I’m Ali A. Jafari, a composer who has learned music outside the academic world — sometimes with mentors, sometimes through exploration, and often simply by teaching myself. My path hasn’t been a straight line; it’s been a mix of curiosity, trial and error, and long nights spent experimenting with sounds until they finally made sense.

My music usually drifts toward cinematic atmospheres. Cities, memories, and the landscapes of Iran shape a lot of what I write. Pieces like Timeless Istanbul and The Great Beauty grew out of those personal impressions — moments that felt too vivid to keep only as thoughts, so they turned into music instead. I like building spaces that feel both emotional and visual, almost like small films without dialogue.

I often explore blending Iranian colors with modern textures. Sometimes that means designing my own sounds, sometimes it means taking traditional ideas and reshaping them for a more contemporary world. There’s no strict method behind it; just a habit of following whatever sparks a feeling or a question.

Music, to me, is a spiritual experience. I’m drawn to stillness, to natural landscapes, and to the internal world. My approach isn’t technical first—it’s emotional first. Every track is an exploration of something unspoken.

My musical journey is still forming, and I don’t try to force it into a fixed identity. Each piece is simply another step — a way to understand something new, or rediscover something familiar from a different angle. Music, for me, is less about perfection and more about staying curious.