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 motets, oratorios 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 BC Conservatory of Music, festival adjudicator, and master class clinician both in Canada and abroad. He was invited to be on the jury of the International Competition for Piano Six-Hands held at the Bavarian Academy of Music in Marktoberdorf, in 2002, 2004 and 2006, representing Canada. At UBC he has been asked to do a number of guest lectures on the historical and practical aspects of piano ensemble music and performance.
In the spring of 2006, he recorded all the works for Flute and Piano composed by the late Elliot Weisgarber. The flute part was played by Karen Weisgarber Smithson.
Currently, Win is the chairman of the committee organizing the first North West Piano Ensemble Competition, to be held in November of 2007 in Richmond, BC, Canada.
Win is a founding member of the VPE, which toured in Canada, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Italy and China.
