Aruna Sayeeram (b. 19??)

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Aruna Sayeeram's birth place is Bombay (Maharashtra)and she is born into a family of musicians. She grew up in a musical atmosphere surrounded by the most famous names of Carnatic and Hindustani music.

She has studied classical singing since childhood, first with her mother Smt. Rajalakshmi Sethuraman, then with the famous carnatic vocalist Shrimati Brinda, heir to a celebrated style of singing (the style of Shrimati Veena Dhanamal).

She also learnt from Sri A.S. Mani, Sangita Bhushanam and disciple of Tiger Varadachariar. Sri T.R. Subramaniam, Professor of music Delhi University, disciple of Musiri Subramania Iyer. Sri S. Ramachandran, disciple of Chittoor Sri Subramania Pillai.

Living in Bombay, a meeting point of Hindustani and Carnatic music, she has developed her own style. She has been able to add to the fantastic rhythmical and melodic precision of the music of Southern India with the balance and the aesthetics of North Indian music.

Her repertoire includes rare compositions of Syama Sastri and Dikshitar, Abhangs, Tamil songs and Devarnamas. She has launched and performed extremely popular program "Samantar", (meaning parallel lines) with hindustani singer Smt. Neela Bhagawat. She has also experimented with folk music in different languages. Composed, directed and sang around the world for choreographic production of internationally acclaimed dancer Chandralekha.