Bob Scholte

Hijman (Bob) Scholte ( Amsterdam , February 21 1902 - there, November 3 1983 ) was a Jewish - Dutch singer .

Scholte was discovered by Jules Monasch, which brought him into contact with Bram Godschalk . After his primary school was decided that Scholte cantor would be in a synagogue . He has for this reason some time taken classes at the Jewish Seminary, however, he never became a singer.

His real artistic career began when he in 1916 of Nap de la Mar offered a child's role in the operetta The Wayfarer; As a small child, he has done numerous performances at the Tip-Top Theatre in the Jodenbreestraat .

In 1931 Scholte joined the AVRO . In the orchestra of Lajos Kovacs, he gained national fame with the songs Oh Monah, Goodnight and sleep tight, a house with a garden and we go to Rome. He was a regular contributor to the Bonte Dinsdagavondtrein .

In the Second World War, survived Bob as some of his family and other relatives to the concentration camp Auschwitz .

After the war Scholte resumed his career with mainly Jewish songs. He was also, like Sylvain Poons contributor to that time highly regarded program of Wim Ibo Where does the time.

One of the many awards that Bob Scholte was awarded was the Golden Harp (1966).

After his death by his family Bob Scholte-ring created a prize for Dutch honor singers.

On June 3, 2015 the Jewish Broadcasting sent a tribute from which Karin Bloemen, Antje Monteiro, Brigitte Nijman, Thomas Berge, Job Bovelander and Ben Cramer the songs of Bob Scholten brought back to life.