Willy Schwarz was born in Michigan, USA, the son of Italian and German refugees. At a time when the concept of global music was as yet unheard of, Schwarz traveled the world from Brooklyn to Bombay and Katmandu to Kabul, researching, studying and playing music in all the musical languages of the world. In doing so, Willy Schwarz gained inestimable knowledge and also became a highly impressive musical all-rounder. He has played with such luminaries as Tom Waits, Ravi Shankar and Steve Martin. His excellent theater music won him the Drama Desk Award in New York. His last two CDs - "Home, Songs of Immigrants, Refugees and Exiles" and "Jewish Music around the World" received great acclaim from the international press and are now available from JARO Medien.
