# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-van-asperen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:22:46.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-van-asperen"
name: "Bob van Asperen"
slug: "bob-van-asperen"
description: "Bob van Asperen is a Dutch harpsichordist, early keyboard instrument performer and conductor. He graduated in 1971 from the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he studied the harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt and the pipe organ with Albert de Klerk. Since then he has been performing extensively in Europe and the rest of the world as a soloist and accompanist/conductor."
tagline: "Dutch harpsichordist and early keyboard instrument performer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-10-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.19
  momentum:             1.818181818181818
  historical:           13.14478133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885621/"
    handle:    "nm0885621"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CkHdpbn1xUU7Z4sauEwne"
    handle:    "3CkHdpbn1xUU7Z4sauEwne"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بوب ڤان اسپيرين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ボブ・ファン・アスペレン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_van_Asperen"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Асперен, Боб ван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1f7af258-5683-4fdd-be7a-6e60d69ad12a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1276492"
    title: "Bob van Asperen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump