Pieter is an Associate Professor in Piano at Stellenbosch University, where he lectures in piano performance, chamber music and repertoire studies. He, has been described as a performer with "finesse, sensitivity and a flawless sense of the classical style" (The Star, Johannesburg, South Africa). Grobler worked with Joseph Stanford at the University of Pretoria. 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 Polish pianist: Adam Wodnicki. He studied vocal accompaniment with Dr Elvia Puccinelli and Harold Heiberg, and was the recipient of numerous scholarships and prizes from institutions in South Africa and the USA during his studies. Pieter Grobler regularly acts as adjudicator and examiner throughout South Africa, and has served as peer reviewer for the DHET creative output accreditation. He has served as organiser and chairman of the jury for the Hennie Joubert Piano Competition, held biennially as part of the Stellenbosch International Piano Symposium since 2012 - also serving as member of the organising committee for the symposium itself. Since his return to South Africa in 2010, he maintained an active concert profile, both as collaborative and solo artist. He has worked with local and international artists within a South African concertising context, also performing in Canada and across the USA. Noteworthy amongst these appearances was a live radio broadcast as part of the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series hosted at the Chicago Cultural Centre, a South African national tour with the American cellist Ben Caps and numerous appearances with violinist Annette-Barbara Vogel: both in Canada and South Africa (an 8 concert Canadian chamber music tour scheduled for 2020 was cancelled due to covid). Other exciting international concerts to date included appearances in Beijing, China as youngster during the first China International Piano Competition and appearances with orchestra in Bulgaria as a student. In 2015 Pieter performed the premiere of Peter Klatzow's Sonata for Cello and Piano with cellist Peter Martens. Other noteworthy premieres include Alexander Johnson's 3 Incantations for Piano (dedicated to me) and Khalagari, for flute and piano (2014), Bongani Ndodana-Breen's Safika - Three Tales of African Migration (SICMF 2012) the RSA premiere of Nico Muhly's chamber music version of his soundtrack for The Reader (SICMF 2013), John Adams' Chamber Symphony, Guillaume Connesson's: Techno Parade (SICMF 2016) and Kevin Puts: 7 Seascapes (SICMF 2018). In 2017 a chamber music performance with colleagues Suzanne and Peter Martens was nominated as best Classical concert at the Woordfees. This honour was repeated in 2022 together with Janel Speelman. In 2023 a Woordtrofee for best Classical Vocal Production was awarded for a recital tofgether with Minette du Toit Pearce. Pieter Grobler has performed numerous concerts at Stellenbosch University as part of the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival and Endler Concert Series. Some of his live recordings are broadcast regularly on Classic-FM in Johannesburg and Fine Music Radio in Cape Town. In addition to his career as pianist, a noteworthy administrative duty included a term as head of the Department of Music.