Background
Van Otterloo was the eldest son of the conductor Willem van Otterloo.
Van Otterloo was the eldest son of the conductor Willem van Otterloo.
He composed several soundtracks for Dutch films and in 1980 became conductor of the Metropole Orkest for jazz music in Amsterdam. He conducted five songs in Eurovision Song Contests: "Amsterdam" (1980), "Het is een wonder" (1981), "Jij en ik" (1982), "Ik hou van jou" (1984) and "Rechtop in de wind" (1987). He has also composed jazz music