South African flautist Wouter Kellerman has done the country proud, after winning his third Grammy. He won alongside Eru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon for their album, Triveni, in Los Angeles last night. They won in the category for the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album.

South African flautist Wouter Kellerman has won his third Grammy

Previously Kellerman took home the coveted trophy in 2015 with Ricky Kej. He followed that up in 2023 alongside Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode.

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Kellerman’s acceptance speech

“Thank you so much; this is amazing. This is a testament to the fact that music has the power to unite and to heal. Thank you, Chandrika, thank you, Eru, and all the musicians on the album. A big thank you to Tholsi [Pillay, Kellerman’s manager], best friend, and business partner. Most importantly, to all of you, music connects, [I] am very grateful to share this moment with you.”

Eru Matsumoto’s acceptance speech

“Thank you so much, recording academy… Oh my gosh, I’m so happy right now; thank you so much to everyone who believed in this in this album and project.”

Chandrika Tandon’s acceptance speech

“Music is love, music is light, and music is laughter, and let’s all be surrounded by love, light and laughter and thank you for the music and thank you for every one of you who makes the music.”

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

The Grammy Award for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album is presented to recording artists for quality albums in the new-age music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] Honours in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to “honour artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position”.[2]

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording, the honour was first presented to Swiss musician Andreas Vollenweider at the 29th Grammy Awards in 1987 for his album Down to the Moon. (The above information about this c category is from Wikipedia)

READ MORE: About this category (On Wikipedia)