STEFAN TEMMINGH Recorder

The Mastermind on the Recorder

Virtuosity and musicality combined with visionary genius – The South African ECHO-Award-winner Stefan Temmingh left recorder clichés behind long ago. With every project he breaks new ground, enlarges the repertoire, raises the bar and creates new traditions for his instrument.

His expressivity, his powerful playing and vivid stage presence have placed him in the top league of recorder players, bringing him standing ovations worldwide. He performs internationally with his own baroque ensemble or with orchestras which he often conducts from the soloist desk.

For his CD projects Stefan Temmingh has received some of the internationally most renowned distinctions, for example the ECHO Klassik Award, the International Classical Music Award, the “Editor’s Choice” of the Gramophone Magazin as well as the “Diapason d’or”.

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Press (DE/EN)

“The new reference for this repertoire [Vivaldi]” — DIAPASON D’OR

“A class of its own [Vivaldi]” — GRAMOPHONE

“Brilliant, spontaneous, playful”” — FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG

“Never before did recorder playing sound so effortless and so differentiated in terms of timbre and dynamics” — CORRIERE DELLA SERA

NEWS & PROJECTS

Temmingh & Capricornus – New CD “Leipzig 1723”

The Leipzig Tomaskantor Election 1723 Bach and his competitors – Fasch, Graupner & Telemann. German recorder concertos & chamber music works with Capricornus Consort Basel (Accent, Sept. 2021). Imagine – [...]

Temmingh & Mields – Telemann CD

Cantatas & Instrumental Works with Dorothee Mields & The Gentleman's Band (Accent, Oct. 2020). Recorder player Stefan Temmingh and soprano Dorothee Mields have been working together intensively for seven years [...]

Stefan Temmingh – Professor at the Freiburg University of Music

Starting in the winter semester 2019/2020 Stefan Temmingh has been appointed professor at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg! Of course, he continues to perform worldwide and he is working on [...]

Temmingh & Weidanz – Handel CD

The Recorder Sonatas by Georg Friedrich Handel with Wiebke Weidanz, harpsichord (Accent, Jan. 2019). On the CD cover the faces of Stefan Temmingh and harpsichordist Wiebke Weidanz merge. Musically this [...]

Stefan Temmingh – International Classical Music Award 2018

The Vivaldi CD by recorder player Stefan Temmingh and Capricornus Consort Basel has been announced as the winner of the International Classical Music Awards 2018 in the category "Baroque Instrumental". [...]

Vivaldi CD with Capricornus Consort Basel

The Complete Recorder Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi & Preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach with Capricornus Consort Basel (Accent, Oct. 2017). On his new Vivaldi CD South African recorder player and [...]

CONCERTS

> Past concerts

Hoechstaedt Castle – Knights’ Hall

2. July 2022, 19:00

Duo concert “Royal Music” with Wiebke Weidanz (harpsichord). The recorder sonatas by G. F. Handel and works by Bach, Hotteterre, Veracini & Vivaldi

Freising – Cathedral

13. August 2022

Duo concert with Margret Koell (baroque harp). Works by Bach, Caccini, Dowland, Fontana, Handel etc.

Preetz – Monastery Church

15. August 2022, 19:30

Duo concert "Songs without Words" with Margret Koell (historical harps). Works by Fontana, Handel, Gluck, Mendelssohn, Mozart etc.

Mainz Summer Music Festival

18. August 2022, 19:00

"Inspired by Love" with Dorothee Mields (soprano), D. Marincic (viola da gamba) & W. Weidanz (harpsichord). Works by Corelli, Handel, Pepusch, van Eyck etc.

Mosel Music Festival – Pilgrimage Church Klausen

26. August 2022, 20:00

Duo concert "Sounds & Silence" with Wiebke Weidanz (harpsichord). Works by Bach, Blavet, Hotteterre, Purcell, Telemann etc.

Grafenegg Festival – Castle Courtyard

3. September 2022, 16:30

Prelude concert "Lovebirds" with The Gentleman's Band. Works by Couperin, Finger, Schmelzer, van Eyck etc.

Blockfloetenshop Fulda – Seminar

8. October 2022 - 9. October 2022

Weekend seminar "How to rehearse effectively, precisely and cooperatively" (in German)

Bensheim – Park Theatre

15. October 2022, 20:00

"Inspired by Love" with Dorothee Mields (soprano), D. Marincic (viola da gamba) & W. Weidanz (harpsichord). Works by Corelli, Handel, Pepusch, van Eyck etc.