ALTO SAXOPHONIST

EMPOWERMENT TEACHER

If you’d like to find out how I went from a picture-perfect village in the Austrian Alps to the jazz scene of New York City to carrying the unique distinction of being the first woman in the WDR Big Band Cologne to leading my quartet KLARO! and to becoming an empowerment teacher for women in jazz—

read my story here.

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Haus Witten

Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak / KLARO! Hans Vroomans (piano), Jos Machtel (bass), Drori Mondlak (drums)

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Jazzinitiative Dinslaken

Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak / KLARO! TBA (piano), TBA (bass), Drori Mondlak (drums)

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Alte Mühle Bönen

Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak / KLARO! Sebastian Sternal (piano), Martin Gjakonovski (bass), Drori Mondlak (drums)

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Kulturhaus Lüdenscheid

Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak / KLARO! Hans Vroomans (piano), Hans Glawischnig (bass), Drori Mondlak (drums)

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Jazz We Can Düren

Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak / KLARO! TBA (piano), TBA (bass), Drori Mondlak (drums)

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Velberter Kulturloewen

Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak / KLARO! with Hans Vroomans (piano), Aram Kersbergen (bass)

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Weiße Villa Kreuztal

Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak / KLARO! Mike Roelofs (piano), Jeroen Vierdag (bass), Drori Mondlak (drums)

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Kloster Wechsterswinkel

Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak / KLARO! with TBA (piano), TBA (bass)

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Weberhaus Viersen

Karolina Strassmayer & Drori Mondlak / KLARO! TBA (piano), TBA (bass), Drori Mondlak (drums)

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alto saxophonist

empowerment teacher

“…one of the most interesting alto saxophonists of her generation.”

— Doug Ramsey / Rifftides Arts Journal

“…a powerful player with creative ideas who constantly pushes herself.”

— The Washington Post

“Her exuberant and gritty alto bursts forth like a geyser...instantly engaging and memorable.”

—Hrayr Attarian / Jazz Times

“…great depth of emotion.”

— Peter Watrous / New York Times