{"id":1510,"date":"2025-12-08T17:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/xenia\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:59:33","slug":"xenia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/en\/xenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xenia is the original project of Rome-based drummer Alessandra D\u2019Alessandro, featuring Federico Pascucci on tenor sax and clarinet, Andrea Biondi on vibraphone, and Marco Zenini on electric bass.<br \/>\nXenia is a musical narrative in which the bandleader\u2014through her original compositions\u2014weaves her own history and artistic identity with those of her fellow musicians. The result is a free, creative, and multifaceted project where jazz and radical improvisation coexist with hip-hop and punk, rock and film scores, Balkan sounds, and Roman folk songs.<br \/>\nThis is made possible by the strong, distinct personality of each band member: Federico is one of Italy\u2019s leading experts in Eastern and Middle Eastern music; Andrea is a first-rate orchestral musician and jazz player; Marco is a virtuoso of improvisation and avant-garde music.<br \/>\nAlessandra\u2019s own musical path, meanwhile, is rooted in the records of Zappa and Coltrane, hardcore punk, the film scores of Rota and Trovajoli, Roman folk songs, and Woodstock, eventually reaching Serbian and Macedonian music. It was within Amsterdam\u2019s vibrant improvised music and modern jazz scene that she met Marco and Federico, immediately striking up a bond defined by deep human and musical connection. Her meeting with Andrea came later, upon returning to Italy, where an instant personal and professional synergy was born.<br \/>\nAlessandra gathers this rich tapestry of sounds and musical identities, fusing it with her personal vision of music and composition to shape her second project as a leader: Xenia.<br \/>\nDespite its recent formation, the group has already performed at notable festivals and venues, such as the Garbatella Jazz Festival in Rome and NOF in Florence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1298,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1510","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alessandradalessandro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}