Axel Dörner

Axel Dörner (born 1964 in Cologne) is a German trumpeter, improviser and composer based in Berlin. Since the late 1990s he has developed a highly distinctive trumpet language built from extended and self-developed techniques.

His work spans free improvisation, jazz, new music and electronics across an extensive international network of collaborators and ensembles. He received the SWR Jazz Prize in 2006 and the Berlin Jazz Prize in 2019.