The Flying Finger On Keys - Stephen Devassy is the only Musician in India who has performed with all the Legends in Indian Music Scene, like A R Rahman, Zakir Hussain, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sivamani, Vikku Vinayakram, Dr. L Subramaniam, Mandolin U Srinivas, etc . He is the record holder as Asia’s highest scorer in solo piano exams from Trinity School of Music, London with a score of 92.2%. He also holds the record of completing the course in three years’ time. He is privileged as the only Indian pianist, after Oscar and Grammy winner AR Rahman, to perform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall, London.
His on-stage association with A R Rahman starts with the Jai Ho World Tour and has also accompanied him for his Rock Star Concert, AR Rahman Unplugged Concert 2009 for Doordarshan, A R Rahman Live In Dubai, etc. He is one of the regular band members in Rex Band, a Christian contemporary band singing gospel fusion. He has performed with the band before Pope John Paul II. It was the only band from India to do so. He has also performed before the Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama during the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice 2010.
Sam Devassy started his music career as a violinist at a young age. Passion for Sound took him to a level ahead and now he is one of the top rated sound engineers in South Indian Film Industry. He has worked in many Indian Languages like Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, with legends in Indian Music such as Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Mandolin U Srinivas, Sivamani, Selva Ganesh, Ranjit Barot, Mandolin U Rajesh, M.Jayachandran, Hariharan, Vidyasagar etc. He has won the Radio Mirchi Music Awards for Best Sound Engineer too.
Hariharan is a versatile ,an established ghazal singer & playback singer who has worked with all the great music directors in Indian Music scene and has sung for Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Telugu & Bengali films, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. In 2004, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Professional singing for last 34 years, having sung over 5000 songs in various languages, Hariharan is always ready to experiment and explore with a new style to create a Soulful music.
Schooled in both the Carnatic rhythmic tradition and Western Jazz drums, Sivamani is truly a World Percussionist - surrounding his kit with an array of instruments. He has played world over with some of the best International artistes as well as Indian artistes such as Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, Trilok Gurtu & Louiz Banks. Infact, no World tour of multi-Oscar and multi-Grammy winner A R Rahman is complete without his daunting presence. What makes him unique is not only his constant search for new techniques, new sounds & newer rhythmic configurations, but also his incredible showmanship. Sivamani is truly a magician on Drums!!
M. Jayachandran is a noted film composer, singer and musician. He began learning Carnatic music at the age of 5. He was selected continuously four times, from 1987 to 1990, as the best singer in Carnatic music at the Kerala University youth festivals. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005. With more than 100 films to his credit, M.Jayachandran is undoubtedly one of the most successful music director in South India.