Che Buford

che ali (a.k.a, Che Buford) 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 around memory, place, the quotidian, humaness through a somatic lens, while 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 such as 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 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. che enjoys taking long walks, eating and cooking plant based food, thrifting, and traveling. 

Photo Credit: Titilayo Ayangade