Trijntje Oosterhuis
, Often called Judith Katrijntje " Trijntje " Oosterhuis Traincha, ( born February 5, 1973 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch jazz - pop singer and.
Life and work
She is the daughter of prominent theologian, poet and former Catholic priest Huub Oosterhuis ( b. 1933 ) and the violinist Jozefien Melief of the Amsterdam Promenade Orchestra.
In 1990 she formed with her brother Tjeerd Oosterhuis (born 1971 ), the band Total Touch and participated in the Dutch Grote Prijs van Nederland junior competition. In 1994 she took with Candy Dulfer ( with whom she was also good friends later ) and accompanied this world for two years on tour. In 1995, she had great success in the Netherlands, the debut album Total Touch 1996 and their second album This Way 1998 reached platinum status with the band Total Touch. In 1996 she sang at the opening of the Amsterdam Arena ( De Zee ). The band broke up in 2001 finally to (her brother was producer) Trijntje Oosterhuis and pursued a solo career. Even before she had repeatedly turned to jazz and sang among others at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2000 with Al Jarreau and accompanied by pianist Michiel Borstlap, who was also later as the guitarist Leonardo Amuedo her companion. Your Jazz Album Strange Fruit by 2004 ( with song repertoire of Billie Holiday and George Gershwin ) Blue Note Records again reached platinum status in the Netherlands. The album also gave her over the Netherlands and beyond compliance with the album The Look of Love by 2006 ( with songs by Burt Bacharach, who also accompanied ) reached platinum status and # 1 of the Dutch album charts. It was followed by a tour to the album with the Metropole Orkest. With Bacharach she also worked on a second album and accompanied him on a tour of Japan. Since 2002, she has a recording contract with EMI.
She sang for example, with Lionel Richie ( on the Symphonica in Rosso concert in Arnhem 2008 duet Face in the Crowd, also on the album Just Go by Richie 2009), with Bobby McFerrin at the Concertgebouw in 2004, with Toots Thielemans at the Concertgebouw 2002 ( accompanied from the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw ) and multiply on the North Sea Jazz Festival, about 1999 with Herbie Hancock. In 2002, she sang with Queen on Queen's Day in Amsterdam on the Museumplein.
In 2004 she received the Gouden Harp ( Golden Harp ) after it as the best young talent won the Silver Harp in 1997. In 2008 she received the Edison Jazz Award as vocal artists for Who'll speak for love.
She has two sons, born in 2004 and 2006.