Alexander von Hagke, born 28 November 1975 in Germany, is a German saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He studied saxophone and clarinet at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich and at the City College of New York under Rich Perry, Leszek Zadlo, and Ivan Mähr. After early performances with the Bavarian State Youth Jazz Orchestra and the German National Youth Jazz Orchestra, he released the albums Loreley (2011) and Fusion Nouvelle (2012), the latter featuring collaborations with Peter O’Mara, Jan Zehrfeld, Heiko Jung, and Tommy Eberhardt. Von Hagke has performed with the NDR Big Band, the Munich Philharmonic, and led the Passo Avanti quartet. In 2011, he received the Bavarian Arts Promotion Prize for music.
