Melissa Aldana – sound and narrative in contemporary jazz

Melissa Aldana is a Chilean tenor saxophonist and composer whose practice centers on the development of sound as an expressive axis within contemporary jazz.

Trained between Chile and the United States, she has built a language that integrates jazz tradition, melodic exploration, and timbral research, with a particular focus on phrasing and musical narrative.

Throughout her career, she has worked in both group formats and personal projects, collaborating with musicians like Gonzalo Rubalcaba and consolidating a unique voice within the international scene.

Her approach combines structured composition and improvisation, articulating discourses where sound, breath, and space take on a central role. In projects like Filin, this approach translates into an exploration of the Latin American repertoire from an intimate and contemporary perspective.