Simon Nicolaas Keizer (Volendam

Volendam

Volendam is a town in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Edam-Volendam. The town has about 22,000 inhabitants .- History :...

, 16 May 1984) is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 singer-songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

. Together with Nick Schilder

Nick Schilder

Nicolaas 'Nick' Maria Schilder is a Dutch singer-songwriter. Together with Simon Keizer, he forms a duo called Nick & Simon.-Career:...

, he forms a duo called Nick & Simon

Nick & Simon

Nick & Simon is a Dutch singer-songwriter duo composed of: Simon Keizer and Nick Schilder . They gained lots of succes in their home country the Netherlands in 2006. Their latest album "Luister" went double platinum in 4 months...

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Biography

Simon wrote his first song in 2000 called Still Searching, which he dedicated it to his dead father. Later, he recorded the song together with his classmate Nick Schilder. Since 2002 he has been making music with Nick and writes songs with or for Jan Smit

Jan Smit (singer)

Johannes Hendricus Maria "Jan" Smit is a Dutch pop music and schlager singer. He scored his first number one position in the Dutch charts with Ik zing dit lied voor jou alleen in 1997...

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Monique Smit, sister of Jan Smit

Jan Smit (singer)

Johannes Hendricus Maria "Jan" Smit is a Dutch pop music and schlager singer. He scored his first number one position in the Dutch charts with Ik zing dit lied voor jou alleen in 1997...

 and also singer, contacted Simon to participate in her first album, called 'Stel je voor' (2008).

Simon was also Jan Smit's

Jan Smit (singer)

Johannes Hendricus Maria "Jan" Smit is a Dutch pop music and schlager singer. He scored his first number one position in the Dutch charts with Ik zing dit lied voor jou alleen in 1997...

 backing vocal.

Private life

Simon is the son of Klaas Keizer and Gerda Keizer-Keijzer. He has one elder sister, Carina. His father died in 1999 from cancer. Since September 2004 he has been in a relationship with Annemarie Hoek, whom he lives with. They become engaged in 2011. Simon is a great-nephew of BZN

BZN

BZN was a Dutch band.-History:BZN started out as a pop-rock band in their native Volendam in 1966, playing early-Bee Gees-like harmony pop...

-singer Jan Keizer

Jan Keizer (singer)

Jan Keizer is a Dutch singer and composer. He was the male lead vocal of the disbanded Dutch popband BZN.-Career:...

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