Kaja Draksler Solo

Kaja Draksler's newest solo repertoire, revolves around the early jazz piano styles, such as ragtime, boogie woogie and stride piano, with the addition of microtonality, which has been present in her previous solo work as well.

In her solo performances, Kaja is interested in finding ways to merge composition and improvisation by focusing on form, structures and timbre. Her very own and irresistibly clear sound moves between the aesthetics of European improvised and New Music with echoes of traditional jazz and classical music, which she studied. She is drawn to the idea of fusing the different musical styles and periods, forging a personal expression and language.

Kaja Draksler is a Slovenian pianist and composer. She released her first solo album The Lives of Many Others to considerable critical acclaim with Clean Feed in 2013, and has since toured Europe with her ever evolving repertoire. She released her live recording Soothe My Soul, Feed My Thought in 2021 on Idilyc Noise and her third solo album In Otherness Oneself in 2022 on Unsounds.

Kaja Draksler - piano

“The young Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler shows off a wealth of sturdy ideas and nonchalant technique on this stunning solo recording.” Downbeat

“Kaja Draksler pulls together information from a century of experimental music and jazz. /.../ 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 delievered a dream debute. Not a promise, but a masterpiece.” Trouw

(The dark) photo: Peter Gannushkin

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