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 moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, stayed there for 5 years, and recently moved back to Trboje, my home village.

Welcome to my website.

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News:

Czajka & Puchacz was featured on Kamizdat compilation album Access Frame: Authority on the occasion of Netlabel Day. The audio release is digital and it includes an offset printed zine with liner notes by Nina Dragičević.

My freshly composed piece "BA" was commissioned performed by Orchestra Jazz de Matosinhos on June 15th on Jazz na Real Vinícola in Porto, Portugal

Here is a video of the premiere of matter 100 at the Bimhuis!

I was nominated for German Jazz Prize, category Piano/International.

The second album of my duo with the brilliant Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva is out on Intakt Records and is called GROW.

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On Innovation and the Future of Music (and art), a collection of interviews is out digitally and in printed, 200 copies limited edition. The zine features drawings by Szymon Gąsiorek and is designed by Maga Ćwieluch.

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RECENT VIDEOS:

Premiere of matter 100: at the Bimhuis

matter 100 in rehearsal: True/False

Kaja Draksler Solo: Zagreb Biennale

Anja Zag Golob, Irena Z. Tomažin, Kaja Draksler: Rojišče #73

Draksler/Bach/Masecki: Goldberg Variations

Kaja Draksler Octet: In Time, music on the words of Matsuo Basho

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