Recorder player Stefan Temmingh has been compared with Frans Brüggen not only for sheer virtuosity, but also for his efforts to establish the recorder on concert stages in new ways. Temmingh plays major Baroque literature for recorder. He has participated in chamber groupings, has played as a soloist with other ensembles, and has led a small Baroque group of his own. These efforts have been greeted with strong critical acclaim and awards. Temmingh has recorded for Oehms, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and Accent. His recordings have grown increasingly adventurous in concept as his career as proceeded. Temmingh has appeared at various festivals and concert series throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa, and he has often commissioned new works for the recorder. ~ James Manheim