Rick van der Linden (b. Badhoevedorp (NL), August 5, 1946 - d. Groningen (NL), January 22, 2006) was a Dutch composer and keyboard player. Van der Linden became famous as a member of Ekseption, but played in several other bands including Trace, as well as solo. His compositions were often popular reworkings of classical music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Van der Linden grew up in Haarlem, and started learning to play the piano when he was 13 years old.

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