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Tom Kristiaan began music lessons at the age of 9. He always dreamed of playing the piano. He started his classical music education at the Bruges Conservatorium (1984-1992), and later in conservatories in Antwerp, Ostend, Courtrai and Bruges (2012-2021). Read full bio here.

He turned his hand to composition and developed his signature style of neoclassical, dreamy melodies, always steeped in a deep sense of melancholy.

Several tracks from his first album "In Deep Woods" (2019) have been used as film music on Belgian TV (VTM). In 2020 the EP "Tom's Gymnopédies" followed, a personal interpretation of Erik Satie’s famous Trois Gymnopédies, and in 2021 "Glance of You". In 2022 he released "Petites danses et reveries", a collection of warm, intimate compositions inspired by the world of dance. The album reached more than 35 million streams on Spotify in more than 180 countries, the song "Un sourire et une larme" was selected as "Lekkere track" of NPO4 and the album was nominated for the prestigeous Edison Classics Awards (Publieksprijs).

In September 2023 his fourth album "Inspired by Nature" was released (label: Piano&Nature). Kristiaan let him inspire by the nature photography of Wouter Pattyn and his book "Wild of Europe". For each episode, he composed a song catching the exact mood of it. Plenty of concerts followed in CC's, concert halls or in open air with large image projection of the images.

In October 2024 a new album "Moods" is published (label: Andante Piano - Amsterdam), where he expresses the different moods we epxerience as a human beeing, with songs as Morning Coffee, Laughing in the Rain and Joy & Regrets.

His success didn't stay unnoticed and different international composers approached him to work together like Matthew Adam (U.K.), Dennis Korn (Germany), John Vegard Show (Norway), ...

Check it out & let you indulge in the dreamy & relaxing world of piano music!

What people tell ...

"A concert we won't forget! Tom has it: the musical gift to touch people. He touches the sensitive soul inside of you. Pure emotion!"

"Prachtig. Verstilling en verdieping."

"A whole movie passed through my mind! Top!"

"So f*** beautiful. The melancholy is striking: Tom Kristiaan is a poet."

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www.tomkristiaan.com

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