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• May 2026

• Sat 16 to Sun 17
  

  Choral Arts Northwest performs This Love Between Us

  Seattle, WA

  Choral Arts Northwest performs This Love Between Us, paired with Bach's Magnificat
• Sun 17
  

  Palo Alto Philharmonic performs Ram Tori Maya

  Palo Alto, CA

  Palo Alto Philharmonic performs Ram Tori Maya, programmed alongisde Dvořák, Holst, Bartok, Beethoven, John Williams.
• Thu 21
  

  Callisto Quartet performs Ragamala at the 2026 Bermuda Chamber Music Festival

  St. Paul's Church, Bermuda

  Callisto Quartet performs Ragamala at the 2026 Bermuda Chamber Music Festival, programmed alongside Grieg and Beethoven.
• Sun 31
  

  LA Master Chorale performs Malhaar: A Requiem for Water*

  Los Angeles, CA

  Reprise performance of Malhaar: A Requiem for Water, featuring Hindustani singer Saili Oak, tabla player Abhiman Kaushal and percussionist Ian Rosenbaum; projections by Camilla Tassi. This performance will be recorded for commercial release.

• June 2026

• Thu 4 to Sun 7
  

  Sheffield Chamber Players: salon performances of This Is It, Part 3

  Boston, MA

  The Sheffield Chamber Players perform Part 3 of This Is It, Esmail's sets of string quartet miniatures, in five salon performances across Boston.
• Thu 11
  

  Darshan opens the 2026 Ojai Music Festival

  Ojai, CA

  Violinist Geneva Lewis opens the 2026 Ojai Music Festival with Charukeshi, the third movement of Darshan.
• Sat 13
  

  Sheffield Chamber Players: World Premiere of This Is It, Part 3

  Newton, MA

  The Sheffield Chamber Players premiere Part 3 of This Is It, Esmail's sets of string quartet miniatures.
• Fri 19 to Sat 20
  

  Grant Park Orchestra performs Black Iris

  Chicago, IL

  Grant Park Orchestra performs Black Iris at the Grant Park Music Festival, programmed alongside Copland and Prokofiev
• Fri 26
  

  City of London Sinfonia performs Testament

  London, UK

  City of London Sinfonia performs Testament at the Spitalfields Music Festival.

• July 2026

• Sun 5
  

  World Premiere of String Quartet #2: Dhara at Chamber Music Northwest

  Portland, Oregon

  Viano Quartet premieres String Quartet #2: Dhara. Commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest.
• Sat 11
  

  World Premiere of unravelation at ClarinetFest

  Incheon, South Korea

  unravelation, Esmail's new work for clarinet and piano commissioned by the International Clarinet Association, is performed at the 2026 ClarinetFest.
• Sat 25
  

  Testament performed at Bellingham Festival of Music

  Bellingham, WA

  Testament (from Vishwas) will be performed at the Bellingham Festival of Music, programmed alongside Mussorgsky and Khachaturian.

• August 2026

• Thu 13
  

  Edinburgh Festival Chorus performs When the Violin

  Edinburgh, UK

  Edinburgh Festival Chorus performs When the Violin on a program celebrating American choral music. Conducted by Sofi Jeannin; programmed alongisde Copland, Barber, Caroline Shaw, Joel Thompson.
• Fri 14
  

  Double Concerto performed at Aspen Music Festival

  Aspen, CO

  Gil Shaham and Orli Shaham give the last of three premieres of Double Concerto for violin, piano, and orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival, conducted by David Robertson.