Spotlight on Composer Reena Esmail | The New Series
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30-Mar-2023
This program turns the spotlight on one of today’s most sought-after composers, Juilliard alum Reena Esmail (BM ’05, composition), whose work bridges Hindustani musical traditions and American contemporary classical music. Featuring five of Esmail’s compositions, this concert is a rare opportunity to hear music that combines Indian classical idioms in dialogue with Western performance techniques.
Reena Esmail
Blaze (2019)
The light is the same (2017)
Saans (2017)
Who makes a clearing (2022)
Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) (2019)
Performed and recorded on March 30, 2023 at the Judith Harris and Tony Woolfson Orchestral Studio
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