Chevalier Award: Carnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam will be conferred the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, the Knight of the Order of the Merit, by the French government. She has been selected for her singing talent and contribution to the development of Indo-France relations.
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Aruna Sairam started her classical training under her mother Rajalakshmi Sethuraman. She went on to become a disciple of the legendary vocalist Sangita Kalanidhi T Vrinda, thus continuing an illustrious line of female singers in the Tanjore tradition for more than eight generations. Later, she was mentored by several other maestros of our country.
Her music has erased geographical borders when she was the first to incorporate Abhang, a Western Indian musical form, into a traditional, South Indian concert. By interacting with national and international musicians, Aruna communicates beyond regional contexts, using melody as a language of human expression.
Chevalier Award: Apart from this
- Aruna Shairam has received several awards including the Padma Shri of the Central Government and the Sangeet Kalanidhi of the Sangeet Academy.
- She was also elected as the Vice-Chairperson of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
- Apart from this, she is also the recipient of the Tamil Nadu government’s Kalaimamani Award and the Kalidas Samman Award of Madhya Pradesh.
- Aruna Sairam has also received the US Congressional Award of Excellence and was also conferred appreciation by the Mayor of the City of New York and the city of San Diego.
