Reena Esmail

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Reena Esmail (born 11 February 1983) is an Indian-American music composer of Indian and Western classical music. [1]

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Esmail has been commissioned to compose pieces for ensembles including Amherst College Choir and Orchestra, [2] Santa Fe Pro Musica, [3] Conspirare, [4] and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. [5]

Composer Andrew Norman selected her work for violin Darshan for a 2020 feature in The New York Times, calling it "familiar and fresh, intimate and epic, grounded and aloft." [6]

Honors and awards

Works

Esmail composes for orchestra, solo instrument, chamber ensemble, and voice. Works include Barso Re (2010) for Yale Sur et Veritaal, Yale's Hindi a cappella organization. [14]

Solo

  • Jhula Jhule, for violin and piano (2013)
  • Nadiya, version for violin and bassoon (2016)
  • Take What You Need, for unaccompanied violin (2016)
  • Hallelujah (arr. of Leonard Cohen), unaccompanied violin (2017)
  • Darshan, unaccompanied violin (2018-2020)
  • Blaze, for violin and tabla (2019)
  • Concerto for You, solo violin and youth string orchestra (2019)
  • Drishti (द्रिष्ती), miniatures for unaccompanied violin (2021)

References

  1. 1 2 "United States Artists » Reena Esmail".
  2. ↑ "Amherst Tuning In: 19th Amendment Commission | Calendar of Events | Amherst College". www.amherst.edu.
  3. ↑ "Pro Musica announces 2020-21 Season – Santa Fe Pro Musica". Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  4. ↑ "The Singing Guitar | Conspirare". 18 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Los Angeles Master Chorale. "Reena Esmail". lamasterchorale.org.
  6. ↑ Norman, Andrew (September 2, 2020). "Five Minutes That Will Make You Love the Violin". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ "The S&R Washington Award Winners | S&R Foundation". sandrfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  8. ↑ "Citizen Artist Fellows of The Kennedy Center 2017-2018 | Kennedy Center". www.kennedy-center.org.
  9. ↑ Sheridanon, Molly (2002-06-04). "To Be Young and Talented: 2002 Morton Gould Young Composer Award Winners | New Music USA". Nmbx.newmusicusa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  10. ↑ "Awards – American Academy of Arts and Letters".
  11. ↑ "Stories, Ideas and Perspectives | 300+ Inspirational talks by remarkable people from INK events -". inktalks.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  12. ↑ The Instrumentalist, Volume 57, Issues 1-6. Association for the Advancement of Instrumental Music. 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  13. ↑ "USIEF". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  14. ↑ "Music". Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
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