Performance
at 'Jazz Festival' (Ottawa), 1995
Apart
from being a star performer , Vishwa is a master collaborator too
and with his highly inventive nature, he did a historic jugalbandi
with a Chinese Ehru player Jei Bing Chang and Vishwa has become the
first ever Indian to strike a jugalbandi with a Chinese artist. Vishwa
has also combined with ace American Dobro guitar player Jerry Douglas,
with the American country music Taj Mahal and a rare combination with
the Arabian Oudh player Simon Shaheen . All these recordings have
been released in U.S.A. & Europe and are setting new sales records.
Tabula Rasa an album with Bela Flek, the most regarded
Banjo player, & Chinese Erhu Jei Bing Chang was nominated for
the Grammy award in 1997.
Composing
has been in his nature too. He has come in this arena by composing
"Music for Relaxation" for Music Today. This album is creating
new records all over the world. "Megh Dootam" a Sanskrit
epic poem has been composed and recorded for the first time by Vishwa,
and top-notch Indian film singers like Kavita Krishnamoorty and A.
Hariharan have sung his compositions.
To
top it all he has recently recorded a project for the ace film director
MANI RATNAM s Hindi -Tamil bilingual film the famous music director
A.R.RAHAM.