Dirk was born in Antwerp on the 28th of August 1969. At the age of six he started with the guitar  He came at first in contact with jazz at the age of 12. This was in a restaurant in Antwerp.  At the same time he played already thefirst notes on the piano.  Now, Dirk plays guitar, Hammondorgan, piano aswell he’s a composer, producer and teacher. Even though he’s a completely self-taught musician, he teach jazz guitar at “Muziek Athelier Merelbeke”   and has several privat students for guitar, Hammondorgan and piano. In 1989 he became to be a proffesional musician. In that time he played as a musician in several theater projects   as “Blauwe Maandag Compagnie”, KVS, KJT etc.  Now Dirk plays in different bands:  “Swing Dealers” (on piano) “Peter Vandendriessche Qwartet” (on piano) “Chris Peeters Band” (piano and Hammondorgan) “Sofie” (piano) “Dirk Van der Linden Trio” (on Hammondorgan) “Pascal Michaux Trio” (on guitar)  “Echoes of Swing Orchestra” (on guitar)  “Chet” (on piano and guitar)  “Monsoen” (on Hammondorgan) “Caroll Vanwelden” (on piano and guitar) “Karamels” (on guitar) Very often he’s been asked to play with other jazzformations as a guest.   For example with the German band “Lothar-Krist B Trio (on guitar)  Exept jazz he also works with other styles of music... for example “the Compagnons de la Chanson” (on piano)  Dirk works a lot for TV and radio in Belgium and other countrys.  He plays concerts in countrys as Belgium, the Netherlands, Francen Germany, Switzerland, Hongary, Italy, England,   Wales, Schottland, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Dubai, Guadeloupe, at Ibiza, New-Sealand and USA.  He worked with giants as Clark Terry, Red Holloway, Deborah Brown, Mark Braud, Charlie Gabriel, Teddy Edwards,  Gianni Basso, Bruce Adams, Leroy Jones, Howard Alden, Scott Hamilton, Bob Barnard, Dan Barrett, Tom Baker,  Jim Galloway, Bob DeVos, Bob Mover, Gary Smylian, Mighty flea Conners, Big Al Carsson, Partick Artero, Bert Boeren,   Andy Cooper, Jon Barnes, Andy Mackintosch and many others.