[1] Tuinstra studied organ at the Prins Claus Conservatory in Groningen with Wim van Beek (1930-2017) and completed his master's degree cum laude.
Tuinstra studied with Gustav Leonhardt and deepened his skills in master classes with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Ton Koopman and Harald Vogel.
[2] As an organ expert Tuinstra works together with the Protestant Church in the Netherlands and the "Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed".
Since 2017, he has shared with Sietze de Vries the organist position at Martinikerk, which Wim van Beek had previously held for 60 years.
His daughter Gerdine Tuinstra studied singing at the Prins Claus Conservatory and occasionally performs as a soprano together with her father.