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:

October and November have been busy. Punkt.Vrt.Plastik, solo, Lillinger’s Open Form for Society, To Pianos, and more. Now some time to work on mixing and mastering the Octet's new album, to be out on Clean Feed in March 2020.

Album “Swim” (Terrie Ex/ Kaja Draksler), recorded live at Cafe Oto, will be released coming February on Terp records

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

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!