Artist

Jan Rot

Portrait of Jan Rot

1957–2022

Jan Rot was an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at International Institute of Social History.

Jan Rot was a Dutch singer-songwriter born in Makassar, who was famous in the Netherlands for his many translations of songs, pop as well as classical ones. His Dutch translation of Bach's St Matthew Passion peaked in the Dutch pop album charts at Easter 2006. In 2021, Rot was diagnosed with terminal cancer; he continued performing till April 2022 and died in Rotterdam on 22 April.

Collections represented

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