Aruna Sayeeram was born in Bombay, an Indian city. She has been inducted to the world of music with the hands of her mother Smt. Rajalakshmi Sethuraman, who was a well-known musician, performer, teacher and as well as AIR broadcaster. Later on Aruna Sayeeram underwent training under Smt. T. Brinda, recipient of President`s Award, Sangita Kalanidhi, granddaughter of Veena Dhanammal and the cousin of internationally prominent dancer Smt. T. Balasaraswathi. She has also received training from Veena Vidwan Sri K.S. Narayanaswamy, Padma Sri, Sangita Kalanidhi and disciple of Sri Sabesa Iyer. She has also learnt from maestros like Sri A.S. Mani, Sangita Bhushanam, disciple of Tiger Varadachariar, Sri T.R. Subramaniam, Professor of music Delhi University, who is disciple of Musiri Subramania Iyer, Sri S. Ramachandran, disciple of Chittoor Sri Subramania Pillai.

Aruna Sayeeram has specialized in the repertoire that admits rare compositions of Syama Sastri and Dikshitar. She is popular for her execution in Abhangs, Tamil songs and Devarnamas. She has performed with Hindustani singer Smt. Neela Bhagawat highly popular program "Samantar", which means parallel lines. She has also exhibited her excellence in Folk music in different languages. Aruna Sayeeram has composed, directed and sang around the world for choreographic production of internationally acclaimed dancer Chandralekha. She has been selected as Expert to select recipients of All India Scholarship in music awarded by Department of Culture, Govt. of India.

Throughout her professional career, Aruna Sayeeram has performed at many occasions like Rashtrapathi Bhavan - concert presented by President of India Sri R. Venkataraman; Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Delhi and Hyderabad; Raj Bhavan Mumbai - concert presented by Governor of Maharashtra Sri C. Subramaniam; Music Academy, Chennai; Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi; National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai; Soorya Festival, Trivandrum; Other major festivals across the country. She has also executed in abroad in many highly esteemed places like, Theatre de la Ville, Paris (audience of 2000) - France; Radio France, Paris - live concert broadcast all over Europe - France; Swiss National Radio Broadcast- Switzerland; Rietberg Museum, Zurich-Switzerland; Concerts at Universities of Germany-Germany; Radio Deutsche Welle, Cologne-Germany; National Television-Spain.

Aruna Sayeeram has performed concerts with many foreign musicians. For that she has participated at the concerts tour series ` Aruna 1000 Names Of The Divine Mother` with German musicians Christian Bollmann and Michael Reimann- Germany; duet concerts with French singer Dominique Vellard-France; theatre Production "Le Baby Blue" - A French musical based on South Indian Music - France. To her credit she has released many albums, like `SANGEETA` based on the Padams & Javalis in the year 1985; `KALAVARDINI` on Classical in the year 1994; Double Album Classical under AVM in the year 1995; Classical (also CD) under HMV in the year 1995; Classical under AVM in the year 1996; Perennial Melodies under AVM in the year 1996; Classical (also CD) under Abhirami Recording Co in the year 1996; LIVE at Krishna Gana Sabha Double Album under HMV in the year 1997; Classical under HMV in the same year. Her album that have been released abroad are: Chant Carnatique Auvidis in the year 1990 in France; The lyrical Tradition of Carnatic Music under Makar in the year 1995 in France; Aruna 1000 names of the Divine Mother under Lichthaus Musik in the year 1995 in Germany.

Acknowledging her talent Aruna Sayeeram has been conferred many accolades throughout her professional career. To name a few, title of Sur Mani by Sur Singar Samsad of Bombay; Best Musician Award by Tamil Nadu State Sangita Nataka Academy; Best Musician award by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Madras; D.K. Pattammal award annual music festival, Music Academy, Madras; T.V. Subbarao award annual music festival, Music Academy, Madras; Fellowship by Bhulabhai Memorial Trust, Bombay; Fellowship by Dept of Culture, Govt. of India to outstanding artists in the field of performing arts. Media has also conferred many honors to her. She has worked with media for a long period. Like she was A Grade artiste with AIR and Doordarshan; Star Plus Channel - Ninaad - morning telecast (recurring); Music Asia Channel - Aalap - morning telecast (recurring); Star Plus Channel - Sur Sandhya evening telecast (recurring); CPC Doordarshan Delhi; Home TV Channel; Mumbai Metro Channel - Sursagar (recurring); Sangeet Sammelan, All India Radio.