LUKAS PERMAN & RAMESH NAIR - The Gentlemen of Swing

Lukas Perman studied acting, singing and dance at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) and graduated with honors. In 2002, he took part in the casting show organized by ORF Starmania and was one of the twelve finalists. This was followed in 2003 by an engagement at the Theater an der Wien for the musical production Elisabeth. He then played the title role in the German-language premiere of the musical Romeo and Juliet at the Raimund Theater in Vienna. In 2007, the musical production Elisabeth (in German) with the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien on a ten-week tour of Japan. In the following years, Lukas Perman was almost exclusively engaged for productions and concerts in Japan. In 2008 he played in the Japanese version of Maurey Yeston's Phantom the role of Philip de Chandon in Japanese. After his return to Vienna, he was engaged by the Vienna Volksoper as Freddy in My fair lady. From 2009 to 2011, he was Alfred in the new Viennese version of Dance of the Vampires at the Ronacher in Vienna. In 2012, he released the CD "Luft und Liebe" together with Marjan Shaki (as the duo Marjan & Lukas). In 2013, Perman appeared in the eighth season of Dancing Stars and came third as a finalist. From June 2013 to January 2014, he returned to musicals and played in Elisabeth once again played Crown Prince Rudolf at the Raimund Theater. In 2017 he played in I am from Austria the Josi Edler. In 2019, he returned in the role of Dr. Roger Fleuriot in the play My sister and I returned to the Vienna Volksoper. Perman has acted as a presenter at various concerts and events, for example at Musicalstars in the Römersteinbruch St. Margarethen, as well as on TV in the ORF programs Licht ins Dunkel, Wir spielen für Österreich and Stimmen für den Frieden.

After graduating as a stage actor from the renowned Folkwang University in Essen in 1999, Ramesh Nair appeared in numerous musical productions, including 5 years at the Raimundtheater of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien. He has choreographed and directed numerous musical productions in Austria and Germany, as well as the film "Die lange Welle hinterm Kiel" with Veronika Ferres. Ramesh has choreographed TV commercials for Hervis, Perwoll and Knorr (Germany, Holland), where he also acted as an advertising character.

From 2008 to 2016, Ramesh was an advertising spokesperson for "Telering" and thus became known to the general public as "THE INDIAN". As one of the "Dancing Stars", he danced his way to 2nd place in the ORF program of the same name in 2009. As in 2015, he was also a judge on the ORF program "Die große Chance der Chöre" in 2016 and appeared with Angelika Niedetzky in the ORF comedy series "Kalahari Gemsen", which he conceived and for which he acted as author and actor, which was also broadcast on 3sat. He is on stage with the concert series "4 Voices of Musical" and with Lukas Perman in their musical cabaret "The Gentlemen of Swing". 

In 2019, ORF appointed him chief choreographer of the 12th season of "Dancing Stars". He choreographed "Im weissen Rössl" at the Bad Ischl Leharfestival and played the role of Sigismund Sülzheimer. In the same year, he co-directed and choreographed "Im weißen Rössl" at the Dortmund Opera House. Most recently, he staged and choreographed the revueoperetta "Frau Luna" at the Leharfestival 2022 in Bad Ischl, which was awarded the Bavarian Operetta Frog for best production. This was followed by his production of the Austrian premiere of the musical "Neun" at Bühne Baden, which he also directed and choreographed. 

Max Hagler Band

Josef Burcharts, trumpet

Thomas Faulhammer, saxophones, flute, clarinet

Werner Wurm, trombone

Stefan Öllerer, tenor saxophone, clarinet

Ulrich Permanschlager, Bass

Markus Adamer, drums

Max Hagler, bandleader, arranger, pianist