Sarojini Sundaresan is the only female disciple of Alathur Venkatesa Iyer keeping the Alathur tradition alive. She is the direct disciple of the doyen Alathur Venkatesa Iyer, the father and Guru of the notable Alathur Brothers. The artist had the good fortune of acquiring her complete training under the great teacher from the tender age of 7. Her training period extended for over one and half decades in the traditional Teacher-Disciple (Guru-Kula) style. Sensing her innate aptitude for music, the Guru took special interest in imparting complete training in all the aspects of performing concerts and also teaching. He put her to the arduous task of mastering the various patterns of of talas and ragas in order to expertise in

rendering intricate Pallavis, typical of the Alathur style. Sarojini Sundaresan is one of the few exponents, who is well versed in expounding difficult nadai Pallavis with ease.

Sarojini Sundaresan is a renowned Carnatic music vocalist acclaimed by critics and music lovers as an exponent par excellence. She started as a performer in her early teens and has sung in numerous concert platforms in India, the UK, Europe and the USA. Apart, other than lecture-demonstrations, she has also conducted workshops for students and music lovers of various nationalities.

Apart from being a well-known performer, she teaches students from all over the world training them in the Alathur style. Even during the days of training under her guru, the artist was given the schedule of deputizing the master in imparting training to even some senior disciples. That put her in good stead to train students who perform in international arenas. The artist has several disciples who are not only able performers but have also started up their own teaching institutions. Her students are from different nationalities including the UK, USA, France, Germany, Malaysia and Singapore, some of them on scholarship grants from their countries and the ICCR. She has been acclaimed by critics and popular artists in the field as a gifted teacher.

Sarojini Sundaresan has composed several Varnams, Thillanas, Chittaswaras for krithis, Swarajathis and Jathiswaras. These have been accepted and performed by artists of repute in the field of music and dance. With her natural ability she has composed tunes for the works of many composers in different languages of India. She has also the ability to conduct orchestra music.

She lives in the UK with her husband who is a Chartered Accountant and travels all over the UK, Europe and the US spreading the art in the form of concerts, lecture-demonstrations and workshops.