Andreas Vollenweider

Since debuting in the late 1970s, Swiss harpist and composer Andreas Vollenweider has amassed a broad catalog of music that traverses new age, jazz, classical, and world music. Combining a self-modified electro-acoustic harp with synthesizers, percussion, and orchestral instrumentation, Vollenweider broke into the global mainstream in the mid-'80s with albums like White Winds (1984) and Down to the Moon (1986), the latter of which earned him a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. Amid a series of successful world tours, he continued exploring new approaches including large sym...