Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, (born January 26, 1955 in Nijmegen, Netherlands) is a virtuoso guitarist, classically-trained pianist, and founding member of the hard rock band Van Halen.
Edward Van Halen's family moved to Pasadena, California in 1962 and he immediately started classical piano training, and won talent competitions as a child (although during a radio interview he said that he cannot read music). Indeed, Eddie claims that one of the first things his parents did upon arriving in America was to seek out a piano teacher for him and his brother, drummer Alex Van Halen.