creator of the sufi gospel project sonam kalra is known for her unique musical creations and collaboration from blending music with poetry and juxtaposing artistes of different genres kalra has been a steady influence in the alternative music scenesonam kalra has recently made india proud by winning 3 global music awards medals in one year all for her own compositions she won the gold medal for her song bol a song based on the poetry of faiz ahmad faiz in the best female vocalist category while the song itself won a gold for best song categoryshe has also won a silver medal for her song alfat in the outstanding achievement in the world fusion music category this song is based on the poetry of 17th century sufi poetsaint baba bulleh shahwhen asked about her wins sonam said i am very honoured to have received this recognition from the jury of the global music awards its really special to be recognised for my work not just in india but internationally as well as it proves that music truly has no bordersbeing a singersongwriter and composer trained in both indian and western styles of music sonam has learnt hindustani classical music from shubha mudgal and pandit sarathi chatterjee while also studying gospel and jazz with ashley clement in singapore and classical opera under the noted korean tenor hur chul younglast year sonam was also invited to become a voting member of the us grammy recording academy talking about this honour she said becoming a part of the grammy recording academy was a dream come true in order to get invited ones work in music is peer reviewed by the best in the world so being chosen out of so many amazing musicians across the world is really such a huge honour and validation of ones art