To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Wilfred Delphin, we are spotlighting his extensive teaching and performance career. Wilfred Delphin is a pianist and teacher and a member of the piano duo Delphin and Romaine. He taught at Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Music and retired from that role in 2004. He has performed around the world in prestigious venues such as the White House, where he performed for President Jimmy Carter. Read more below to learn about his work as a pianist and educator.
Wilfred Delphin: Breaking Barriers through a Life in Music
By Pamela Pike
As half of the duo-piano team, Delphin and Romain, Wilfred has performed at large and small concert venues throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Their performances highlighted their artistic and technical skill, as well as the works of both recognized and underappreciated composers. As the first critically and internationally acclaimed African American piano duo, Delphin and Romain performed traditional Western two-piano repertoire and championed lesser-known African American composers by commissioning and playing their works, including for President Jimmy Carter in the White House. But Delphin and Romain didn’t only present their musical offerings in the most prestigious concert halls, they also traveled throughout the United States transporting their own pianos and bringing the music they loved to small communities, where audiences who may have been unfamiliar with classical music were appreciative of the skilled performance and musical experience. Since Edwin Romain’s passing in 1995, Delphin continued to teach advanced university-level pianists, to perform collaboratively with colleagues, and champion young black musicians whose voices he believed were worth hearing.
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