che ali is an experimental interdisciplinary artist based in new york city. che primarily performs and creates music as a violinist and composer while also integrating objects, voice, movement, and poetry. their practice often deals with themes of memory, place, the quotidian, exploring humaness through a somatic lens and in dialogue with poetic possibility and conceptual inquiry. their work is deeply interested in the exposure of timbral details, resonance, introspection, interiority, and starkness, realized through improvisational performance, acoustic and electroacoustic sound worlds. che has collaborated with artist’s including Adama Delphine Fawundu, Deborah Jack, Torsten Lang, Dafna Naphtali & James Ilgenfritz. They have received commissions from Midori, The Museum of Modern Art, icarus Quartet, Castle of our Skins, Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy, and others.  

che is a founding member of Diaphanous Ensemble, a genre-bending composition, improvisation, and performance collective started with Abby Swidler & Aimée Niemann. Diaphanous premiered four new string quartets by its members in August 2023. They also performed with Ioanna Gika as part of Jacolby Satterwhite’s A Metta Prayer, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in September 2023.

upcoming engagements for 2025-2026 include the premiere of Resonances of Spirit, written for violinist, Midori; performances of as if it were a scene made up by the mind, that is not mine, but is a made place premiered in Houston, San Antonio, Alanta, Chicago, and Sarasota through a commission from the Cross-Country Chamber Consortium; and commissions from Daniel Innamorato, ChamberQueer, Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, and others.  che will premiere an expanded evening length version of a solo violin & multimedia work titled, "To name, to breathe, to feel, to live," in the spring as part of their project through the Barnard Student Artist Residency program. Lastly, che is expected to release their solo debut album at the end of 2026. 

che holds a bachelor's degree in violin performance from the boston conservatory at berklee. they are currently a DMA candidate at columbia university in music composition, where they've studied with Marcos Balter, George Lewis, Zosha Di Castri, and Georg Friedrich Haas. in their free time, che enjoys taking long walks, eating and cooking plant based food, thrifting, and traveling.