“Hail a new queen of soul,” said the London media in 2011 after Aruna Sairam became the first Carnatic vocalist to have performed at London's Royal Albert Hall in the 116-year history of the BBC Proms.

Vidhushi Aruna Sairam's first guru was her mother, who was coached by the famous Alathur brothers. By the time she reached Vidhushi TV Brinda, her first guru outside home, a ten year old Sairam, born and raised in Mumbai, could sing compositions in 150 Carnatic ragas and each varanam in six progressively geometrical speeds.

There is almost no genre Aruna Sairam hasn't tried and tested. Whether it is Carnatic classical, Hindustani, folk, abhangs, bhajans, jazz, rhythmic chants or MTV Coke Studio fusions; whether it is singing in Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, or Punjabi, she has made each melody her own, mesmerising audiences with her dexterous vocal timbre and zeal to conquer new ground.

With a string of prestigious national and international awards and honours to her credit, including the Music Academy's Sangita Kalanidhi award (2018) Padma Shri (2009) and the US Congress Proclamation of Excellence (2008), Sairam is a musical ambassador spreading the reach of Carnatic music to the world.

Seen here, Aruna Sairam performing an ode to Ma Durga at Raymond MTV India Music Summit 2018


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