Patty Trossèl (born 1963, in

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) is a Dutch singer and composer who performs under the name "La Pat." She sang a unique mix of

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, pre-war styled chansons as well as extraordinary stage outfits.

Education and career

Trossèl's musical career started at age 18 with the new wave band To Lips, in which she sang and played keyboards. A few years later she left the band and entered the School of Performing Arts in

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. In 1986 she started the band La Pat as a school project. Soon she was touring through the Netherlands with a nine piece band. In 1986 she composed the music for the children's tv show ''Theo En Thea''. In 1989 she signed with

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and released her debut album ''Eine Frau für die Liebe'', which contained songs in

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, English, French,

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and Hungarian. She gained critical acclaim for the CD and the live shows, and had a hit single with “Keukenhof.” The same year she also composed the music for the movie ''Het Tenenkaas Imperium''. At the end of 1991 Patty returned to the stage with her second CD ''La Gabbia D’Oro'' (EMI), an Italian

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which she wrote with Peter van Hintem and Indera Nicolina. The opera had

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, two

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s, a

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and a

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. The premiere was at the

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(Amsterdam’s ancient classical music hall), and a tour through the Netherlands and

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followed. In 1992 Patty was presented with the

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for the CD. In 1995 Patty returned to the stage. This time she made a mini CD called ''Witchwaltz'' with eight songs, all in English, with a laid-back, jazzy atmosphere. It was followed one year later by ''Gevleugelde Donna'' (Movieplay, 1996), a diverse collection of songs in many different languages, for the first time also in Dutch. It was a journey through

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that inspired Patty to write her next CD ''Lotusfeet'' (2002), an intense collection of songs based on Indian poems, translated into English and recorded with only piano,

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and violin and for the first time released under her own name. It was followed by concerts in 2003 and 2004. Patty's sixth CD ''Erinnerung'' contains songs, all in German, based on poems by

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. It was released in 2008.

Discography

Studio albums

''Eine Frau fur die Liebe'' (1989) ''La Gabbia D'Oro'' (1991) ''Witchwaltz'' (1995) ''Gevleugelde Donna'' (1996) ''Lotusfeet'' (2002) ''Erinnerung'' (2008) La La Land Records ''The Little Toilings Of The Honeybee'' (2017)

Compilations

''The Best Of La Pat Part 1'' (2010)

References

External links

La Pat Home Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trossel, Patty 1963 births Living people Dutch women singers Dutch women songwriters Dutch singer-songwriters People from Teylingen