Armin van Buuren

What fascinates me about Armin van Buuren is the road not taken. He earned a law degree at Leiden University and then chose the DJ booth instead, a gamble that paid off spectacularly. I respect that nerve. Hosting A State of Trance to roughly forty million listeners across eighty-four countries for over two decades is not luck; it's relentless craft and consistency. Born on Christmas Day, he has spent his life handing out euphoria on dancefloors worldwide, and the Order of Orange-Nassau confirms his standing as a national treasure. To me he embodies discipline disguised as celebration.

Name (English)

Armin van Buuren

Name (Japanese)

アーミン・ヴァン・ビューレン

Reading

あーみん・ゔぁん・びゅーれん

Born

December 25, 1976 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Leiden, Netherlands

Occupation

record producer / club DJ / disc jockey / composer / lawyer

University

Leiden University

Awards & achievements

• Golden Harp
• 2007 Popprijs
• 2019 International Dance Music Awards
• 2011 Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau

• Official sitehttps://www.arminvanbuuren.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/arminvanbuuren/
• Xhttps://x.com/ArminvanBuuren
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin%20van%20Buuren
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62617

Tags

• record producer
• club DJ
• disc jockey

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.