Roelof Temmingh

Piano

South African pianist Roelof Temmingh enjoys a multi-faceted career comprising solo piano, chamber music, art song, orchestral piano, composition and arrangement, and working with other composers.

This diverse career has taken him to sought-after stages including Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Elbphilharmonie, as well as festivals such as Verbier, Buxton, Clifton, Amsterdam Grachtenfestival, and most recently, the World Orchestra Week in New York. He is a Young Artist of the Musicians’ Company, who also supported his Constant/Kit Lambert Fellowship at the Royal College of Music. Fellowship project highlights include Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, the Warm-Blooded Hindemith series, and the Atrium Experiment, whereby 6 new compositions were commissioned.

As part of the Delphine Trio, he has recorded at Abbey Road Studios, as well as releasing the trio’s debut album Adrift with the Dutch label TRPTK in 2024. The Trio won the ROSL Mixed Ensembles Category 2025. Roelof is also building a concert schedule with Matthew McKinney, duo partner and First Prize Winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2024. His past piano teachers include Dina Parakhina, Nigel Clayton, Paul Gulda, and his mother Zorada.

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"... played like a musician twice his age, with the energy and passion of youth, and the precision and fluency of a much more experienced soloist."
The Times (Matthew Parris)