Why did it take a such a long time?
After AVAFs extensive touring for over fifteen years, Andreas decided to take a step back. Because of the nature of this music, he was concerned that all the excessive travelling and an unavoidable routine would hurt the "flame of passion", which is the essential ingredient of this music. At the same time, his first son was born, shortly after the second son and only two years later his daughter. It was important to him to be around for these first and most important years, especially since he had experienced the lack of presence of his own father (who also was a musician) during his childhood. During these last years, AV has produced four albums and played only very few mini tours, has written several symphonic works and music for theatre.
2004, Andreas Vollenweider & Friends begun to re-activate the live project with new record labels and agency partners.
The current touring band has already started touring in Europe and was welcomed by a highly enthusiastic crowd of his loyal listeners all over Europe, standing rooms only...
see the tour reports 04/05:
2x AVAF in Poland: Wroclaw & Warsaw
AVAF returned "home" to South Africa!
VOX ON TOUR - Part 1: see the pictures!
AVAF live in PALERMO, Sicily, Italy
AVAF on the Canary Islands
AVAF at the roman baths in Trier, Germany
New AVAF on short tour
AVAF is touring as a quartet, but acoustically comes across more like a full orchestra! Besides Walter Keiser, who has been responisble for the drumming heartbeat of the music since more then 25 years, the band consists if multi-instrumentalists; Daniel Kueffer, winds, keys, vocals, acordion, percussion... and Andi Pupato, percussion, keys, vocals, special effects... Andreas is playing a variety of special harps, guitar, keys, vocals, winds...
The music of AVAF is, as always, very dynamic, from subtle to dramatic and orchestral, but still with a lot of room for improvisation, spontaneity and especially - for humour.
The dates for AVAFs first “coming back” in April/May see our tour schedule at “concerts & tours”
Please note: our first leg of the US tour does unfortunately not include all the cities/states due to schedule and routing reasons. But we will come back for more concerts within the next 12 month!!!
Tourbooking by Steve Levine at
ICM, Beverly Hills
8942 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Tel: 310-550-4000
US-tour 2006: standing rooms, enthuisiastic audiences and very moving moments after the concert, as AVAF is meeting the audiences. Here at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA
stage is ready for the concert in San Raffael,California.
AVAF on tour in the USA. Everyone in front of our "humble home on wheels" warm and enthusistic reception wherever they go!
Andreas updates the audience on the past 10 years...
Vocal "escapade" in the song "Seven Doors"
Morgana Palace, duet Daniel (Bariton) & Andreas (double flute)
A wonderful surprize, a special guest at the show in Los Angeles: Jivan Gasparyan from Armenia with his beautiful instrument, the duduk. Jivans sound ist heard in almost every Hollywood movie with at least one middle-eastern scene
One of the special concerts at the Jazz Alley Club in Seattle. A different, but great experience for AVAF
Calling home...
the adventurers; Beat Allgaier, Andi Pupato, Hanspeter Ehrsam and Daniel Küffer at the "dramatic" coast of Big Sur
Daniel, jogging in the streets of Seattle: somebody has to do it...
morning pow-wow in the tourbus
the thirsty machines. These days, America is experiencing the consequences of it's massive energy waste; endless cues at empty gas stations
the odd couple...
the best crew on the planet: Hanspeter Ehrsam (since 25 years responsible for the live-sound for AVAF, has also designed and built all the electronic gear to make the harp sound the way it does!) and Beat Allgaier, (monitor man and production mutli-talent since many years)
Tommy Wilson, our wirl-wind-tour-manager and much more... fortunately is willing to wear many hats on this tour...
Our great driver on the west coast Donny Silva in his seat, overlooking the world
online fever
Daniel online, anywhere...
