Luise Volkmann

Luise Volkmann, born in 1992, is a German saxophonist, composer and sound artist based in Cologne. She studied jazz saxophone, composition and musicology in Leipzig, Paris and Cologne and uses the saxophone as the central instrument of a practice that combines improvisation with composition.

Her projects include the large ensemble Été Large and smaller collaborations that cross contemporary jazz, folk music and experimental sound. She has performed across Europe and internationally and received two German Jazz Prize awards in 2026. Her work often treats ensemble relationships and collective expression as central musical questions.

On Creative Sources, Luise Volkmann is credited on Olbaumgewächse (CS626).