{{short description|Dutch singer/songwriter}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2010}}
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'''Bertolf Lentink''' (Dronten, July 2, 1980) is a Dutch singer/songwriter. In 2010, he was awarded the Zilveren Harp.
==Biography== Lentink plays guitar and piano. After playing in a band called The Junes, he landed a job playing with the popular Dutch singer Ilse De Lange.<ref name="pzc"/> In 2009 he released his debut solo album, ''For Life'', which reached #39 on the Dutch music charts; the single "Another day" reached #10. His second album, ''Snakes & Ladders'', reached #11, with the singles "Two in a Million" and "Cut me loose" reaching #2 and #3, respectively.
On March 3, 2010, Lentink was awarded the "Zilveren Harp", an award given to promising young artists<ref name="pzc">{{cite news|last=Pankow|first=Ali|title=Bertolf komt graag weer naar Zeeland|url=http://www.pzc.nl/algemeen/cultuur/6512743/Bertolf-komt-graag-weer-naar-Zeeland.ece|accessdate=18 October 2010|newspaper=Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant|date=8 April 2010}}</ref> by BUMA/STEMRA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bumaharpengala.nl/nieuws/index/id/92 |title=Buma Harpen Gala - Nieuws |accessdate=2010-10-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410152655/http://www.bumaharpengala.nl/nieuws/index/id/92 |archivedate=2010-04-10 }}</ref> The judges said that Bertolf was given the Silver Harp "mainly because of the quality of his songs," and that they see Bertolf as "a composer and lyricist with a great future.".{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}
==Discography== *''For Life'' (2009) *''Snakes & Ladders'' (2010)<ref>{{cite news|last=Eis|first=Wop van|title=Rev. of Lenting, ''Snakes & Ladders''|url=http://www.denhelderactueel.nl/28/04/2010/bertolf-%E2%80%93-snakes-ladders/|accessdate=18 October 2010|newspaper=Den Helder Actueel|date=28 April 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502032641/http://www.denhelderactueel.nl/28/04/2010/bertolf-%E2%80%93-snakes-ladders/|archivedate=2 May 2010}}</ref> *''Bertolf'' (2012) *''First & Then'' (2015) *''Big Shadows of Small Things'' (2019) *''Happy in Hindsight'' (2021) *''Bluefinger'' (2023)
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