Andreas Vollenweider (born October 4 1953) is a Swiss musician. He is generally categorized as part of the New Age genre; 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 and Milton Nascimento (among many others). He also greatly influenced Hilary Stagg, an American electrician and harp builder who died prematurely in 1999 after a brief ilness.

Politically, Andreas Vollenweider is a pacifist 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

Discography

• Eine Art Suite in XIII Teilen (An Art Suite in XIII Parts), 1979
• .. Behind the Gardens - Behind the Wall - Under the Tree .., 1980
• Caverna Magica (.. Under the Tree - In the Cave ..), 1982
• Pace Verde, "maxi-single" for Greenpeace, 1983
• White Winds (Seeker's Journey), 1984
• Down To the Moon, 1986
• Dancing With the Lion, 1989
• Traumgarten (Garden of Dreams), 1990 (collaboration with his father, organist Hans Vollenweider)
• The Trilogy, 1990 (compilation of Behind the Gardens, Caverna Magica, White Winds, Pace Verde and selections from Eine Art Suite)
• Book of Roses, 1991
• Eolian Minstrel, 1993 (vocal songs)
• Andreas Vollenweider and Friends - Live, 1994
• Kryptos, 1997
• Cosmopoly, 1999
• The Essential Andreas Vollenweider, 2001 (compilation)
• Vox, 2004
• The Storyteller, 2005

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