# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-van-der-wurff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:15:30.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-van-der-wurff"
name: "Erik van der Wurff"
slug: "erik-van-der-wurff"
description: "Erik van der Wurff was a Dutch pianist, composer, arranger, record producer and conductor. He worked mainly on soundtracks and as a composer for many film and television shows. He also made acting appearances in two Dutch-German television shows in 1977 and 1980. He was the regular pianist and composer on the Herman van Veen shows. He composed music for many theater productions, musicals, movies and for the comic series Alfred Jodokus Kwak which was aired in various countries."
tagline: "Dutch composer, pianist and conductor (1945–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erik_van_der_Wurff_(1979).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-07-09"
deathDate: "2014-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.7
  momentum:             0.66815144766147
  historical:           7.483910666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943375/"
    handle:    "nm0943375"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/439516"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81"
    title: "اريك ڤان دير ورف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_van_der_Wurff"
    title: "Erik van der Wurff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_van_der_Wurff"
    title: "Erik van der Wurff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_van_der_Wurff"
    title: "Erik van der Wurff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_van_der_Wurff"
    title: "Erik van der Wurff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_van_der_Wurff"
    title: "Erik van der Wurff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9777da9a-2256-4dd9-bed4-cf64b740e922"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510232"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1673052"
    title: "Erik van der Wurff"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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