Dick Bakker (born 23 May 1947) is a Dutch

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

, conductor and

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. He succeeded Rogier van Otterloo as conductor of the Metropole Orkest, serving between 1991 and 2005. Bakker composed the winning

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entry of

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

for Teach-In. He has remained an associate with the Eurovision Song Contest and the Nationaal Songfestival, composing the Dutch entry for the 1982 Event sung by Bill van Dijk. He conducted three Dutch Eurovision entries, in 1996,

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

and

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

. Bakker is a strong supporter of an orchestra's return to the contest.A full-length biography in English: http://www.andtheconductoris.eu/
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(on ''

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''), Rudi Carrell and Paloma Blanca.

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1947 births People from Blaricum Living people Eurovision Song Contest-winning songwriters Dutch male songwriters Dutch songwriters Dutch male conductors (music) Dutch record producers 21st-century Dutch conductors (music) 21st-century Dutch male musicians Dutch Swing College Band members {{Netherlands-composer-stub

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