Niel Immelman (13 August 1944 – 7 June 2023) was a South African classical pianist resident in the UK.
He subsequently studied at the Royal College of Music (RCM) with Cyril Smith.
[3] Whilst still a student at the Royal College of Music, Bernard Haitink invited him to perform Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, as his professional debut.
Immelman made a speciality of Czech piano music, and made commercial recordings of the piano works of Josef Suk and of Vítězslav Novák, for the Meridian label.
Niel Immelman died of heart failure on 7 June 2023, at the age of 78.