Dick Bakker

Dutch composer, arranger, producer, director, conductor, and sound engineer, born 1947, Blaricum (The Netherlands). Started his career as sound engineer at Soundpush Studios and became manager of Dureco Studio in 1972, where he stayed until 1985. During this period he was also one of the managing directors of Dureco. After a successful spell as a composer and arranger of advertisement jingles, he was the resident conductor of the Metropole Orchestra for fourteen years (1991-2005).