Bertolf Lentink (

Dronten Dronten () is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Flevoland. It had a population of in . History Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dr ...

, July 2, 1980) is a Dutch singer/songwriter. In 2010, he was awarded the

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Biography

Lentink plays

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and

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. After playing in a band called The Junes, he landed a job playing with the popular Dutch singer

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. In 2009 he released his debut solo album, ''For Life'', which reached #39 on the Dutch music charts; the single "Another day" reached #10. His second album, ''Snakes & Ladders'', reached #11, with the singles "Two in a Million" and "Cut me loose" reaching #2 and #3, respectively. On March 3, 2010, Lentink was awarded the "

", an award given to promising young artists by

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. The judges said that Bertolf was given the Silver Harp "mainly because of the quality of his songs," and that they see Bertolf as "a composer and lyricist with a great future.".

Discography

*''For Life'' (2009) *''Snakes & Ladders'' (2010) *''Bertolf'' (2012) *''First & Then'' (2015) *''Big Shadows of Small Things'' (2019) *''Happy in Hindsight'' (2021)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lentink, Bertolf 1980 births Living people 21st-century Dutch male singers 21st-century Dutch singers 21st-century guitarists Dutch male guitarists Dutch male songwriters Musicians from Dronten