Eric van Tijn

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Eric Job van Tijn (born 2 November 1956, in

X Factor
.

He comes from a musical family. His parents Eli and Lena van Tijn founded Artisound the year he was born and he grew up around the studio. In his youth, and during school years, he played in various bands. He also studied composition, arrangement and playing the piano in the conservatory.

His initial musical work was producing Patricia Paay. Soon after, he arranged and produced for the Dutch television show

Loïs Lane, De Kast, Willeke Alberti, the Dolly Dots and Mathilde Santing.[1] Other credits include Mai Tai, Henk Westbroek, Caught in the Act, Jazzpolitie, the trio Linda, Roos & Jessica, the band 4 Fun, Hind Laroussi and Status Quo. Their biggest hit came through a promotional song 15 Miljoen Mensen (meaning 15 million people) for the Dutch bank Postbank N.V.

He is also known for co-writing "

Hemel en aarde" for Edsilia Rombley which represented the Netherlands in 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 4th overall. With Fluitsama he also co-wrote "History
" by Mai Tai. He also composed for the television shows Tarzan and Op zoek naar Evita (meaning Looking for Evita).

He also worked as a judge for the Dutch musical competition shows

X Factor
with his band participating in the live TV finals of the X Factor.

He composed the original score for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[2]

References

  1. ^ RTL: Biografie Eric van Tijn
  2. ^ "Collected Scores #2 (Original Soundtracks)". Spotify. Retrieved 31 May 2021.