Thomas Obeth (b. 2000) is Organist at Aarhus Cathedral and Vice Chairman of the Danish Organ Society.
He began his musical training at the Church of Our Lady in Assens as a member of its more than 160-year-old boys’ choir, and already during his upper secondary education he held his first appointment as an organist in a rural parish near his hometown. He has since held organist positions at the Church of Our Lady in Assens, at Haderslev Cathedral, and from January 2026 at Aarhus Cathedral.
Alongside his work as a performing musician, he has served as Vice Chairman of the Danish Organ Society since 2025 and, since 2024, as editor of the society’s journal Orglet.
After completing his secondary education, he studied with Torben Krebs in Odense before commencing formal studies at the Danish conservatories. Supported by several foundations, he has since 2022 been a private student of Professor Roman Summereder in Vienna, focusing on the Austrian organ tradition and the repertoire of the twentieth century. He has also participated in masterclasses with leading organists of our time, including Hans-Ola Ericsson, Henry Fairs, Eric Lebrun, and Peter Planyavsky, among others at the highly estimated international summer academy in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
As a concert organist, Thomas Obeth has performed on many of Denmark’s most significant instruments and has established himself as a specialist in twentieth-century repertoire, with particular emphasis on composers such as Anton Heiller, Frank Martin, and Paul Hindemith, whose complete organ works he has performed in five critically acclaimed concerts.
In parallel, he has developed a research-based approach to his artistic practice and is engaged in projects at the intersection of performance and musicology. His work has resulted in publications in Danish and Swedish scholarly journals.
(Last updated: March 24th, 2026, translated via AI)