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Andre de Villiers is one of South Africa’s most successful singer, songwriters, recording artist and is a highly sought after performer.
Andre has also won numerous awards for his work in the advertising industry. He has composed music for TV and cinema commercials for:
Volkswagen
Toyota,
South African /Lufthansa airlines
Macdonald’s
Nedbank
Nestle, and many others.

André’s ads have won many awards nationally as well as internationally, including both the celebrated London international and Cannes Awards.

For the past six years André has been traveling the world sharing the story of his life in song and word.

Andre lives with his wife Michele in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. They have four children, two of whom are still at home.

Andre’s musical sojourn started at the age of 12, when he discovered that he had an ability to sing. At the age of 14, Andre joined his first band, and by the time he reached his 16th birthday he had dropped out of school and was earning a living as a professional musician. Andre joined South Africa’s first super group Hammak at the age of 18. Hammak was one of the first SA bands to include original material in their repertoire. Many of the members went on to have highly successful international careers in the music industry. Most notably Anton fig, who is currently the drummer for the David letterman band. When Hammak eventually broke up, Andre set sail for London. There he developed his songwriting craft, and after 6 months returned to South Africa. A solo career, which included 4 albums and thousands of gigs, ranging from concerts to pubs, was André’s life for the next ten years.During André’s recording career he has worked with some of the worlds finest musicians in the states as well as in Europe. His earlier albums read like a who’s who of the music industry. It was during this period that Andre met his wife and life-long companion.

At the age of thirty Andre became a Christian, and withdrew from the music scene for the next nineteen years in order to become established in his faith and to work out the implications of being a creative being and a Christian.
During this time André continued to journal his life in song as he experienced life as a Christian and the trials and tribulations associated with his family life and his faith.

Toward the end of this period Andre was asked to write the music for the perhaps the most memorable VW commercials of all time. The “Memories” ad won awards nationally and internationally. Andre began to build his own studio to produce the numerous commercials he was commissioned to write.

Due to popular demand André was approached by a record company to produce the “lifeline” cd which turned out to be one of the most successful albums ever produced in South Africa.
Shortly after this André started performing in public to an overwhelming response and has been on the road for the past six years fulfilling God’s call on his life.

Andre has subsequently recorded two cd,s “stand” and “testimony” both of which have been landmarks on the South African music scene.


The story continues………………..