this year is a special one for carnatic singer aruna sairam to begin with she will be honoured with the title of sangita kalanidhi by the madras music academy and now the vocalist has been invited to perform at the prestigious international oud festival 2018 in jerusalem on november 13 this festival apart from presentations of unique versions of ancient and contemporary works from classic arab and persian oud artistes will also have a segment of performances based on classical forms of music from across the globe every year an eminent musician from india is chosen to perform there and this year aruna will take carnatic music to jerusalem it is an honour to represent india and perform at the prestigious festival this festival conducted by the israeli government brings together traditional and classical music from across the globe and in this the event promises to showcase the unity we have through music so i am just thrilled says arunaand about what she will perform there aruna says i am going to present hardcore carnatic music and will take my regular team of violin mridangam and ghatam players i want the audience there to listen to our classical form in the untampered format of course i will also through my renditions show how our music has evolved with influences from different cultures around the world so it will be a journey through emotionsthis is her first visit to jerusalem and so aruna is excited she says it is a historic venue ascribed to be the place that brings together three great religions of the world and that itself adds a lot of magic to the whole thing i will definitely visit some historical places and will listen to their traditional music previously aruna has taken carnatic music to prestigious venues including royal albert hall london royal festival hall london and carnegie hall new york