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Type of entity
Person
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Ali, Zara
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Description area
Dates of existence
1995-
History
Zara Ali is a composer and multimedia artist. Her music is characterized by carefully woven microtonal harmonies, close attention to tone colour, and translation of structural concepts (geometry, kinetics, temporality) into physical sound. Her music has been performed in Europe, North America, and Asia, with notable recent concert performances at the Royaumont, Archipel, Yellow Barn, and Seoul International Computer Music festivals. She received her B.A. from Columbia University in 2018 and her master’s in music composition at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany. She won the 2023 Gaudeamus Award at Columbia University.