My name is Ivo van Dijk and I was born on the 23th of April in the town of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Well, since you can read most of the things which I like and don't like on the left of this page, I will just skip right to the main things that occupy my life:
On of the most important things in my life is my band Xystus, which I founded
late 1998 together with my friend and singer/guitarist of the band Bas Dolmans. We already did quite some cool things with the band and are working hard to get even more things going. Some of the highlights the past couple of years:
Releasing 2 albums, the awesome tour we did with Epica, playing with some bands that are very influential to me, for example After Forever and Kamelot. For more info on Xystus: http://www.xystus.nl
One of my biggest dreams will come true this year: Playing with a Symphonic Orchestra. We are currently working on Equilibrio, a Rock Opera which we will perform live in July 2008. This project is a collaboration between Xystus, USconcert (the orchestra) and NME (Dutch Musical Ensemble). The show will be done in "Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn" and has a capacity of 1600 seats. Besides the afformentioned parties we will also have a cast which includes Simone Simmons (Epica), George Oosthoek (ex-Orphanage, Delain) and John Vooijs (Tarzan). This will be a great fusion of classical music, rock music, soundtrack and musical. Check out http://www.equlibrio-opera.com
Download the following XYSTUS songs in MP3 format:
End of the line
Surreal Part II.: Make it happen
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