Alexandra Lehmler

Alexandra Lehmler, born on October 30, 1979, in Bad Ems, Germany, is a German jazz musician. She began playing clarinet at age eight and switched to saxophone five years later. Lehmler attended the Rhineland-Palatinate State Music High School and studied at the Mannheim University of Music. Lehmler's career took off with her debut album Sundance in 2007, which was nominated for the German Record Critics' Quarterly Prize. Subsequent albums include Netnar Tsinim (2010), and No Blah Blah (2012). In 2014, she received the Baden-Württemberg Jazz Prize for her distinctive playing style. Lehmler has also collaborated with notable musicians such as Patrice Héral and Franck Tortiller. She won the New German Composition Prize at the New German Prize in 2018.