Saxophonist, clarinetist and composer, Tom Bourgeois graduated from the ENM of Villeurbanne and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (jazz section). Influenced by Diederik Wissels’ composition classes, he has developed a language oscillating between modern jazz and technical issues of contemporary music.
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Also active in the world of cinema, he has written music to around twenty soundtracks for short- and medium-length fiction movies and documentaries as well.
He has collaborated with the Belgian director, Maxime Coton on many occasions: “The Mechanics of Bodies” 2011, “At Work” 2012, “Children of
stones ”2013,“ The Unknown Soldier ”2014,“ A little story before going to bed ”2015, “After the Factory” 2019, or the web-series “Virages 2020” for RTBF.
Tom is a winner of the “Trio 2019” program, organized by the ‘Maison du Film Court’ in Paris.
In 2016, Tom composed a collection of 30 pieces for solo piano, called “September”.
In 2020, also in collaboration with the pianist Léna Kollmeier, he released a second collection of pieces with the title “Archipel”. His piano-solo projects are accompanied by the work of videographer Camille Sultan.
Also active as a musician, Tom composes in very different styles (jazz, song, experimental, large ensembles).
He is also in demand as a sideman in groups like “Aishinka”, “Odil”, “Vestige” “Margaux Vranken Group”, “Jelle Van Giel Group”, etc…
In 2016, Tom created the group ” Murmures ”, an acoustic quartet with an original line-up. He released a double album in 2018 with the German label ‘Neuklangrecords’.
In 2019 the group recorded a live album at the famous BauerStudios; the vinyl of this performance is part of the ‘StudioKonzert’ series, recorded live on analog, released in 2020.
In 2022, a second double-album was released. The repertoire of personal compositions oscillates between a record with the quartet “Murmures” and a second record with a bigger ensemble, called “Rumors”,echoing between the two albums.
In 2022,he also released his first solo album entitled “Solos” on the label Mogno, as well as the album of the duo “Moanin’Birds” ,with Brazilian double bassist Fil Caporali.
In 2023, Tom formed a new jazz quartet dedicated to the music of Lili Boulanger. The repertoire was entirely revisited and arranged, with guests Veronika Harcsa and Vincent Courtois. An album was released on the Igloo Records label in April 2025.
During a tour in Taiwan in early 2024, Tom played as a duo with pianist Kuo Chun Yu. The duo recorded an album of compositions following the tour.
In 2025, the Tom Bourgeois 4th album “Lili” was released with guests Veronika Harcsa and Vincent Courtois on the Igloo and Bmc labels.
The duo “Moanin’ Birds” also released a second album in 2025 on the Hypnote label.
The band Vestige also released a second album, with an Asian tour planned for fall 2025.
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