South African recorder player Stefan Temmingh belongs to the internationally leading soloists in his field. German radio SWR Kultur describes him as “one of the great recorder virtuosos of our time”. In 2022 he received the prestigious German OPUS Klassik Award for his CD “Leipzig 1723” in the category “Concerto Recording of the Year”. Born in Cape Town, he now lives in Munich and Freiburg.
His concerts and recordings show that he is an artist who is not simply following well-known paths. Stefan Temmingh is setting new standards for his instrument, he is creating a new recorder tradition: Already with his remarkable debut album “Corelli à la mode” he succeeded in crossing the boundaries of repertoire and sound. His three CDs with soprano Dorothee Mields “Inspired by Song”, “Birds” and “Telemann” were critically acclaimed by the music press and brought him the German ECHO Klassik Award as Instrumentalist of the Year in 2016. In 2018 his Vivaldi CD was awarded an International Classical Music Award, the Editor’s Choice of Gramophone as well as the Diapason d’or as “the new reference for this repertoire” (Diapason). His latest project is titled “Sound Stories”, a duo CD with baroque harpist Margret Koell.
As an Early Music specialist he performs worldwide with his ensemble at renowned festivals and concert series. As a soloist, he works with various baroque, chamber and symphony orchestras in Europe, Asia and Africa and increasingly conducts from the soloist desk. He initiates and plays numerous projects and premieres of contemporary music. Since 2019, he teaches as a professor at the University of Music in Freiburg and from 2025 also at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
