# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/klaas-bolt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:28.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/klaas-bolt"
name: "Klaas Bolt"
slug: "klaas-bolt"
description: "Klaas Bolt was a Dutch organist and improviser. He taught improvisation at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, where Masaaki Suzuki was among his students. Bolt was a proponent of the use of slow tempi when playing hymns. He played many hymns at his weekly evening hymn sings, which drew substantial audiences. He would typically improvise the hymn introductions at these events."
tagline: "Dutch musician (1927–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1985_Portret_van_organist_en_componist_Klaas_Bolt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1927-03-06"
deathDate: "1990-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.136465333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2117105"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "كلاس بولت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "كلاس بولت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Bolt"
    title: "Klaas Bolt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Bolt"
    title: "Klaas Bolt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Bolt"
    title: "Klaas Bolt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/34bf2566-d3bc-402c-879c-54518b97a906"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1744164"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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