Cape Town – South African flautist Wouter Kellerman has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age Album category for his album ‘Pangaea‘.
According to Channel24, this is not the first time the flautist has been nominated for a Grammy award. In 2015, he won in the same category for Winds of Samsara.
“Wow, we’re so grateful for the nomination! We’ve penned the new music to express the hope that our fractured and divided world can forge a new identity where we stand and work together – a world where other’s interests are as important as your own, as if we were one like in the super continent Pangaea – it’s the Spring of a New Age, new beginnings indeed. We look forward to taking your imagination on an adventure,” the report quoted Kellerman as saying.
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Wouter is not unknown in SA, In 2010 he performed at the Fifa World Cup’s closing ceremony, in front of a worldwide audience of 700 million people, according to The Citizen.
He has also received eight SAMA Awards on a local level.
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Compiled by Sinothando Siyolo
