Listen "5.3: Ali Balighi"
Episode Synopsis
Ali Balighi is a composer, sound designer and poet born in Tehran, Iran. You can listen to his most recent album Radif of Iranian Music: Home Is Far Away, available now on Bandcamp. Ali's compositions draw from his poems, sound explorations and experimentations with electronics. These elements combined have led to the creation of many opulent multidisciplinary works and albums. His works have been performed internationally at festivals and conferences such as Sonic Matter, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Hot Air Music Festival, Tehran Contemporary Music Festival, NoiseFloor UK Contemporary Music, Research On Contemporary Composition Conference, ClarinetFest, Cortona Sessions For New Music, Audiovisual Frontiers Festival, ICSC 2022 6th International Csound Conference, and Tehran International Electronic Music Festival.
Music included in this episode:
01:12 – Dastgah: Algorithmic Explorations of Persian Microtonality and Serialism (excerpt 1) Composed by Ali Balighi, March 2025
9:35 – A Song Below Water (excerpt) Composed by Ali Balighi, 2022
16:25 – Who am I? Composed by Ali Balighi, Performed by Kathryn Vetter, 2020
28:39 – Corridor Composed by Ali Balighi, February 2025
33:38 – Home is Far Away Composed by Ali Balighi, February 2025
40:28 – Dastgah: Algorithmic Explorations of Persian Microtonality and Serialism (excerpt 2) Composed by Ali Balighi, March 2025
46:33 – Walking in the Darkness (excerpt) Composed by Ali Balighi, 2018
61:26 – Dastgah: Algorithmic Explorations of Persian Microtonality and Serialism (excerpt 3) Composed by Ali Balighi, March 2025
For more information:
● Ali Balighi
○ Website: https://alibalighi.com/
○ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ali_balighi/?hl=en
○ Bandcamp: https://alibalighi.bandcamp.com/
Music included in this episode:
01:12 – Dastgah: Algorithmic Explorations of Persian Microtonality and Serialism (excerpt 1) Composed by Ali Balighi, March 2025
9:35 – A Song Below Water (excerpt) Composed by Ali Balighi, 2022
16:25 – Who am I? Composed by Ali Balighi, Performed by Kathryn Vetter, 2020
28:39 – Corridor Composed by Ali Balighi, February 2025
33:38 – Home is Far Away Composed by Ali Balighi, February 2025
40:28 – Dastgah: Algorithmic Explorations of Persian Microtonality and Serialism (excerpt 2) Composed by Ali Balighi, March 2025
46:33 – Walking in the Darkness (excerpt) Composed by Ali Balighi, 2018
61:26 – Dastgah: Algorithmic Explorations of Persian Microtonality and Serialism (excerpt 3) Composed by Ali Balighi, March 2025
For more information:
● Ali Balighi
○ Website: https://alibalighi.com/
○ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ali_balighi/?hl=en
○ Bandcamp: https://alibalighi.bandcamp.com/
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