Cor Bakker

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Cor Bakker (born 19 August 1961) is a Dutch pianist. [1]

Bakker was born at Landsmeer. He rose to fame playing in De Schreeuw van De Leeuw , a television show starring Paul de Leeuw [2] He has had his own Radio Show called Music Minded, which he continued on television titled Cor & Co from 1996 until 2001. He also hosted Cor op Reis, a travel documentary series.

It was announced in July 2018 that he would participate on the trivia gameshow The Smartest Person. [3]

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