Laurens de Man studied piano, organ and minor harpsichord with Jacques van Oortmerssen, David Kuyken and Johan Hofmann at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He continued his studies with Leo van Doeselaar at the Berlin University of the Arts (Konzertexamen Orgel). In 2024, he was the first organist to win the Dutch Music Prize, the highest award given to a classical musician by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Earlier, he won prizes at competitions in The Hague (Prinses Christina Concours, 1st prize), Würzburg, Groningen and Freiberg. In 2018, he won the Sweelinck-Muller Prize. Among other things, as pianist of the Chimaera Trio, he plays and arranges chamber music from four centuries of music history; the trio recorded two CDs. Since 2012, Laurens has been principal organist of the Utrecht Janskerk; in season 2022-2023, he was “Organist in Residence” of the Contius organ in Leuven. At the Amsterdam Conservatory, he teaches a minor in classical piano for jazz pianists, and at the Utrecht Conservatory he teaches organ.
