Wouter Kellerman

Wouter Kellerman (born 20 September 1961) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning South African flautist, producer, composer and philanthropist, who has won nine South African Music Awards. Classically trained, Kellerman performs primarily World, Roots and New Age music. Background Kellerman was born in Johannesburg in 1961 to parents Pieter van Ellewee Kellerman and Susanna Petronella Greeff. Kellerman chose the flute as his instrument, and his parents hired the equipment and arranged lessons at the Randburg Music Centre. He was able to obtain a bursary from Anglo-American and studied electrical engineering at the University of Johannesburg. With two children to raise on his own, and not able to financially support them in music, he continued his engineering career while pursuing music part time. for his 2014 album Winds of Samsara, a collaboration with Indian composer and producer Ricky Kej. Winds of Samsara reached No. 1 on the US New Age Album Billboard Charts and also peaked at No. 1 on the ZMR (Zone Music Reporter) Top 100 Radio Airplay Chart in the month of July 2014. Kellerman’s Love Language (2015) received a Grammy nomination for ‘Best Contemporary Instrumental Album’, and w