierre Rawie to music.

Van Roozendaal's work was sometimes of a melancholy tone, at other times cynical. His recurring themes are life, love, death and drink.

On 8 February 2013, it was made public that Van Roozendaal was terminally ill with lung cancer. Subsequently all of his performances were cancelled. Van Roozendaal died on July 1, 2013 at the age of 51.[1]

Theater

Discography

With Paul de Munnik

With Egon Kracht, Marcel de Groot, Wouter Planteijdt, Richard Heijerman and Nico Brandsen

With Egon Kracht and Marcel de Groot

With Willem Ennes for Children for Children

With Egon Kracht, Jeffrey Bruinsma, Michiel van Dijk and Marcel de Groot

With Egon Kracht

With Kim Soepnel

Books and DVDs

References

External links

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