Stefan Temmingh is part of the young generation of world-class recorder players.

 

“Never before did recorder playing sound so effortless and so differentiated in terms of timbre and dynamics”, wrote Corriere della Sera (Milano, Italy) on his debut CD Corelli à la mode, which was celebrated by the international music press in 2009.

 

 

His second CD The Gentleman’s Flute was immediately nominated for the International Classical Music Awards 2011 (formerly MIDEM Awards).

 

In 2014, his new CD Inspired by Song together with soprano Dorothee Mields and his ensemble “The Gentleman’s Band” will be released by SONY/dhm. Regularly, Stefan is compared to the legendary Frans Brüggen.

 

 

As a specialist for early music, Stefan Temmingh’s repertoire comprises the complete baroque literature for recorder. He performs internationally as a chamber musician and with his own baroque ensemble. 

 

Stefan’s commitment ranges from baroque to modern music. One of his strong desires is to extend the boundaries of the recorder repertoire and he succeeds to surpass the usual stereotypes concerning his instrument. He regularly commissions recorder concertos and solo works by contemporary composers and performs premieres and concerts of new music.

 

The story of I Musici is extraordinary and unrepeatable. Founded in 1951, they are the oldest active chamber group, all over the world they made the path to the knowledge of the 18th century Italian music, to Vivaldi and the Four Seasons, recording for the first time ever Vivaldi's masterpiece and selling the astonishing number of more than 25 million copies in various editions, making it one of the most famous pieces in the musical repertoire.

 

 

At present I Musici are regular guests at the most important international festivals and they carry out an intense concert activity in prestigious theaters and concert halls such as "G Enescu" International Festival in Bucharest, Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires and numerous others.

 

I Musici received the Brand Laureate Premier Award 2013 from Asia Pacific Foundation as "the world's leading Italian chamber orchestra".