Roberto DaVinci

Robert Hoogduin, alias Roberto Da Vinci (Holland), born 1969, started his DJ career in 1987.

While house music was born in 1988, Da Vinci already had his first gig. He started his public career in one of Haarlem's most famous underground clubs called "Dwiezels". At the same time, he was also experimenting with "cutting and pasting" mixes using tape equipment. When his first mix was created at home, radio 3FM, Holland's number one radio station, showed interest in his skills and aired his first real mix, which gave Da Vinci instant recognition.

During the mid 90's, Da Vinci increased his efforts to develop his skills and love for being and becoming a DJ. Although doing it part time, these efforts paid off as DaVinci won local DJ championships and earned a spot in the finals of the Dutch Live DJ Mix Championships.

Da Vinci received many invitations to perform at parties during the 90's, but at the start of 2000, he and two close (DJ) friends started to organize Classic House Parties themselves called "Reborn". Those parties were a great success, and left those in attendance to only want more. Da Vinci and his two friends ended up organizing over 40 of those parties, throughout the 00's.

Currently he still performs at several parties in Holland, but remains one of the main events in Holland's oldest club called "Club Stalker". Some other very large events he has performed at are, A Day at the Park, Wooferland, Holland's "Bevrijdingspop" (Libertation pop – over 100.000 visitors), Loveland Festival, Bungalup, Vrij Festival, Pathfinder Festival, and so on.

Although his former experience would suggest that he is a real classic and eclectic DJ, music does change and evolves, and nowadays Da Vinci is well versed into the Deep- and TechHouse, with his own classic twist. With DJ Manolo, he also plays at various events, such as Private events, Business Events, Festivals, etc. by the name "FunkSoulBrothers".