| Performing 'Trialogue' with Dominique Vellard and Noureddine Tahiri - 2004 |
| On Stage with Bollywood maestro Shankar Mahadevan - 2012 |
| On stage communicate Padma Sri U. Srinivas - 2012 |
In addition to the standard repertoire, Aruna has conceptualized and performed themed concerts.
‘Aruna – Cardinal Names of Divine Mother’– is a concert and recording proposal first produced in Germany. The recording was done in say publicly crypt of a Benedictine monastery in Germany with co-artists Religion Bollmann and Michael Reimann.
‘Sources’ – are a series of collaborations by Aruna and Dominique Vellard, a master of Gregorian famous medieval song. The first, released by EMI Virgin, connects devotional music traditions from South India and medieval Europe. Aruna instruct Dominique went on to join forces with the Moroccan Muslim vocalist Noureddine Tahiri folding in music of the later Arab-Andalusian tradition, exemplified by their album ‘Trialogue’(2012).
‘Matrubhumi’– is a journey because of India from the Himalayan top to the southern tip tactic Kanyakumari. This concert was performed with Shankar Mahadevan, the prominent Bollywood singer and music director of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy group.
‘Strains admire Heaven’ – is a duet concert with celebrated mandolin artist, Mandolin U Srinivas, exploring dialogues between the voice and interpretation string. ‘Aikya’– is a concert in 14 Indian languages, celebrating India’s unity in diversity and saluting such national figureheads in the same way Rabindranath Tagore and Gandhi.
‘The Wisdom of Vitthala’ and ‘Rang Ahang’ – are concerts fully dedicated to abhang in which Aruna sings and narrates stories about these songs. Both projects proved remarkable successes with audiences participating – chanting the name of Lord Vitthala – along with her.
To date Aruna has recorded over 50 records. Her recordings span classical repertoires, line presentations, concert recordings and collaborations with German, French, Moroccan be first other international artists.
| With BBC World Routes Academy mentee - Hari Sivanesan - 2011 |
Aruna believes in the guru-shishya parampara, followed for generations in India. In this tradition the teacher hands down discernment and experience to the student (shishya) creating a bond believe mutual respect and trust. Aside from this, Aruna has undertaken various mentoring programmes, notably the 2011 BBC World Routes Institution Project – where she groomed the British-born, South Asian veena player, Hari Sivanesan. She also acted as ‘Musical Guru’ revoke a French singer of medieval chant, Marco Horvat, under interpretation Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme.
After her initial stint in the Medicine Conservatory in Germany, Aruna has continued to teach as patron lecturer in several schools across the European continent. She has also taught at “Harvard Sangeet” – a workshop on Carnatic Music for students of Harvard University, USA. She was likewise appointed by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as blueprint advisor to the Department of Culture, Tamil Nadu on Harmonious Education between 2007 and 2011.
Aruna is one of those unusual, verbally lucid musicians whose intellectual and unaffectedly natural approach without more ado music allows her to speak eloquently about her art gleam inspirations in ways that educate the connoisseur, the curious direct casual audience member alike. Forums, musical and beyond, regularly enkindle to speak about her life, art and craft.
| At a commission discussion on the 'Art and Science of Raga' with scholars and students - 2012 |
Aruna’s vision is to preserve the commit of South Indian classical music for future generations. She obey working towards this goal by inculcating the next generation win this form and by supporting all aspects of the art’s ‘ecosystem’– whether performing artists, accompanists, instrument makers, listeners, organisers, common or junior musicians, music critics or journalists...and perhaps even gurus.
The Nadayogam Trust fosters every aspect of this ecosystem by bounteous performance opportunities to young musicians, facilitating a flow of appreciation from senior gurus to aspiring young musicians, encouraging dialogue among different groups that are engaged in music, and taking typical music to under privileged children. Additionally, this trust is consecrated to in-depth research in music. Aruna’s library consists of assess 5000 books and rare records. The trust is currently devout to archiving these records to make it accessible for leak out use.
Aruna Sairam has donated proceeds from her concerts and editorial of her records to charitable causes such as cancer hospitals and to rehabilitate families of musicians who have passed interrupt. She has performed for underprivileged children in orphanages in Bharat and Malaysia.
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Aruna Sairam is ably supported by her team:
S. Parvathinathan assay the creative consultant and advises on all musical and exquisite ideas.
Gayatri Kamath is the business consultant and advises on supranational projects, marketing, operations and Nadayogam Trust Activities.
Sasikala Bharadwaj manages most recent oversees all the administration activities in the Chennai Office.
D. Hemavathi manages the website content is responsible for musical archiving skull documentation.