1963:
Patty Trossèl was born in Sassenheim (the Netherlands), as
the youngest of six children.
1981: Patty plays keyboards, sings and composes in a band called "To-lips". They tour the Dutch club-circuit extensively and even get invited to do some shows in Colombia.
1982: To-lips releases the maxi-single "Desire".
1983: Patty quits To-lips en and studies at the "School of small arts" (theatre-school) in Amsterdam.
1986: Patty writes the music for the Dutch childeren TV series "Theo en Thea". Later this year she forms "La Pat", a nine-piece band, in co-operation with Tosca Niterink, as an exam-project for school.
1988:
Patty finishes her study. The school wants to give her 2 important
prices, but Patty refuses. She doesn't want to spoil the atmosphere
between the other students.
La Pat does many concerts and make their TV debut in Holland.
1989: La Pat's
first cd "Eine Frau fur die Liebe" is releases by EMI at the end of the
year. It contains many different styles, from jazz to chanson. In
reviews people often talk about "pre-war cabaret". Patty sings in
French, German, Italian, English and Hungarian. To celebrate the
release she performs in the Amsterdam "Kleine Komedie" for a week. The
shows are being filmed bij national TV.
1990:
In march a TV-special is being broadcasted, containing live-songs
filmed in december, but also 3 video-clips, directed by photographer
Erwin Olaf. "Keukenhof is being releases as a single and gets quite
some airplay.
Patty tours the country, but halfway through the year she gets tired of
it and quits. She wants to write new songs in a less theatrical style.
1991:
Patty stays in Hollywood for a while, where she writes songs with
composer Frederic Myrow. Later this year she releases "La Gabbia
D'Oro": An Italian opera, written in co-operation with Peter van Hintem
and Indera Nicolina, recorded and played live with musicians who worked
with Tom Waits and Michael Nyman, amongst others.
The premiere was held at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdams most famous
classical music theater). A tour through Holland and Belgium follows.
"La Gabbia D'Oro" gets rewarded with the Edison, a famous Dutch music
price.
1995: After a long
period of silence the mini-CD "Witchwaltz" appears: 8 songs with a
somewhat lazy, jazzy atmosphere, all in English. A tour follows.
1996: The CD "Gevleugelde Donna" gets released: Different styles and languages, for the first time Patty also sings in Dutch. The release is followed by a big theatre tour.
2001: Patty performs together with Istvan Hitzelberger, in a show called "Gracias a la vida". It contains songs of Mercedes Sosa and Ellis Regina.
2002: Patty makes a journey through India and returns inspired. She writes and records the CD "Lotusfeet", which contains all english songs, based on Indian poems. For the first time the CD gets released under Patty's own name.
2003: In the summer, autumn and winter Patty tours the Dutch theaters again. She performs songs from "Lotusfeet", but also some older work.
2007: Patty works
on a new CD "Erinnerung". It contains songs in German: All composed by
herself, based on poems, mainly by Rainer Maria Rilke. Patty does some
try-outs in small theatres.
2008: De CD "Erinnerung" gets released early april.
Some concerts follow. For the first time Patty plays the piano herself,
throughout the whole show.
The new album "Erinnerung" is available from this website only (worldwide
shipping).
