Emma Rawicz

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Emma Rawicz is a London-based jazz musician, saxophonist, composer and bandleader. [1]

Career

Rawicz won Jazz Newcomer of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2022, [2] won a Drake YolanDa award in 2021, [3] was a finalist in BBC Young Musician Jazz Award 2022 [4] and nominated for Instrumentalist of the Year at Jazz FM Awards 2021. [5]

Emma Rawicz has chromesthesia, a type of synesthesia which involves seeing colours when hearing sounds. [6] [7] [8] On ACT Music, her second album of original compositions, “Chroma”, is named after the Ancient Greek word for colour. [9]

Emma Rawicz grew up in Devon, playing classical violin and then switching to the saxophone from the age of 15 years old, [10] [1] studying at Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Chetham's School of Music [10] and then the Royal Academy of Music, [11] [1] with support and guidance from various experienced performers including Gareth Lockrane, [10] Ivo Neame [10] and Nikki Iles.

The Emma Rawicz Jazz Orchestra has performed self-composed music at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, [12] at which Rawicz also is one of the regular hosts of the Late Late Shows. [13]

Jazz FM broadcast a radio episode in which Emma Rawicz performed and was interviewed as an expert in the life and works of John Coltrane. [14]

Rawicz has some Polish heritage through her grandfather [7] and is also known by the full name Emma Rawicz-Szczerbo. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Emma Rawicz". BBC. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Winners announced at the 2022 Parliamentary Jazz Awards". London Jazz News. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "2021 Drake YolanDa Award (Round 2)".
  4. ↑ "Emma Rawicz performs at the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2022 Final with Nikki Yeoh, Michael Mondesir and Mark Mondesir". BBC.
  5. ↑ "Jazz FM Awards 2022: Instrumentalist of the Year". Jazz FM. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Emma Rawicz - Compose Me A Rainbow". Jazzwise. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Emma Rawicz Quintet". London Jazz News. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Emma Rawicz signs to ACT Music". London Jazz News.
  9. ↑ "ACT Welcomes Emma Rawicz". ACT Music. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Interview with Emma Rawicz". Jazzcord. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "British saxophonist Emma Rawicz signs to ACT Music for new album Chroma". Jazzwise. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "WIJ2023 - Isobella Burnham Group & Emma Rawicz Jazz Orchestra". Ronnie Scott's. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Late Late Show hosted by Emma Rawicz". Ronnie Scott's. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  14. ↑ "Emma Rawicz - Jazz FM Classic Album Series Present The Album "Coltrane's Sound"". Hampstead Jazz Club. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "BBC Young Jazz Musician returns in November 2022". BBC.
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