Kaja Draksler (born 6 February 1987 in Kranj, Slovenia) is a Slovenian jazz pianist and composer working in improvised and new music. She studied jazz piano at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen and completed a master's in classical composition at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2013, after which she settled in Amsterdam. Her work merges composition and improvisation with microtonality, drawing on early jazz styles as well as European new music. She leads her own Octet and the trio Punkt.Vrt.Plastik, and received the Paul Acket Award from North Sea Jazz in 2018.
The third album of the Kaja Draksler Octet, Bare, Unfolding, inspired by haiku by Matsuo Basho, was released on January 16, 2026.
Her long-running trio Punkt.Vrt.Plastik, with Petter Eldh and Christian Lillinger, released the fourth album Kompress in August 2026.
A new project by Draksler, matter 100, releases the debut album True Or False in October 2026.
The Kaja Draksler Octet performed on May 9, 2026 at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam with the new album Bare, Unfolding.
😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.
91concertSat 7.11.Sunflower & guests
86concertSun 1.11.Ig Henneman 80 Ab Baars 70=150
80concertSat 20.2.Members' Concert Martin Fondse
74concertSun 6.12.Members' Concert: Michael Moore
73concertThu 12.11.Paradiso Presenteert: Joan As Police Woman
72concertSun 22.11.Wim Warman & Jurre van Egteren
71concertSat 2.1.EHBO ft. Han Bennink, Benjamin Herman, Ernst Glerum & Oscar Jan Hoogland
65concertFri 11.12.Cassie Kinoshi & seed
65concertSat 20.2.Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope
58concertFri 20.11.Chico Chico
51concertThu 12.11.Tribute to Oscar Peterson
49concertWed 11.11.Ekep Nkwelle