MAHESH VINAYAKRAM www.maheshvinayakram.com Mahesh Vinayakram, today is one of the leading artists in the field of Carnatic and world music. He started his career as a SOLO VOCALIST at the age of 12,& he is a senior disciple (shisya) of SMT. Radha Viswanathan daughter of Bharath ratna SMT.M.S.Subbulakshmi and continuing the Semmangudi parampara (bhani)OF sangita pithamahar.shri.semmangudi srinivasa iyer  in Carnatic music presentation.  He had opportunities to get  vocal lessons from Gurus like Shri H.Y. Narayanan, Shri O.S. Thiagarajan, smt. Savithiri Sathyamurthy, Shri. Bhagavathulu Seetharama Sarma (Kalapeetham, Chennai). Being a master degree holder in sociology from madras university and annamalai university his passion was always for music. Having performed in all metro cities as solo carnatic performer in concerts in major sabhas, He has also trained himself as a contemporary  Singer for various world class musicians like ustad zakir hussain,stevesmith,sandeep raval,talvin singh,georgebrooks,kai,james asher,jonas hellborg,shawn lane,pete lockett,  and world class productions like Sapthaakshara a family band led by  his father padmashri.t.h.vikku vinayakram having all his siblings and shisyas on stage. “CHARISHNU” 35 dancers and 8 art forms,and 7 leaders for each art form where mahesh vinayakram is one of the leader taking care of percussion 
and live singing, where the production is supported by  indian cultural department govt of india. “k&g business class refugee”  a digital new age live music & dance production by indo isreal band by yotam agam and patrick debag isreal
“ Ethno histeria “ by matija solcea and friends from sloveni “Good People in times of Evil” with artists Mr. Jonas Hellborg in Bass and Shawn Lane in Guitar with his two brothersv.selvaganesh & v.umashankar. and also sung in  Bollywood movies as hit songs and sessions for rerecordingsand to list  few puliurumudu song in the movie  vettaikaran  by vijay antony and rerecording for hindi movie raavan by a.r.rahman  and many other session works for music directors like a.r.rahman,vijay antony,d.eman etc. Besides  voice over for more than 8  tamil tele serial being dubbed in all  4 southern languages in major satellite television of south india. He has toured extensively to almost all places in the world for both the Bands listed above. To list a few U.S, Germany , France , Italy , Norway , Sweden , Mauritius , South Africa , Ghana , Kenya , Indonesia , London , Etc. He has received many prizes and Awards in the inter-school & College Competitions. He has many Awards to his Credits: To list a few, Award of “National scholarship”  from central govt of india cultural department. “Unesco Award” for Millenium 2000 Concert held at Indonesia  organized by unesco org. “Asthana vidwan of kanchi shri shankara mutt” by shankara matam kancheepuram. “Maharajapuram Santhanam Award” by Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai – 2000. Best Performance Award by ” Venkateswara Temple – Pittsburg U.S.A. “Best Performance Award” by High Commission of India concert held at Kenya 2002. “Gana kala vipanchee” by Dr.Balamuralikrishna’s Vipanchee trust 2011 “Madhura murali Puraskar”  by Vipanchee trust  2012 He has many Albums to his credits.. highlights of notable albums to list a few..
“Mtv coke studios”  production  song Vachan by music composer  mr.nithin sawhney featuring shri.mahesh vinayakram
Sruti box production (U.S)  by Shankar tucker’s GURU BRAHMA featuring Mahesh vinayakram
“Tereecotta” fazuma 2010 featuring mahesh vinayakram by fransisco lisbon
“Bravado masala” by james asher & mahesh vinayayakram by star field records uk
journeys through masters of percussion by petelockett by music today india & uk release.
