Hayo Boerema was born in Groningen (Holland) in 1972. At the Royal Conservatory in The Hague he studied organ with Johann Th. Lemckert, church music with Marijke van Klaveren and improvisation with Jos van der Kooy; at the Rotterdam Conservatory he studied choral conducting with Barend Schuurman. He specialised in improvisation with Naji Hakim (Paris) and in French symphonic repertoire with Ben van Oosten.
Hayo Boerema won prizes at international competitions and festivals in Vienna (1998), Nuremberg (1999), Paris (1999), St. Albans (2001), Nijmegen (2004) and Kotka (2005).
His list of performances is extensive and contais recitals in The Netherlands as well as abroad.
He also regularly participates in radiorecordings as a soloist or together with various professional choirs.
In 2005 he was appointed organist of the St Laurenskerk in Rotterdam, and in 2009 he was awarded the silver medal of merit by the Société Académique d'Education et d'Encouragement ‘Arts, Sciences, Lettres' in Paris for his services to French organ music.
He is professor improvisation at Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam.
Many cd’s of his performances appeared - amongst which the integral oeuvre of Jehan Alain – which received excellent revieuws by the press.
He is currently involved in recording the organ works of Olivier Messiaen.