Biography

Hexperos is a project by Alessandra Santovito (former founder member of the band named Gothica), formed in 2004 together with violinists Domenico Mancini and Alessandro Pensa, percussion instruments player Francesco Savoretti, multi-instrumentalist Francesco Forgione and other talented guests. All music and lyrics, except where mentioned, are written by Alessandra Santovito, who has got numberless experience in various music fields and play also medieval music with the ensemble Las Cantigas de Hexperos. In 2020 the line -up changes. The new album is entirely composed by Alessandra Santovito – voice, flutes, keyboards and lyra; Valentina Locci – harp; Domenico Mancini – violin; Alan Di Liberatore – cello; Marco Molino – percussion instruments; Loris Baccalà – Percussion Instruments; illustrations by Nicolás Menay. The name Hexperos derives from the characters Esperidi and from Hesperos – the first being three mythological figures, the nymphs of the evening, who take care of a tree of golden apples and sing with melodious voices, and the latter the name of the first vesper star, the one preferred by Venus. The music and lyrics, composed by Alessandra, creates an atmosphere of mysterious sensuality, romance and bittersweet melancholy, with influences from both classical and contemporary genres to which the band adds numerous references to Celtic, Mediterranean or Medieval sonorities.