Antwerp Metropolitan Area
Tom Van den Eynde was born in Mechelen (Belgium) in 1980. He studied classical guitar, violin, piano, harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatory of Mechelen. At the age of eighteen, he went to the Netherlands (Maastricht & Rotterdam) to continue his musical studies : orchestral conducting with Sir Jan Stulen and classical guitar with Cees Dirkx. After three years, he finished his guitar studies as a teaching and performing musician. In 2000, he conducted the Dutch première of Previns « Concerto for guitar and orchestra ». Also in 2000, he also assisted maestro Jan Stulen in « Le jongleur the Notre-Dame », a church opera of Peter Maxwell Davies which was broadcasted by the Dutch radio and television. Tom joined in 2001 the Wiener Meisterkurse with Sir Salvador Mas Conde. There he was one of the few applicants to conduct the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria) at the final concert in Vienna. One year later, he conducted the Orquestra Sinfónica del Vallès in Barcelona during the International Conducting Course Igualada with maestro Antoni Ros Marba. In 2002, Tom made his debut with the Brabant Orchestra conducting the Franck Symphony. A year later, he conducted this orchestra for a second time in a Beethoven program. Tom also have been conducting the Dutch Promenade Orchestra (Amsterdam) in concert for several times. From 1998 till 2003, Tom was serving as assistant-conductor of the Flemish Symphony Orchestra. In 2003, he finished his conducting studies at the Conservatory of Maastricht by conducting the University Orchestra of Louvain (Belgium). In 2004 he founded the Mechels Chamber Orchestra. It is a semi-professional orchestra of 35 musicians. In a short time, Tom raised this orchestra into a high level. Many international soloists have been working together with the orchestra and praised the orchestra for their enthousiasm and precise playing. In 2007 Tom made his first CD recording in Slovak Republic conducting the Slovak State Orchestra of Zilina.
CD recording flemish guitar concertos