The New Traditions are :
Kim Weemhoff.
Marc Tromp.
Lene te Voortwiss.
Simon Gitsels.
Cok van Vuuren.
Jac Bico.
Marcel Fisser.
Arnold van Dongen.
Danielle van der Stoom.
Renske Taminiau.
Marjolein van Overbeeke.
Jonas Pap.
Influences
Randy Newman. Comsat Angels. Todd Rundgren. Melodic Pop.
1958
Mathilde Santing is born.
1963
Santing starts taking music lessons.
1971
She takes up singing lessons.
1972 - 1981
Santing performs with a band and as a solo artist. She also sings backing vocals with The Tapes, a band from Amsterdam.
The Tapes
1982
Mathilde records a mini album, which is released in two versions: one with 7 songs and one with 9 songs. Mathilde's repertoire mainly consists of covers of evergreens.
1983
Santing is supporting act for Randy Newman. She also starts recordings for her second album.
Dennis Duchhart
1984
Water Under The Bridge is released.
Dennis Duchhart
1985
Santing's first mini album has become gold. She and fellow Dutch singers Julya Lo'ko and Astrid Seriese perform at the Knokke festival in Belgium. Their soul/jazz show wins them the first place.
1986
Mathilde is working on a new album: Out Of This Dream.
1987
The albums Out Of This Dream and Out Of This Dream: A Third Side, are released. Santing performs with the Japanese keyboard player Mimi Izumi Kobayashi.
1988
The Breast And Brow show is for the most part recorded in London.
1989
Santing sings the theme song for the film Rituelen ('Rituals'). She is also one of four vocalists on the album iK.i by Kobayashi.
1990
Mathilde performs in London and Tokio. She receives an Edison Music Award for Breast And Brow.
1991
The album Carried Away is released.
1992
With Lo'ko and Seriese Santing tours The Netherlands.
1993
Santing records the album Texas Girl & Pretty Boy, which wins her a second Edison Music Award.
1994
Santing goes on tour with the Whole Band. She records the pop album Under A Blue Roof and releases the single Hey Joan (based on the Jimi Hendrix song Hey Joe).
1995
Mathilde tours with the Whole Band.
1996
Santing releases her first live album.
1997
She tours again with the Whole Band and in August she makes her musical debut with a part in Joe - The Musical.
1998
She drops the letter 'h' out of her first name. Thanks to the chart topping success of the single Beautiful People the double compilation CD Matilde climbs the album charts. Santing is awarded a Gouden ('Golden') Harp Music Award.
Cor Bakker
1999
La Santing does two shows as supporting act for Shirley Bassey. Santing has chart success with the single Wonderful World (originally by Black). Santing tours with a show called Matilde Binnen Handbereik ('Matilde Within Reach').
2000
Santing plays a part in the Dutch film Babs.
2001
In the spring Santing The Oversoul 9 tour the country with the show May Be. In the autumn they do so again with a show called Nieuw Amsterdam ('New Amsterdam'). The first single to be taken from the album New Amsterdam is In The Meantime.
2002
La Santing wins an Edison Award in the category Best female singer national for her album Nieuw Amsterdam.
2003
In Februari Mathilde Santing kicks off her theatre tour De Negen Levens van Mathilde Santing ('The Nine Lives of Mathilde Santing'). The cabaret-like show, which includes autobiographical elements, is in the Dutch language. Trapperdetrap is a children's album, a project by Santing and Peer de Graaf. With her peers Izaline Calister and Francien van Tuinen and accompanied by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw's Jazz Orchestra, Santing sings a special Christmas concert on December 20.
Izaline Calister
2004
On March 14 she sings at the Gala of Dutch-language songs at Rotterdam's Luxor Theatre. In October and November she is on a short domestic tour with the Dutch Flute Orchestra. Santing is one of the Dutch artists who contribute to a Song For Beslan (In the Russian village by that name a school was hijacked by terrorists). Marjolein van der Klauw (Powderblue) is credited as songwriter. Proceeds go via the Dutch Red Cross and the Help Beslan Foundation to the victims of the disaster. In September Santing gives a master class on Dutch national TV. Among her pupils are former soapy Antonie Kamerling, Mirjam Timmer (ex-Twarres) and Birgit Schuurman.
Birgit
Powderblue
2005
Mathilde Santing is one of the vocalists on Als Je Iets Kan Doen ('If You Can Do Something') the benefit single for the Tsunami victims in Asia. Under the name Mathilde Santing & Her New Traditions the singer embarks on a theatre tour in February. Her show is called Basement Bargains. Basically she leaps through her repertoire over the years. Mathilde Santing contributes to a CD that is enclosed with a book by artist Wouter Stips. Meg and Hans Eijkenaar write the music to Stips' lyrics. The latter's band, Anouk's live band, is featured as backing musicians on the album. In the autumn Santing and The New Traditions go into the studio for recordings of her new album Under Your Charms. Together with Frank Boeijen she prepares her 2006 Benelux theatre tour dubbed Even ('A Little While').
2006
Santing and Frank Boeijen tour the Lowlands with their theatre tour Even. Under Your Charms is released on April 17. From August 25 Mathilde Santing stars in the Dutch version of the musical The Wiz playing the role of Glinda the Good.
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