Xandra van Rossem

Xandra van Rossem grew up in a musical and artistic environment and as a little girl she sings with her favorite examples as Billy Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Her father, Hans van Rossem, was a Jazz musician and he accompanied artists as Rita Reys, Pia Beck and Toon Hermans. He recognizes his daughters talent and introduces her in the Dutch Jazz scene.

By together acting with her father, Xandra sings already professional at the club circuit by the age of fourteen. She is still a teenager and works with great musicians as Wim Overgaauw, Harry Verbeke and Eddy Conard but also with upcoming talents as Tony Overwater, Yuri Honing, Mike del Ferro and Carlo de Wijs.

In 2003 she promoted her CD "Feeling Free" with on her own written lyrics. She sings mainly traditional Jazz and Standards from the "Great American Songbook". Her improvisation talent makes her actions quite spontaneous. Through her large musical talent and fantastic timing, she just easy sings mainstream, blues and beautiful ballads, everything sounds naturally.

Dutch reviewer Jan Rensen wrote: "From the first moment I heard Xandra singing it became clear that the Jazz blood runs through her veins, as a result of a live action. She has so much grip on the idiom that is obvious. Therefore she stands above the songs that she sings: she has the leadership and the songs become subordinate. With that skill each repertoire becomes more personal".

Xandra van Rossem was in various radio programs at broadcasting stations, interviews for newspapers and television. Xandra van Rossem has reached on very young age 23 years of stage experience, she is an excellent performer and artist, Xandra knows how to involve and interact with her public on spontaneous manner. Her live performance and singing is at completely own manner; "it is not only the warm timbre in her voice, but the expression when she performs on stage it's "captivating".