Alex Paxton

Alex Paxton (b. 1990) is an award-winning composer and jazz trombonist. His work is published by Ricordi (Berlin) and has earned numerous accolades, including the Ivor Novello Award, Paul Hindemith Prize, Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize, and the Royal Philharmonic Society Award. Known for his high-energy, genre-defying music, Paxton’s compositions are praised for their virtuosity, complexity, and emotional intensity. He has released three critically acclaimed albums: MUSIC for BOSCH PEOPLE (Birmingham Record Company/ NMC label), iLOLLI-POP (nonclassical), and HAPPY MUSIC for ORCHESTRA (Delphian), along with several smaller releases. His work is widely reviewed in the UK, US, and Europe and featured in major music publications. He contributed to Arcana X, edited by John Zorn (2021), and will release Delicious and Candyfolk Space Drum in 2025.

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Ircam-Centre Pompidou

octoberoct 16

Rebecca Saunders, Alex Paxton, Lisa Illean

Music

The Nikel ensemble, with its blend of traditional and modern-day instruments, and Noa Frenkel, a versatile artist whose voice excels in both the Renaissance repertoire and that of contemporary creation, gives voice to bodies of different kinds. Fantasy rubs shoulders with the fluid or the organic, calling upon our senses. We are reminded that the eyes, skin and palate listen as much as the ears do.