South African flute player, Wouter Kleerman has won the Grammy for “Best New Age Album”.
Wouter recorded the album Winds of Samsara with Indian composer Ricky Key. The album was inspired by Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. “The message is of peace, love and tolerance about Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi that’s the message we were trying to communicate with this album.” – Wouter Kellerman
“Winds Of Samsara” was a massive undertaking that took 3 years and 120 musicians to make. It reached #1 on the US Billboard New Age Albums Chart and also peaked at #1 on the Zone Music Reporter Top 100 Radio Airplay Chart in the month of July 2014.
Kellerman’s album Two Voices won the 2011 SAMA (South African Music Award, equivalent to the American Grammy®) for ‘Best Instrumental Album’, reinforcing his status as one of South Africa’s foremost musicians. A true crossover artist, Kellerman thrives on experimenting with the shades, textures and colours that his magic flute is capable of painting, and creatively blending them with other instrumentation and vocal sounds.
Wouter has travelled extensively over the last few years, performing around the globe in places like Berlin, Shanghai, New York and Sydney and most recently at a sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Grammy® Museum in LA.
To have a listen to some of Wouter’s music or to learn more about him, check out his website [here]
