Reena Esmail facts for kids
Reena Esmail (born on February 11, 1983) is a talented music composer from the United States with Indian heritage. She writes both Indian and Western classical music.
Reena Esmail: A Composer's Journey
Reena Esmail creates music for many different groups. She has written pieces for choirs, orchestras, and smaller music groups. Her music often blends sounds from Indian classical music with Western classical styles. This mix makes her music unique and interesting.
In 2020, a famous newspaper, The New York Times, featured her work. They included her piece called "Darshan" in an article about loving the violin. Another composer, Andrew Norman, described "Darshan" as both familiar and new, personal and grand.
Awards and Recognitions
Reena Esmail has received many important awards for her music. These awards show how much her work is valued in the music world.
- United States Artist Fellow in Music (2019)
- S&R Foundation Washington Award Grand Prize (2019)
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Citizen Artist Fellow (2017-2018)
- Two ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards (2002, 2007)
- Walter Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2012)
- INK Fellow (2011)
- Winner in the MTAC-WLA Chamber Music Competition for piano performance
- Fulbright-Nehru Student Research Scholar (2011-2012)
Her Compositions
Esmail writes music for many different types of performers. She composes for large orchestras, single instruments, small groups of musicians, and singers. One of her pieces is Barso Re (2010). She wrote this for Yale Sur et Veritaal, which is a Hindi a cappella singing group at Yale University.
