Biography

Ali Choupani Nejad is an Iranian contemporary flutist, composer, and sound artist based in Ghent, Belgium. His work moves across contemporary performance, free improvisation, sound installation, and artistic research, drawing connections between Iranian musical traditions, experimental music, extended instrumental techniques, and electronics.

Originally trained in classical flute performance in Iran, he later developed a practice rooted in improvisation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and listening as a creative method. His projects often explore the relationship between sound, movement, architecture, memory, and collective experience.

Ali has performed in concert halls, festivals, galleries, and public spaces across Europe and Iran. Recent collaborations include projects with ICTUS, P.A.R.T.S., Orpheus Institute, and independent artists working across music, dance, visual arts, and performance.

Alongside his performance practice, he develops sound installations and site-specific works. His installation The Wind Remembers (2025), created with Nest Architecture for Bewegter Wind Festival in Germany, transformed wind into an ever-changing composition through a spiral structure of bamboo flutes activated by atmospheric conditions.

His current artistic research investigates improvisation, oral transmission, and alternative approaches to music education, with a particular interest in the relationship between Persian musical knowledge and contemporary experimental practice.