| Profile: | Rick van der Linden (August 5, 1946 - Januari 22, 2006) was born in the village of Badhoevedorp, not far from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. At the age of 13 Rick studied the piano and later he attended Haarlem’s conservatory, where he studied the church organ. In 1967 he finished his musical studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He obtained certificates of honor for Piano, Church Organ, Harmony and Counterpoint. His love for other types of music grew by devoting himself to Jazz, Ballet, Cabaret, Film- and Pop music, while accompanying other musicians.
Rick is most known as artistic leader, composer and keyboard-player of the Dutch symphonic rockband Ekseption (1967-1974, 1978-1994 reunion, 2003 new). He played also in Trace (1973-1976), Cum Laude (1980-1989) and the studio-band Mistral (1977-1980), and made several records under his own label. Typical for his work were combinations of classic (church-organ)music with modern pop and rock.
Rick was the first (well-known) musician to play synthesizer in The Netherlands. Here he worked with many local artists, either on record or on stage, such as: Liesbeth List, Jan Akkerman, Connie van den Bos, Willy Alberti and Boudewijn de Groot.
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