Biografia

Andreas Vollenweider (4 de Outubro de 1953) é um músico suiço de World Music, Jazz, New Age e até mesmo Classical.

Dois de seus álbuns foram número 1 na Billboard simultaneamente nas categorias Classical, Jazz, Pop e Crossover por várias semanas.

His music is very dynamic and colorful. His primary instrument is an electrically modified harp of his own design, but he also plays a wide variety of instruments from around the world, including the Chinese guzheng. His albums feature many musicians performing his compositions with him, ranging from simple solos to suites for orchestra and soloists. His music is mostly instrumental but he has occasionally forayed into vocal music as well.

His past collaborators include Bobby McFerrin, Carly Simon, Djivan Gasparyan, Luciano Pavarotti, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Carlos Nunez, Ray Anderson, and Milton Nascimento (among many others).

Politically, Andreas Vollenweider is a pacifist (follower of the principles of non-violent conflict management of Mahatma Gandhi) who features quotes from Gandhi, among others, on his website and is currently involved in spreading awareness of the American war in Iraq by posting a ticker on the current casualties, American and Iraqi, on his website.