Tom Mahieu was already 18 when he started playing the saxophone. He studied with Frank Vaganée at the Gent conservatoire, after which he specialized further with John Ruocco at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.
Vantomme not only plays with his own Mahieu-Vantomme Quartet but also in groups such as El Tattoo del Tigre, Mozaiek, Fuzz Lite, ... His first CD with own compositions, ‘Wicked Places’,