ALEX PAXTON

Composer. Improvising-trombonist.


“In a dark, time this music will make you smile . . .This is the most joyous sound I’ve heard in ages!”
New York Times

Calender




Saturday 28 June 2025, 1pm

NEW WORK

Ensemble Modern 
Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP

October 2023

Dadd’s Fairies

Hallé Orchestra
Conductor Thomas Ades

2023, 8th July

More Classical Music

Born Creative Festival
in Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

May 21, 2023,

NEW WORK

IEMA Ensmeble
Gaudiamus Festival

August 14, 2023,

NEW WORK

Explore Ensemble
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

22.06.2023 – HYPER STUCK Somtimes Voices @ Contrapunkt – Saint-Gall CH

23.06.2023 – HYPER STUCK Somtimes Voices @ CMC concerts de musique contemporaine – La Chaux-de-Fonds CH

May 21, 2023,

NEW WORK

IEMA Ensmeble
Impulse Festival
May 21, 2023,

NEW WORK

Explore Ensemble
Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP

Alex Paxton - improvising trombone
with Laura Jurd
Cheltneam Jazz Festival

April 29, 2023,

NEW WORK

Riot Ensemble + Alex Paxton
Conductor Aaron Holloway-Nahum
Kings Place London

March 25, 2023,

NEW WORK

Riot Ensemble + Alex Paxton
Conductor Aaron Holloway-Nahum
MaerzMusik Berlin
20.03.2023 – HYPER STUCK @ Oggimusica – Lugano CH

March 4, 2023,

Shrimpbit Baby-Face

Klangforum Wien 
Pierre Boulez Saal Franz.
Str. 33D, 10117 Berlin, Germany

February 23, 2023,

Sweet Wishes

Southbank Sinfonia + Alex Paxton
Nonclassical
Conductor Toby Thatcher
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

February 23, 2023,

iLolli-pop

Ensemble Modern + Alex Paxton
Broadcast SWR2 NowMusic, 9:05 p.m

Febuary 1 2023,

iLolli-pop

Ensemble Modern + Alex Paxton
Conductor Enno Poppe
ECLAT festival
Theaterhaus Stuttgart. 

Januray 25 2023
Alex Paxton - improvising trombone
with Moss Freed’s Union Divison
Vortex Jazz Club
London

Januray 19 2023
Alex Paxton - improvising trombone
with Steve Noble Quartet
Cafe Oto
London

November 18 2022

Meany

London Sinfionetta + Alex Paxton
London jazz Festival
Southabnk Centre Purcell Room

November 18 2022

SOLO

 Alex Paxton Trombone
London jazz Festival
Southabnk Centre Purcell Room

November 09 2022

Somtimes voices

B-L Duo
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival HCMF
Bates Mill, Huddersfield

October  28th 2022
Release with Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Philharmonia Orchestra. Levels of Affection. NMC. PRS

October 6.   2022 ilolli-pop Full Album Release. (45mins) Nonclassical.

October 4  2022
Dampfzentrale, Bern
Shrimp BIT Baby face. (20mins). Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain.

30.09.2022 – HYPER STUCK  Somtimes Voices @ La Voirie – Biel/Bienne CH

24.09.2022 – HYPER STUCK Somtimes Voices @ Fracanaüm – Salle Paderewski – Lausanne CH

17 September  2022
BCV Concert Hall, Lausanne
Label La Suise Festival - Shrimp BIT Baby face. (20mins). Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain.

16 September  2022
Temple Allemand
Co-production NEC - Label La Suise Festival - Shrimp BIT Baby face. (20mins).
Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain.

12 September  2022
Klangspreien Festival Innsbruck - Shrimp BIT Baby face. (20mins). Riot Ensemble. Aaron Nahum-Holloway

10th September  2022
TiVre, Pandora
Gaudiamus Festival Utrecht - Music for Bosch People. (15mins). Ensemble Klang


10th September  2022
Gaudiamus Festival Utrecht . But What About Ensemble.- Improvisation (30mins).

8th September  2022
DUMS, Marnixzaal
Gaudiamus Festival Utrecht - JustGum Friends (12mins) - Two Envelopes

7th September  2022
TiVre, Hertz
Gaudiamus Festival Utrecht - ilolli-pop. Askoschoenberg Ensemble. (26 mins) Clark Rundell. Alex Paxton

1st September  2022 
Single release. Non-calssical ilolli-pop. 1lollipop. (3mins)

27.08.2022 – HYPER STUCK Somtimes Voices @ Bellelay Musiques – Bellelay CH

14.07.22 – HYPER DUO Somtimes Voices  @ Pod’ring festival – Biel/Bienne CH