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Ali Balighi
Composer, Cellist, Advisor · Tehran / Lubbock
Ali Balighi is a Tehran-born composer, sound designer, and cellist whose work bridges traditional roots with cutting-edge academic research. Currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition at Texas Tech University, Balighi's expertise spans music technology, open-source software, and contemporary theory. His diverse portfolio includes electroacoustic operas, award-winning orchestral works, and published poetry collections such as The Forest Was on Fire And The Snail Did Not Know Which Way to Flee. An active member of the Millennium Composers Initiative, his compositions have been featured at major international festivals including Sonic Matter, NYCEF, and the Tehran Contemporary Music Festival. Through albums like Whispers of Papers and Intolerance, Balighi continues to explore the global exchange of musical ideas, collaborating with a vast network of international ensembles and soloists.
Releases
Albums, singles and compilations Ali Balighi appears on. Press a cover to open it.
Album · 2025
Ghazale Vay
- 1. A Song Below Water – Movement I5:53
- 2. A Song Below Water – Movement II2:03
- 3. A Song Below Water – Movement III5:33
- 4. Saz-o-Dohol Theme0:31
- 5. Saz-o-Dohol I0:32
- 6. Saz-o-Dohol II0:39
- 7. Saz-o-Dohol III0:33
- 8. Saz-o-Dohol IV0:32
- 9. Saz-o-Dohol V0:59
- 10. Saz-o-Dohol VI0:38
- 11. saz-o-dohol VII0:35
- 12. Saz-o-Dohol VIII0:38
- 13. Saz-o-Dohol IX0:33
- 14. Saz-o-Dohol X0:32
- 15. Saz-o-Dohol XI0:40
- 16. Saz-o-Dohol XII0:37
- 17. Game
- 18. Composition Untitle Two
- 19. Ghazale Vay
Compilation · 2025 · NaN24.1
Noise à Noise 24.1: Resistance 1
- 1. Mantiq Al-Tair – The Conference of Birds – part 1 (Compilation Excerpt) — Idin Samimi Mofakham4:48
- 2. Parley II (Compilation Excerpt) — Ehsan Samareh Taheri3:35
- 3. Qahr (Compilation Excerpt) — Manara4:26
- 4. In Memory of Voices – for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano — Bracha Bdil10:06
- 5. Symphony No. 1 — Ali Aghili7:08
- 6. Trajectory Nr. 17 — Alireza Amirhajebi2:18
- 7. Light Particles from My Ears — Tarufu2:38
- 8. Flux blanc — Hanna Mesgari3:15
- 9. 35.710147° N, 51.398923° E — Zerone Duo4:56
- 10. Square — Ali Hashemlou3:23
- 11. Requiem for the Present Time — T-Noll4:01
- 12. Mountain (Compilation Excerpt) — Hesam Kardan1:03
- 13. Circular Zone 22.08.24 – Part 1 — Howling Mystics7:10
- 14. Circular Zone 22.08.24 – Part 2 — Howling Mystics9:01
- 15. Muddy White — Arshan Najafi2:57
- 16. Yellow Paper (Compilation Mix) — Ali Balighi2:32
- 17. The Principle of Movement — AOUM5:30
- 18. Signals in the Dark – Part 2 — Vitaliy Rybakin & Daria Lutsenko9:16
- 19. Road — Babak Sepanta1:58
- 20. Schizophernia — T-Noll3:44
- 21. GLUM — Vesal Javaheri & Arshan Najafi9:00
- 22. Echos of Confusion — Magicmind and Neuronal Noise7:15
- 23. There is No Space — Omar Fadel Hadi2:52
- 24. I Cannot Know — N3V04:55
Album · 2024
Qaf Mount Ballet
- 1. Overture3:47
- 2. A Hidden Thing1:43
- 3. Dance I3:38
- 4. Can You Hear2:21
- 5. Birds2:27
- 6. Dance in Cave1:44
- 7. Ashes1:48
- 8. Darkness4:36
- 9. Qaf Mount4:42
- 10. Dance II1:04
- 11. Waiting3:12
- 12. Dance III1:28
