Facts: - instrument: keyboard - website: -lsb- http://members.home.nl/ekseption/ official website -rsb- - death place: groningen , netherlands - years active: 1967 -- 2006 - caption: van der linden -lrb- right -rrb- -lrb- 1974 -rrb- - label: philips , atco - death date: 22 january 2006 - genre: rock , progressive rock - notable instruments: steinway b3 ; church organ ; small pipe organ ; harpsichord grand ; arp 2600 synthesizer ; ems synthi a ; solina piano string ensemble ; mellotron ; hohner clavinet ; hammond organ - birth date: 5 august 1946 - name: rick van der linden - image size: 250 - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: trace1974.jpg - birth place: badhoevedorp , netherlands - associated acts: ekseption , trace - occupation: musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rick van der linden .
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rick van der linden -lrb- 5 august 1946 , badhoevedorp , north holland - 22 january 2006 , groningen -rrb- was a dutch composer and keyboardist .van der linden first gained fame as a member of ekseption , but played in several other bands including most notably trace , as well as solo .like his contemporary keith emerson , van der linden was best known for his popular reworkings of classical music by johann sebastian bach , ludwig van beethoven , pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky and other composers .