She received vocal training from her mother Rajalakshmi Sethuraman, who was a student of the Alathur Brothers and Thanjavoor Sankara Iyer.

[13] Over the following years, Aruna performed Carnatic music, drawing on the influences of Mumbai and in a pure classical style.

[14] She ushered in a new approach to concert presentation, extending the boundaries of the Carnatic repertoire while retaining classical grammar and tradition.

[18][9][19][20][21] Shri S Ramachandran,[22] from the bani (style) of Chittor Subramanya Pillai,[23] expanded her already wide repertoire and taught her the fine nuances of nereval singing (improvising within poetic texts).

A S Mani, a disciple of Tiger Vardacharyar,[23] guided her through the creative process of swara singing (improvising with the sol-fa).

Prof T R Subramanyam,[24][25][26] an acclaimed music professor at Delhi University,[23] taught Aruna to sing and spontaneously compose within ragam-tanam-pallavi.

[29] She has also performed across the country at venues including The Music Academy in Chennai,[30] the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, Siri Fort Auditorium in Delhi, and at seminars and the festival held at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in Delhi, the Music Forum in Mumbai, and the Kolkata's Sangeet Research Academy.

Sairam has also performed at New York's Carnegie Hall, Paris's Théâtre de la Ville[34][35] and Morocco's Fes Festival of World Sacred Music.

Neela Bhagwat • Jayanti Kumaresh [42]• Coke Studio- Ram Sampath [43]• Sudha Raghunathan [44]• Agam Band [45]• Zakir Hussain [46]• Ronu Majumdar • Haricharan [47]• Thayir Sadam Project [48][49] • Malavika Sarukkai (Dancer) • Pt.

Jayateerth Mevundi • Kaushiki Chakraborty • Padma Subrahmanyam • Gaurav Majumdar • Vivek Sagar • Dominique Vellard [50][51]• Michael Riemann [52]• Christian Bollman [52]• Hari Sivanesan [53]• Nouruddine Tahiri [54]• Jesse Bannister [55]• Vijay Iyer [56]• Rajika Puri (Dancer) [57]• Soumik Datta[46] • Marco Horvat • Rudresh Mahanthappa Sairam has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri and the US Congress Proclamation of Excellence.

She has collaborated with artists including French artistry Dominque Vellard and Christian Bollman of Germany, as well as with eminent Hindustani musicians.