“…[their] saxophone sound is equally forceful and undulating. At times, it has an abrasive character that adds strength to sinuous and lengthy phrases, sometimes filled with anger.”  Jacques Prouvost

alejandra borzyk is a Spanish-Belgian saxophone player, composer, performer and writer based in Brussels

Since 2022 they lead their band "bodies", selected in 2023 as the Belgian laureate of the French support program "Propulsion". They released two EPs independently: "bodies" (2023) and "fluidos" (2024); and performed at the Brussels Jazz Weekend in notorious venues like Jazz Station, Ancienne Belgique or Neimenster (LU). The band will release their first album “quiero amor” in January 2026

In 2024, they were laureate of the program "Women in jazz" led by drummer Anne Paceo, and toured alongside the French trip hop band Chinese Man, with whom they performed in legendary venues such as Olympia in Paris

Although the majority of their professional work lies in the music industry, their artistic vision and creation span multiple disciplines: slam poetry, theater, performance, and writing, with a strong connection to the body and movement in their playing and approach to saxophone. This crossdisciplinary approach was the foundation of their final master’s project at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. In June 2023, they carried out a multidisciplinary project denouncing rape culture and sexual violence, particularly within music education institutions

Born in Leuven but raised in Torrelodones (Spain), they studied classical piano and saxophone as a kid, and started performing in 2015 alongside Madrid based bands of a large stylistic diversity (latin, reggae, funk, hip-hop, song-writers, pop, rock). Meanwhile, they studied composition with Ramón Paús, with whom they discovered as well the universes of jazz and improvised music. They moved to Brussels in 2017 to continue their education at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels, where they graduated under cum laude in 2023, and were under the mentorship of musicians such as Jeroen van Herzeele, John Ruocco, Stéphane Galland and Diederik Wissels

2025 announces shifts in their path: they are part “Sound of Brussels Orchestra”, a collective creation under the direction of Fabrizio Cassol and Adèle Viret, which stands in the crossing point of the cultural diversity the city gathers. They also attended the Jazz and Sonic Arts program at Banff Centre of Arts and Creativity (CAN), marking a new path in their creative approach and process

They are part and collaborate with other Brussels-based projects (Lara Humbert "I'm not done cooking" , Under the Reefs Orchestra), French-American co-production “PASSIO” led by Maribeth Diggle, and carries a solo project, performance through which they explore movement, breath art and saxophone extended techniques

pic credits Ola Gracjasz