Ali Sadeqi is an Iranian composer, setar performer, and multimedia artist based in Pittsburgh. His work draws on Persian traditional music, poetry, and political issues, while integrating contemporary performance practices, visual media, and technology.
Visual art plays a central role in both Ali’s compositional thinking and performance practice. Inspired by ideas of color, brushstroke, and spatial movement, he treats timbre and gesture as a visual artist would treat their materials, often building sonic structures that unfold like images. In live performance, he makes this visual logic explicit through projection and video design, and allows image and sound to work in tandem rather than as separate layers.
His chamber and orchestral works explore timbral and microtonal possibilities, often pushing instruments to their limits, yielding new colors and sonic textures. Alongside his acoustic practice, he designs custom electroacoustic instruments and musical interfaces that challenge established modes of music-making and expand the live performance environment.
He has collaborated with ensembles such as Momenta Quartet, New Thread Quartet, Modern Medieval Voices, and Hub New Music. Ali holds an M.M. from Binghamton University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Music Composition and Theory at the University of Pittsburgh.
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