“K&g  business class refugee” by earth sync  records india & isreal
“Drums On Fire” – James Asher, London by star field records uk 
“Icon” – Jonas Hellborg, Sweden . ‘Live Show Of Paris ”  by bardo records sweden 
“Karnatic Classicals” – by CSC,  india 
“Impressions” – by Music Today, india 
“New Morning” as DVD in collaboration with BBC  live recording  released by bardo records  sweden & u.s
and many others.   (for other albums check the menu ALBUMS on the top) GEORG GRATZER www.georg-gratzer.com Having been trained on classical clarinet since childhood Georg Gratzer studied jazz saxophone, flute and clarinet at the Graz University of Arts. The multi-instrumentalist, who originates from the Styria region in Austria, initially went to London and then to New York to further his jazz training with months of master classes led by Ned Rothenberg and Robert Dick. After his studies he made London his home, where together with the guitarist Thomas Mauerhofer he worked in the field of theatre music and freely improvised and electronic music. In addition he composed and recorded different soundtracks, for example for Warner Bros, BBC Europe and Arte. In 2001 he founded together with the violin virtuoso Klemens Bittmann the band “Beefólk”. As the bandname shows Folk Music together with World Music became more and more important in Georg Gratzer´s life. Together with Klemens Bittmann he arranged traditionals from Serbia, Croatia, Tangos by Astor Piazzolla or the music of John McLaughlin in a very unique World Jazz style. Critics called it “Zappa Folk”. Concert tours through China, Iceland and Europe followed. Till 2011 three CDs and one DVD with traditionals and originals were released. Inspired by countless journeys to India, China and South America Georg Gratzer extended his range of instruments with numerous native instruments such as the Chinese Dizi & HuLuSi, the Indian Bansuri or the Peruvian Zampoña. At the same time he became acquainted with different types of traditional folk music and integrated them into his world of music. Currently he plays the soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, Bb soprano, alto & bass clarinets, transverse flute, alto flute, Dizi (a wooden flute from traditional Chinese music), HuLuSi (a type of oboe belonging to the mouth organ family also from Chinese music), Bansuri (a North Indian transverse flute made from bamboo), Didgeridoo (the traditional musical instrument of the North Australian aborigines) and Zampoña (a panpipe from the Mid Andes). In 2009 whilst studying with the Gundecha Brothers in India Georg Gratzer got introduced to the ancient vocal style of Dhrupad. Through the playing of real Indian Classical Raga Music once more a new musical world opened its doors. Alongside his countless study trips Georg Gratzer has played in concerts all over the world, for example at famous jazz and world music festivals in Grenoble, Paris, Odessa, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Vienna, Warsaw, Bratislava, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Munich, London, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Peking and Hong Kong. Apart from “Beefólk” Georg Gratzer is the founder and leader of various ensembles, including “Amridan”, “carysfortstories” as well as the church organ and woodwinds project “Georg Gratzer & Johannes Ebenbauer”. In addition he also plays with Trio de Janeiro, Timna Brauer’s “Mozart anders”, the “Nenad Vasilic Balkan Band” or “Sandy Lopicic Superstvar”. He has published several sound recordings, with Beefólk (“Orka”, “Place Dramatique", “Live”, “Opera Buffa in Five Microscenes”), with Trio de Janeiro (“Live at Generalihof Graz”), and with Jazztett Forum Graz (“Correlations”, “Deviation”) amongst others. In 2009 he recorded with the Weimar Philharmonic Orchestra as a soloist on the Chinese Dizi together with Lang Lang on the piano for the Warner Bros Animation Movie “Laura´s Star & The Mysterious Dragon Nian”. Since 2010 Georg Gratzer is Art Director of the Arts Festival KOMM.ST. In 2012 he recorded as a guest artist for Lesle Lewis´Solo Album. When he is not on new musical journeys of discovery Georg Gratzer lives in Floing in a stonehouse from the 1930s in the Styria region in Austria enjoying practicing open air and growing grapes on 300years old vine for his uncle to make delicious “Tresterbrand”, the so called Austrian Grappa. KLEMENS BITTMANN www.klemo.at