Instruments:
Guitar (electric and classical); also studio/session work and guitar instruction
Role:
Guitarist
(Former) Bands/Projects:
Ex Libris, Xystus, Ayreon (Into the Electric Castle live), TDW (guest), Big Al, Ian Parry’s Rock Emporium, Edward Reekers’ The Liberty Project
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Biography
Bob Wijtsma is a Dutch guitarist based in the Rotterdam/Vlaardingen area of South Holland. He began playing guitar at age eight, studying classical guitar for four years before switching to electric, and went on to graduate from the Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam in 2005.
His band and project credits include Xystus (2004-2010), Ex Libris (from 2015, including the 2019 concept album “ANN”), and Ayreon, with whom he performed the complete “Into the Electric Castle” during Arjen Lucassen’s sold-out 2019 shows at the 013 venue in Tilburg. He has also worked with Ian Parry’s Rock Emporium, Edward Reekers’ The Liberty Project, and the Alfred Lagarde tribute band Big Al, and is endorsed by guitar maker Mayones. Alongside performing, Wijtsma owns and teaches at Gitaarschool Vlaardingen, offering lessons, coaching, and studio recording services.
Detail credits on TDW material
Bob plays a guest guitar solo on The More We Remember on The Antithetic Affiliation.
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