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:

Happy 2020!

Octet on my mind. Almost done with the master of our second album Out For Stars! Out on Clean Feed in March.

Album “Swim” (Terrie Ex/ Kaja Draksler), recorded live at Cafe Oto, will be released coming February on Terp records, followed by a tour though The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Norway, see agenda for details.

Also soon: the release of Czajka & Puchacz’s debut album on the Slovenian label Klopotec.

Creative Jazz Clinic Velenje is approaching! If interested, check the stellar mentors’ team + more about this great initiative of the Slovenian saxophonist Jure Pukl here

We are starting a house concert series in Copenhagen: Under Bakken Series. The first edition will happen on the coming Valentine’s Day. If you want to know more, write me at kaja@kajadraksler.com

Here is recent interview with Tomaž Grom for Centralala.

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!