DANIEL SWANI & ROELOF TEMMINGH

Flutes, recorders & Piano

PROGRAMME

TBC

Daniel Swani is a versatile and in-demand flautist and recorder player, based in East London, whose career spans orchestral, solo, contemporary, and theatrical performance. Equally at home on modern and historical instruments, he performs regularly with leading ensembles across the UK and beyond.

Recent highlights include engagements with the Royal Opera House and Royal Ballet Orchestra, recording as principal piccolo with The Hallé under Sir Mark Elder, and appearing as recorder soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra. As an orchestral flautist, Daniel has played guest principal piccolo and sub-principal flute with The Hallé, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia of London (John Wilson), Opera North, London Chamber Orchestra, and as guest principal baroque flautist with Armonico Consort. He is also guest principal recorder with the London Contemporary Orchestra, with whom he recorded the soundtrack for The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh.

A skilled and experienced theatre musician, Daniel was principal flute on the UK and Ireland tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2022–2024), and has performed in touring productions of The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Les Misérables, and Wicked.

His work in recording studios includes projects for Netflix, Apple TV, and the BBC, and he appeared as a flautist in Ridley Scott’s film Napoleon (2023). He also recently gave a live flute lesson to Amanda Holden on Heart Breakfast radio, reaching over four million listeners.

Daniel studied flute, recorder, and baroque flute at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with First Class Honours in 2021. While at the Academy, he won the Nancy Nuttall Early Music Prize, the Jonathan Myall Piccolo Prize, and the Postgraduate Woodwind Award for the highest final recital mark. Now an enthusiastic and committed teacher, he is on the faculty of the Junior Royal Academy of Music, City of London School for Girls, and Wellington College, Berkshire.

https://www.danielswani.com/

Roelof Temmingh is a South African pianist whose wide-ranging career spans solo performance, chamber music, art song, orchestral piano, composition, and collaborative work with composers. His versatility has brought him to some of the world’s most prestigious stages, including Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Musikverein, and Elbphilharmonie, as well as festivals such as Verbier, Buxton, Clifton, Amsterdam Grachtenfestival, and most recently, World Orchestra Week in New York.

A Young Artist of the Musicians’ Company, Roelof was also the recipient of the Constant/Kit Lambert Fellowship at the Royal College of Music, where he was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal for outstanding musical achievement. As a member of the acclaimed Delphine Trio, he has recorded at Abbey Road Studios and released the trio’s debut album Adrift with Dutch label TRPTK in 2023. In 2025, the Delphine Trio won the ROSL Music Competition in the Mixed Ensemble Category.

Roelof also performs regularly with his duo partner, tenor Matthew McKinney, and maintains a strong interest in contemporary music and cross-genre collaboration. His principal piano teachers have included Dina Parakhina, Nigel Clayton, Paul Gulda, and his mother, Zorada Temmingh.

https://www.roeloftemmingh.com/