Al
Gomes of Big Noise was hired by Ricky Kej
and Wouter Kellerman to join their publicity and strategic
team that successfully helped win the duo their first-ever
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for their CD 'Winds
of Samsara.'
Thirty minutes before winning, Wouter checked in and spoke to everyone by phone at Big Noise's annual viewing party on Grammy Awards day.
'Winds of Samsara' is the first
collaboration between two critically acclaimed musicians,
Indian composer and producer Ricky Kej
and South African flutist and composer Wouter Kellerman.
Exploring the fusion of classical and contemporary sounds,
the CD speaks to timeless universal themes of love, peace
and harmony. Recorded across five continents with over 120
musicians, 'Winds of Samsara' reached No. 1 on the Billboard
New Age Album chart, World Radio chart, and Zone Music Reporter
Top 100 Radio Airplay chart.
Ricky has previously
composed the soundtrack for five feature films in the Kannada
language, and is credited with over 3,000 placements for
radio and television jingles. He has also composed the music
for the 2011 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony, held at
Dhakka. Read
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Using his classical training
as a foundation, Wouter has focused his
attention on World and Roots music, exploring the versatility
of the instrument and fusing classical and contemporary
sounds. He has performed at the Closing Ceremony of the
2010 Soccer World Cup (for 700 million people.), Carnegie
Hall, the 2010 opening of Midem in Cannes, France (the world's
biggest music conference), the 2010 Expo in Shanghai, China,
and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Wouter is a Musical
Ambassador for Project Peace on Earth. Read
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