Stadsorgelconcert in de Grote of St. Bavokerk

Tommy van Doorn is the chief organist of the Saint Peter's basilica in Boxtel. He plays the monumental Smits organ (1842) here. He is also the carillonneur of Boxtel, Geldrop, Schijndel, Son, Valkenswaard, and Waalre. He works as a principal subject lecturer in carillon at the Utrecht Conservatory and teaches carillon at the HKU Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort. Additionally, he works as an organ teacher in Helmond. 

He studied organ as a major at the Fontys Conservatory in Tilburg with Henco de Berg and Ad van Sleuwen. He also studied piano as a minor with Jelena Bazova and further immersed himself in playing the French pressure-operated harmonium. He attended additional masterclasses and interpretation lessons with Kees van Houten, Ben van Oosten, Joris Verdin, Wolfgang Baumgratz, and Luca Scandali. In 2020, he obtained both his master's degree in carillon from the HKU Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort and his master's degree in musicology from Utrecht University. He contributed to radio and TV broadcasts; in 2021, his carillon playing was heard weekly for a year on NPO Radio 3FM. 

He is currently working on a project related to organ music in connection with the First World War (for more information on this, click here).

From May to October, concerts are held on Tuesday evenings and in July and August also on Thursday afternoons in the Great or St. Bavo Church by renowned organists from home and abroad.