- 13. Searching1:05
- 14. Dance IV1:56
- 15. The Occurrence2:14
- 16. Dance V2:04
- 17. Will I Go2:08
- 18. The Last Dance2:25
Album · 2023
Whispers of Papers
- 1. Ash Paper1:10
- 2. Yellow paper2:33
- 3. Purple Paper2:34
- 4. Charcoal Paper2:00
- 5. Red Paper2:14
- 6. Blue Paper5:09
- 7. Scarlet Paper2:07
- 8. Green Paper2:24
- 9. Gray Paper1:29
- 10. Mint Paper4:19
- 11. Silver Paper4:17
- 12. Black Paper4:05
- 13. Dirty Yellow Paper4:37
- 14. White Paper0:42
Compilation · 2023 · NaN23.4
Noise à Noise 23.4: Intolerance
- 1. Shot — T-Noll3:38
- 2. LArvae — Reza Ahmadian5:39
- 3. Blue Paper (Compilation edit) — Ali Balighi5:09
- 4. Limen — Kian Hossein1:41
- 5. I Can Hear You — Babak Sepanta3:49
- 6. Feathered Serpent — Chem XP3:26
- 7. Psychedelic Noise — Ali Sasha3:14
- 8. 230912_02 (excerpt) — RDKPL2:32
- 9. A Rhythm for Suffocation — Arshan Najafi5:49
- 10. Screaming Tombak (Excerpt) — Jazrudtz2:25
- 11. Resilience Resistant — Jesus Valenti & Niki Yaghmaee6:24
- 12. Entropy — Ali Aghili4:19
Compilation · 2023 · NaN23.3
Noise à Noise 23.3: Tolerance
- 1. Bouran — Hanna Mesgari4:03
- 2. In Tolerance — Cedrik Fermont3:22
- 3. Politics-Aesthetics IV (Compilation) — Ehsan Saboohi7:32
- 4. KET ZeroOne — Arshan Najafi5:17
- 5. Pastorally Yours (for Flute and Oboe Duet) — Mohammad R. Hashemi2:50
- 6. Commen Love (Compilation) — Niloofar Karimi6:02
- 7. Didgeridoo Noise — Zhoobin Askarieh3:33
- 8. NGC 1068 — Alireza Amirhajebi4:59
- 9. Liberation Rhapsody — Ali Balighi4:06
- 10. Incoherent Shouts — Owrang3:44
- 11. Howz — Kian Hossein3:21
- 12. Live at CMMF (Excerpts) — Saturn Cube7:22
Compilation · 2023 · NaN-23
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-II)
- 1. Boogh Symphony Electronique — Arshan Najafi5:18
- 2. All Life Begins Hopeful — Leonie Roessler2:08
- 3. Untitled_1 — Ali Balighi2:32
- 4. Sirius — Wondering O4:27
- 5. Surveillance State — silo portem1:25
- 6. The Story Of An Old Froglitch Who Could Speak Human — Cedrik Fermont3:25
- 7. Beckett's Quad Variations No.1 (Compilation Mix) — Ehsan Saboohi3:51
- 8. Saririnah – The Embodied Souls — Ibukun Sunday0:31
- 9. Women, Life, Freedom — Balam Ronan1:38
- 10. LIZA: A Liminal Journey (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Shaahin Peymani & Judith Hamann5:17
- 11. FREQ.EXP (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Arshia Samsaminia11:24
- 12. GQ — Chem XP3:05
- 13. Overture — Sahar Homami8:17
- 14. DEEP TIME For Umpans and Bell Sound – CMMF Live performance — Alireza Amirhajebi6:00
- 15. Splash, Hiss, Shot — Leonie Roessler & Akane Takada11:34
- 16. Twisted Whispers — silo portem2:56
- 17. Three Ages of Woman-Mother — Alya Al-Sultani5:52
- 18. En-Sheneh — Nour Kara and Juliette Capel6:30
- 19. Zamzamah — Robbert van Hulzen4:48
Compilation · 2023 · NaN23
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-IV)
- 1. BOOGH Symphony Electronique — Arshan Najafi5:18
- 2. All Life Begins Hopeful — Leonie Roessler2:08
- 3. Untitled_1 — Ali Balighi2:32
- 4. Sirius — Wondering O4:27
- 5. Surveillance State — silo portem1:25
- 6. The Story Of An Old Froglitch Who Could Speak Human — Cedrik Fermont3:25
- 7. Becketts Quad Variations No.1 (Compilation Mix) — Ehsan Saboohi3:51
