Awarded Best Musician at the 2022 Music Victoria Awards, Naarm-based violinist and songwriter Xani approaches music making from such diverse musical experiences, that the outcome is something distinct, venturing into the spaces between rock, jazz, electronic, folk and dance/pop.
Xani has collaborated with the likes of Jens Lekman, Jess Hitchcock, Tim Rogers, Paul Grabowsky, Andrea Keller, Eddie Perfect, as well as in live theatre at Melbourne Theatre Company. As a solo artist, Xani is passionated about pushing boundaries of violin playing in contemporary music spaces.
Improvised live sets are defined by electronic effect pedals and live looping driven with fearless finesse, coloured by the ferocity of her instrumental output and shaded by deep creativity, an earnest voice and pure joy.
Xani was selected to showcase at Classical:NEXT in Berlin in 2024 and has performed on ABCs Spicks and Specks and SBSs RocKwiz.
Checkout Xani’s website here.