PHILANTHROPY is HAUSCHKA's first new album in four years. Though Bertelmann started in pop music, he adopted his solo guise as Hauschka in the early 2000s, earning a reputation as a pioneer of what would come to be known as New Classical music. However, he hesitates to silo himself in one genre, saying “The only way to survive is actually to leave the ship when it starts to get going," he laughs. “Otherwise it's the last ship you take."