Indian-American composer Reena Esmail works between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music and brings communities together through the creation of equitable musical spaces.
Esmail divides her attention evenly between orchestral, chamber and choral work. She has written commissions for ensembles including the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Kronos Quartet, and her music has featured on multiple Grammy-nominated albums, including “The Singing Guitar” by Conspirare, “BRUITS” by Imani Winds, and “Healing Modes” by Brooklyn Rider. Many of her choral works are published by Oxford University Press.
She holds degrees in composition from The Juilliard School (BM ’05) and the Yale School of Music (MM ’11, MMA ’14, DMA ’18) and received a Fulbright-Nehru grant to study Hindustani music in India.