kaja draksler

I was born in a small village in Slovenia and grew up in the countryside. My father was a train driver, my mother is an accountant. I have a younger brother who became an engineer.

At the age of 18 I moved to The Netherlands for music, the idea won over my plans to study Latin and old Greek. A few years later, I was immersed into the rich world of Amsterdam’s improvised music scene, which complemented my studies of classical composition in a great way. After 13 years in Holland, I now live between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Trboje, Slovenia, with regular visits to Amsterdam and Berlin.

Welcome to my website.

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News:

Feecho’s new album is out!! live at Vancouver International Jazz Festival is available on DoekRaw Bandcamp page. Have a listen!

After a long period of enthusiasm for her music, I started a collaboration with Irena Tomažin, a Slovenian singer, dancer and performer. Together, we created a video recording for the Jazz Poetry Month at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, whose concerts are exclusively online this year. The performance, which includes music, poetry and movement, will air on September 29th 7PM Pittsburgh/ September 30th 1AM Ljubljana time on this link. The concert will be available anytime after that as well.

Czajka & Puchacz’s debut album BIVALIŠČA was out on July 1st! A review by Radio Študent (in Slovenian) available here

I started an INTERVIEW BLOG page, asking my musician friends about the future of music and their relationship with the concept of innovation.

No need to mention that bunch of my concerts in the near future are being canceled due to coronavirus... I am keeping the Agenda updated.

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RECENT VIDEOS:

Kaja Draksler Octet: DANAS, JUČER, SUTRA

An interview with Tomaž Grom for Centralala.

Czajka & Puchacz at Club Primi, January 2020.

A solo concert recorded by Intertonale, a super nice workshop in Austria where I taught past summer.

Ingebrigt Haken Flaten's "Exit KNARR", which was supposed to premiere at Vossa Jazz past March, got its birth online, you can see a video here.

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Several concert-goers have asked me about a possibility to follow my activities. Since I am not using the social media, I decided to start a newsletter. If you would like to receive it, simply send an email entitled "Newsletter" to kaja@kajadraksler.com. Thank you!