Roelof Temmingh

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. 

Roelof is a Young Artist of the Musicians’ Company, who also supported his Constant/Kit Lambert Fellowship at the Royal College of Music. 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. In 2025 he was awarded the Emily Hoh Pianist Prize at Grasmere Song, and is currently taking part in the Wigmore French Song Exchange 2025-26 with duo partner Matthew McKinney. His past piano teachers include Dina Parakhina, Nigel Clayton, Paul Gulda, and his mother Zorada.