Winfried Rompf
Born in Bremen, Germany, Winfried Rompf immigrated to Canada as a child and took most of his academic and musical training in British Columbia. He studied piano with Marjorie Lancaster-Smith, Edward Parker, Boris Roubakin and Pierre Souverain. He won the Muriel Erskin Award for his ARCT examination and a number of other awards and recognitions.
Win, as he is known to his friends, has had extensive experience in solo performance, chamber music, vocal collaborations and coaching. He was conductor of the Gloria Ensemble – a Community Chorus and Orchestra specializing in larger sacred works, such as oratorios, motets and masses. In addition, he was Music Director, conductor and pianist in several large churches in Vancouver.
Beside his busy piano teaching schedule, he is senior piano examiner for the British Columbia Conservatory of Music, festival adjudicator, and master class clinician both, in Canada and abroad. He was repeatedly invited to be on the jury of the International Competition for Piano Six Hands and Two Pianos Eight Hands in Marktoberdorf, representing Canada. At the University of British Columbia, he was an occasional lecturer in the historical and practical aspects of piano ensemble music and performance.
In 2006, along with flutist Karen Weisgarber-Smithson, he recorded all the works for Flute and Piano by the late Canadian Composer, Elliot Weisgarber.
In 2010 he was appointed Vice President of the British Columbia Conservatory of Music.
Currently, Win is the president and organizing chairman of the North West Piano Ensemble Society, which presents a biennial international piano ensemble competition for piano duo and piano duet (see www.nwpes.ca).
Win is the originator and a founding member of the Vancouver Piano Ensemble.
