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:
My new solo album In Otherness Oneself is out on Unsounds!
Punkt.Vrt.Plastik just released a new live album on Intakt, Zurich Concert, with my photo on the cover.
A part of the concert we did with Marcin Masecki at Koln's Loft (playing J.S.Bach) is now available to watch online here.
My Octet just premiered a new repertoire titled In Time, commissioned by Amok Festival and KAAP at Concertgebouw Brugge. The pieces were written on the poetry of Matsuo Basho and you can watch the excerpts from the concert here.
My new solo record, Soothe My Soul, Feed My Thought came out on vinyl in August with Idyllic Noise.
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.
The renown Polish label Szara Reneta released a limited edition casette + mini casette Amagerbrogade 216B. A project by Michał Biel includes field recordings, musique concrète, noise, hisses, and two house concert recordings (one of them my solo) treated as field recordings.
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RECENT VIDEOS:
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
Czajka & Puchacz at A4, Bratislava, interview & concert
Punkt.Vrt.Plastik FRAUSTADT
Kiebitz & Uhu ENTSCHULDIGUNG
Kaja Draksler & Irena Tomažin for Glasbeni cikel JUTRI
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| Jun 7 | + Anders Bach, Espen Reinertsen, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten @ Puls Series | Kafé Hærverk Hausmanns gate 34, 0182 Oslo, Norway |
| Jun 8 | + Anders Bach, Espen Reinertsen, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten @ Puls Series | H15 Cafeteria Bar, Studio & Scene, Halmtorvet 15, 1700 København, Denmark |
| Jun 18 | Solo at Motvind Festival | Oslo Norway |
| Jun 29 | Fish Scale Sunrise | Nova Gorica Slovenia |
| Jun 30 | Kaja Draksler Octet at Copenhagen Jazz Festival | Koncertkirken Blågårds Pl. 6A, 2200 København, Denmark |
| Jul 3 | Draksler/Toldam at Copenhagen Jazz Festival | Koncertkirken Blågårds Pl. 6A, 2200 København, Denmark |
| Jul 5 | E/I feat.Kaja Draksler at Copenhagen Jazz Festival | Koncertkirken Blågårds Pl. 6A, 2200 København, Denmark |
| Jul 6 | Czajka & Puchacz at Copenhagen Jazz Festival | Cafe Mellemrummet Ravnsborggade 11, 2200 København, Denmark |
| Jul 7 | Solborg/Santos Silva/Anker/Gasiorek/Draksler at Copenhagen Jazz Festival | Slagtehusgade 5E 1715 København, Denmark |
| Jul 10 | Czajka & Puchacz at Copenhagen Jazz Festival | Slagtehusgade 5E 1715 København, Denmark |
| Sep 7 | Ena Ena at Gaudeamus Music Week | Utrecht Netherlands |
| Sep 10 | Ena Ena at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam | Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Sep 11 | Ena Ena at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam | Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Sep 13 | Solo at Sound Explicit | Kulturni Center Tobačna 001 Tobačna ulica 1, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Sep 15 | Ena Ena at Korso Theater | Korzo theater Prinsestraat 42, 2513 CE Den Haag, Netherlands |
| Sep 29 | Czajka & Puchacz at Newcastle Jazz and Improvised Music Festival | |
| Oct 16 | Draksler/Bach/Masecki at Nona Mechelen | kunstencentrum nona Begijnenstraat 27, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium |
| Oct 18 | Draksler/Bach/Masecki at Handelsbeurs | Handelsbeurs Kouter 29, 9000 Gent, Belgium |
| Nov 11 | Kaja Draksler Octet at Bimhuis | BIMHUIS Piet Heinkade 3, 1019 BR Amsterdam, Netherlands |
“Draksler is one of the most potent musical minds of our time.“
Quietus
“The young Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler shows off a wealth of sturdy ideas and nonchalant technique on this stunning solo recording.”
Downbeat
“/.../ the young Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler pulls together information from a century of experimental music and jazz. She also makes rhythm a priority, and reminds you subtly that she knows what she’s doing. /.../ It’s hard, or maybe impossible, to predict where she’s going to take you. That’s not so common from a young musician.”
New York Times
“Draksler brings austerity, subtlety and poignancy with her fluid piano playing and rings through in bright, rich textures.”
Irish Times