- 8. Saririnah: The Embodied Souls — Ibukun Sunday0:31
- 9. Women, Life, Freedom — Balam Ronan1:38
- 10. LIZA: A Liminal Journey (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Shaahin Peymani & Judith Hamann5:17
- 11. FREQ.EXP (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Arshia Samsaminia11:24
- 12. GQ — Chem XP3:04
- 13. Overture — Sahar Homami8:17
- 14. DEEP TIME For Umpans and Bell Sound- CMMF Live performance — Alireza Amirhajebi6:00
- 15. Splash, Hiss, Shot — Leonie Roessler & Akane Takada10:34
- 16. Twisted Whispers — silo portem2:56
- 17. Three Ages of Woman-Mother — Alya Al-Sultani5:52
- 18. En-Sheneh — Nour Kara and Juliette Capel6:30
- 19. Zamzamah — Robbert van Hulzen4:48
- 20. Death is Standing Above the Skies — Ali Aghili3:02
- 21. Radio Astronomy — Kian Hossein6:11
- 22. Drown — Babak Sepanta4:50
- 23. Pain & Fury — silo portem2:00
- 24. Suave Resistance — Wondering O6:16
- 25. Glory of Flare — Mohamad Nikpour5:50
- 26. Charivari Basement Experience (compilation mix) — Soheil Soheili & Blatta Joux5:45
- 27. Overstand — Ashkin Shabani3:05
- 28. Akeen — Shahin Souri4:39
- 29. Bernardinelli-Bernstein — Fuzzle Schnozzle3:22
- 30. Music for Pure Waves, Bass Drums, and Acoustic Pendulums — Mehdi Behbudi15:39
- 31. CNC Machines and more — Ramin Ashtari2:38
- 32. Solidarity — Katharina Stadler3:49
- 33. Le ombre si allungano (The shadows lengthen) — Jesus Valenti5:07
- 34. The Darkness Before Dawn — silo portem5:50
- 35. Intimate Invocations (Vayu Residency) — Negar Kharkan5:34
- 36. Pollution — Zhoobin Askarieh and Ali Sasha5:56
- 37. 1.5 e + 6 — Kian Hossein2:08
Compilation · 2021 · NaN21.2-1
Noise à Noise 21.2-1
- 1. Labyrinth — Ali Balighi6:48
- 2. Short Studies 1. For Violin and Sinewave — Nima A. Rowshan9:48
- 3. Eternity — Action Ensemble2:32
- 4. Orbis — Aida Shirazi5:00
- 5. Forbidden — Obscenity State Ft. Mehragiz Rassapour5:16
- 6. Pizzs and Harmonics — Nasim Khorassani7:01
- 7. Klangteppich III (Berlin-Istanbul) — Orlando De Boeykens and Xeen3:05
- 8. 1/3=0.333333… — Epsilon Delta3:24
Year by year
2025
- Album Ghazale Vay
- Appears on Yellow Paper (Compilation Mix) on Noise à Noise 24.1: Resistance 1
2024
- Album Qaf Mount Ballet
2023
- Album Whispers of Papers
- Appears on Blue Paper (Compilation edit) on Noise à Noise 23.4: Intolerance
- Appears on Liberation Rhapsody on Noise à Noise 23.3: Tolerance
- Appears on Untitled_1 on Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-II)
- Appears on Untitled_1 on Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-IV)
2021
- Appears on Labyrinth on Noise à Noise 21.2-1
Press
African Paper · November 2025Confronting Noises: Fünfter Teil der Berliner KonzertreiheRead ↗African Paper · September 2025Ali Balighi: Ghazale VayRead ↗Field Notes · March 2025Found Sounds #4 by Kristoffer CornilsRead ↗African Paper · December 2024Resistance 1: Neue Compilation von Noise à NoiseRead ↗Bandcamp Daily · 2023Album of the Day: Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. SilenceRead ↗African Paper · October 2023Whispers of Papers: Papierne Klänge von Ali BalighiRead ↗African Paper · January 2023Noise Against the Silence: Umfangreiche Compilation von Teheraner Noise à Noise LabelRead ↗