Pieter Grobler
Pieter Grobler joined the Music Department at Stellenbosch University in August 2010 as Lecturer in Piano. He worked with Joseph Stanford at the University of Pretoria obtaining the BMus and BMusHons degrees in piano performance cum laude. Postgraduate studies were with Joseph Banowetz at the University of North Texas in the USA, where he completed the MM and DMA piano performance degrees. During his tenure there he regularly attended lessons with the Polish pianist: Adam Wodnicki. As piano collaborator he studied vocal accompaniment with Dr. Elvia Puccinelli and Harold Heiberg. Pieter Grobler was the recipient of numerous scholarships from institutions in both South Africa and the USA and was awarded a teaching assistantship for the duration of his studies at the University of North Texas. He passed the UTLM with distinction in 1999 and was invited to participate in the UNISA Overseas Scholarship Competition, winning the prize for the best performance of a South African Composition. During the 2003 Unisa/Vodacom National Piano Competition he was awarded the Bill van Tonder Prize. He participated in the 1999 Second China International Piano Competition in Beijing as well as the 2005 Hilton Head International Piano Competition where he was heard on US National Public Radio (NPR) as part of the competition broadcasts. In addition to his duties at the University of North Texas he maintained a piano studio at a Dallas-area conservatory. After completion of his studies he worked for three years in Ohio where he was on the piano faculty of Heidelberg College (a private liberal arts university in the Cleveland area). Pieter Grobler is currently coaching a studio of talented pianists from around the country and maintains an active concert schedule.
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