Andreas Vollenweider Musical artist

Andreas Vollenweider (born 4 October 1953) is a Swiss harpist, who is generally categorised as New Age and uses a modified, electroacoustic harp of his own design. He has collaborated with Bobby McFerrin, Carly Simon, Luciano Pavarotti and in 1987 received a Grammy Award for the album Down to the Moon. Vollenweider's style has been described by the New York Times as "swirling atmospheric music, which evokes nature, magic and fairy tales". He has toured internationally and produced fourteen regular albums in a career that spans four decades. Vollenweider lives outside Zurich.

Personal facts

Andreas Vollenweider
Birth dateOctober 04, 1953
Birth place
Switzerland , Zürich

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Musical artist

BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Jazz
New Age
Classical music
World music
instrument
Modified electroacoustic pedal harp
record label
Edel AG
Columbia Records
EMI
Sony Classical Records
Sony Music Entertainment
SBK Records
Content Records
Kin-Kou Music

Andreas Vollenweider on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.vollenweider.com