{"id":1869,"date":"2012-01-31T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T13:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2014-07-18T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:34:48","slug":"famous-dutch-person-tiesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/famous-dutch-person-tiesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Dutch Person: Ti\u00ebsto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a fan of the DJing scene, then you no doubt will have heard of DJ Ti\u00ebsto.\u00a0 Even if you aren\u2019t into DJing, you may have heard of him.\u00a0He sounds a bit like this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tiesto - Elements of Life\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EE7CXZ1Lyu4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>DJ Ti\u00ebsto is a DJ and record producer with a passion for electronic dance music.\u00a0 But did you know that he is Dutch?<\/p>\n<p>Ti\u00ebsto was born Tijs Michiel Verwst on January 17<sup>th<\/sup> 1969 in Breda, North Brabant.\u00a0 He has had numerous names associated with him but the most famous one is DJ Ti\u00ebsto.\u00a0 About five years ago he decided to drop the \u201cDJ\u201d portion of the name and is now known as Ti\u00ebsto, which is an Italian twist of his old childhood nickname.<\/p>\n<p>Ti\u00ebsto became interested in music from around the age of twelve and by the age of fourteen he was already DJing at school parties.\u00a0 His success has continued to grow and in the early 2000\u2019s he became the first DJ to perform to a large audience without any other DJs or opening acts.\u00a0 From 2002-2004 he was crowned the \u201cWorld\u2019s Number 1 DJ,\u201d three consecutive times by <em>DJ Magazine<\/em>. \u00a0Ti\u00ebsto was also recently voted \u201cThe Greatest DJ of All Time\u201d in the dance music publication, <em>Mixmag<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another video for you:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ti\u00ebsto - Adagio For Strings\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2EaE0_gQLw0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Discography<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Studio albums:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2001 In My Memory (As DJ Ti\u00ebsto)<\/li>\n<li>2004 Just Be (As DJ Ti\u00ebsto)<\/li>\n<li>2007 Elements of Life (As Ti\u00ebsto)<\/li>\n<li>2009 Kaleidoscope (As Ti\u00ebsto)<\/li>\n<li>2011 Kiss From The Past (As Allure)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tours<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2002: Area2 Tour<\/li>\n<li>2004: Just Be: Train Tour<\/li>\n<li>2005: Ti\u00ebsto In Concert: North America Tour 2005<\/li>\n<li>2005: Central Eastern European Tour 2005<\/li>\n<li>2006: In Search of Sunrise 5 Asia Tour<\/li>\n<li>2007\u20132008: Elements of Life World Tour<\/li>\n<li>2008: In Search of Sunrise: Summer Tour 2008<\/li>\n<li>2009\u20132010: Kaleidoscope World Tour<\/li>\n<li>2011: College Invasion Tour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/01\/DJ-Ti\u00ebsto-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"DJ Ti\u00ebsto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/01\/DJ-Ti\u00ebsto-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/01\/DJ-Ti\u00ebsto-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/01\/DJ-Ti\u00ebsto.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>If you are a fan of the DJing scene, then you no doubt will have heard of DJ Ti\u00ebsto.\u00a0 Even if you aren\u2019t into DJing, you may have heard of him.\u00a0He sounds a bit like this: DJ Ti\u00ebsto is a DJ and record producer with a passion for electronic dance music.\u00a0 But did you know&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/famous-dutch-person-tiesto\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":1870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[60713],"tags":[11933,117756,117759,108,117758,117755],"class_list":["post-1869","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-2","tag-dj","tag-dj-tiesto","tag-electronic-dance-music","tag-music","tag-record-producer","tag-tiesto"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2834,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions\/2834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}