B i o g r a p h y

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. Here he was also awarded the Tagore Gold Medal. As part of the Delphine Trio, he has recorded at Abbey Road Studios, as well as recording the trio’s debut album Adrift with the Dutch label TRPTK in 2023. In 2025 the Delphine Trio won the ROSL Music Competition Mixed Ensemble Category. Roelof also works regularly with duo partner Matthew McKinney (tenor). His past piano teachers include Dina Parakhina, Nigel Clayton, Paul Gulda, and his mother Zorada.