# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-van-der-linden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:26:16.123Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-van-der-linden"
name: "Rick van der Linden"
slug: "rick-van-der-linden"
description: "Rick van der Linden was a Dutch composer and keyboardist. Van der Linden first gained fame as a member of Ekseption, but he played in several other bands including most notably Trace, as well as solo. Van der Linden was best known for his reworkings of classical music in a pop music domain, often with jazz improvisations."
tagline: "Dutch organist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trace1974.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-08-05"
deathDate: "2006-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.13686666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1645892/"
    handle:    "nm1645892"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ekseption.eu/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "ريك فان دير ليندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "ريك فان دير ليندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_van_der_Linden"
    title: "Rick van der Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_van_der_Linden"
    title: "Rick van der Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_van_der_Linden"
    title: "Rick van der Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_van_der_Linden"
    title: "Rick van der Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_van_der_Linden"
    title: "Rick van der Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_van_der_Linden"
    title: "Rick van der Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_van_der_Linden"
    title: "Rick van der Linden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8c3b0a96-4be8-4721-85a9-8df379e8c7ca"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710399"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1516487"
    title: "Rick van der Linden"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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