Maestro

Maestro was originally formed back in Juli 1989 by Orion Roos. Currently also guitarist with the Dutch heavy metal band MetalBats, formerly known as Vortex and by bass player René van Zonneveld (ex-Vortex). Maestro plays their own compositions of mainly melodic (hard-) rock music. Ranging between AOR, rock ballads and heavy metal. Maestro is a band from The Netherlands, Europe.

Because René and Orion joined the heavy metal band Vortex, there was little time left for Maestro. But in the summer of 2008 they picked up Maestro again, pretty much where they left off. New recordings were made with Praying Mantis (UK) guest singer John ‘Jaycee’ Cuijpers and Pepijn Gros (Ivy’s Dream) behind the drums. After a while singer Anne Blouw joined Maestro and drummer Jahrin Kersten replaced Pepijn. René also left the band to be replaced by bass player Peter Douwenga (also ex-Vortex). Soon after this release singer/guitarist Wouter Zuiderveld joined Maestro, because Anne left the band.

In January of 2019, Maestro decides with labels Big Bad Wolf Records and Headbangers Records to master and release the earlier made recordings with singer John 'Jaycee' Cuijpers as a promotional CD called ‘On The Run’. Due to catchy songs it still gets a lot of radio airplay. Currently Maestro is working on a full-length album which shall be released in 2024. The album will include eleven new original songs. The first two singles have already been released.