Tiesto aka Tijs Verwest was born in Breda, Holland. He is one of the world's leading trance DJs and has been voted top world DJ for three consecutive years from 2002-2004. Tiesto is world known for his hit remix of the Delerium single Silence and for his re-work of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.

Tiesto's musical genious has not only earned him a string of popular releases, remix work and mix compilations but such is his fame that he was invited to play at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens with an estimated global audience of 2 billion people.