ISQ is my original music project, bringing together my love of jazz, alternative pop and electronic textures. Alongside Richard Sadler (bass), Chris Nickolls (drums/electronics) and Luca Boscagin (guitar/electronics), I create music that pairs rich melodies with storytelling-led songs exploring everything from love and loss to identity, resilience and human connection.

Over the years, I've released four albums, including Too, which was selected as a Critics’ Choice by Time Out, and Requiem For The Faithful, which led to a 22-date UK tour. My fifth album, The Silence is Deafening (Oct 2026), marks a new chapter, drawing more heavily on guitar, electronics and alternative pop influences while remaining rooted in the improvisational spirit that has always been at the heart of ISQ.

I was a 4-year-old Italian girl living in Denmark when my dad brought my big sister the “Madonna” cassette tape back from one of his (then) distant travels to Japan.

I would sneak into my sister's room and play the cassette tape over and over again until I had memorised all the lyrics and made up questionable dance moves to the songs so that I could perform them in full glory in front of the family hamsters, Coco and Chanel.

A few months later, I proudly announced to my mother that I was going to be a “singer” when I grew up. It was at that precise moment that the seed for ISQ was officially planted.

Just as my love for Madonna was waning (but never for too long!), my family forgot me in front of the TV one fateful winter evening where I discovered the dulcet tones of Judy Garland and “The Wizard Of Oz”.

A lifelong love of jazz and red sparkly shoes ensued.

After much experimentation with various instruments growing up, including the recorder, a brief and misguided stint on the violin and the piano (I was mostly diligent because of the delicious salty liquorice the teacher would give me at the end of each class), I decided to study singing when I moved back to Milan as a teenager.

Fascinated by my mum’s love of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Mina and other classic Italian singers I heard playing on her radio in the kitchen, I was hooked on the Great American Songbook.

Deciding to take another geographical leap and follow that yellow brick road, I moved to London to study music and, after A LOT of practice and repertoire learning, I was soon warbling on the London jazz scene where I met the rest of the ISQ crew.

It was at one of those gigs that I met Richard, soon-to-be double bass player and co-founder of ISQ. Although he was playing baritone sax on that gig, I never held it against him.

Chris Nickolls, an incredibly versatile jazz drummer and electronic music aficionado, was recruited shortly afterwards, having played with both Richard and me in a variety of bands on the London music scene over the years.

I met and developed my musical affinity with Luca Boscagin, guitar extraordinaire and ISQ's newest member, over many years of playing duo gigs together. Luca's insanely creative guitar chops and our shared passion for Brazilian music and British pop songs made him the obvious choice when, wanting a sonic change whilst writing the fifth album, I decided to replace the piano with guitar.

And the rest is ISQ history.