Rick van der Linden Musical artist

Rick van der Linden (5 August 1946, Badhoevedorp, North Holland - 22 January 2006, Groningen) was a Dutch composer and keyboardist. Van der Linden first gained fame as a member of Ekseption, but played in several other bands including most notably Trace, as well as solo. Like his contemporary Keith Emerson, van der Linden was best known for his popular reworkings of classical music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and other composers.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 05, 1946
Birth place
Netherlands , Badhoevedorp
Date of deathJanuary 22, 2006
Place of death
Netherlands , Groningen

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Musical artist

Career started1967
Career ended2006
associated musical artist
Trace (band)
Ekseption
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Rock music
Progressive rock
instrument
Hammond organ
Harpsichord
ARP Instruments
Keyboard instrument
Mellotron
Steinway & Sons
Pipe organ
Electronic Music Studios
Hohner
ARP String Ensemble
record label
Atco Records
Philips Records

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Rick van der Linden on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://members.home.nl/ekseption