Kali Malone is a composer and musician primarily working with pipe organ, chamber ensembles, and electroacoustic formats. Her music is patient and focused, built on a foundation of evolving harmonic cycles that draw out latent emotional resonances; letting go of expectations of duration and breadth offers a space for reflection and contemplation. In her hands, experimental reinterpretations of centuries-old polyphonic compositional methods and historical tuning systems become portals to new ways of perception.

As she began to gain access to organs while studying, she started adapting her electroacoustic compositional approach to the instrument. Initially conceived as a recording practice, her early organ work began circulating through releases within experimental music communities. She has since performed her music in more than 80 churches and concert halls throughout Europe and North America, often introducing contemporary secular organ music to places where it had rarely, if ever, been presented. These concerts have opened the instrument to new audiences, placing it in a radically different musical context from the liturgical and classical traditions with which it is most commonly associated.

Her studio albums, including The Sacrificial Code (2019), Living Torch (2022), Does Spring Hide Its Joy (2023), and All Life Long (2024), have received international acclaim. All Life Long was nominated for Best Classical Music at the 2025 Swedish Grammys. The New Yorker described it as “a hushed, gnawingly beautiful suite that intertwines organ, choir, and brass in seamless harmonic cycles.” Her music is often described as meditative and immersive, drawing listeners into states of deep listening.

In parallel with her solo work, Malone maintains an active collaborative practice. She has worked with musicians such as Drew McDowall, Stephen O’Malley, Lucy Railton, Caterina Barbieri, Macadam Ensemble, Leila Bordreuil, Ellen Arkbro, and Maria W Horn, the latter with whom she co-founded the record label and concert series XKatedral.