[1] After completing secondary education at the Vossius Gymnasium, Worms started studying Biology.
At that time he decided to go to the Conservatorium van Amsterdam; he finished the Conservatory in 1987 mainly taught by Hans Dercksen.
He also took lessons from the famous Russian pianist Yuri Egorov, and from Alicia de Larrocha.
[2] His program "New Blues for piano", to which many well-known Dutch composers contributed with a piece, was premiered in January 1997 at the Bimhuis, a jazz centre in Amsterdam.
[3] Since 2002 Marcel Worms has made three CDs with works by Spanish composer Federico Mompou.