Emma Rawicz is a London-based jazz musician, saxophonist, composer and bandleader.[1]
Career edit
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]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Emma Rawicz". BBC. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Winners announced at the 2022 Parliamentary Jazz Awards". London Jazz News. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "2021 Drake YolanDa Award (Round 2)".
- ^ "Emma Rawicz performs at the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2022 Final with Nikki Yeoh, Michael Mondesir and Mark Mondesir". BBC.
- ^ "Jazz FM Awards 2022: Instrumentalist of the Year". Jazz FM. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Emma Rawicz - Compose Me A Rainbow". Jazzwise. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Emma Rawicz Quintet". London Jazz News. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Emma Rawicz signs to ACT Music". London Jazz News.
- ^ "ACT Welcomes Emma Rawicz". ACT Music. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Interview with Emma Rawicz". Jazzcord. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "British saxophonist Emma Rawicz signs to ACT Music for new album Chroma". Jazzwise. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "WIJ2023 - Isobella Burnham Group & Emma Rawicz Jazz Orchestra". Ronnie Scott's. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Late Late Show hosted by Emma Rawicz". Ronnie Scott's. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Emma Rawicz - Jazz FM Classic Album Series Present The Album "Coltrane's Sound"". Hampstead Jazz Club. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "BBC Young Jazz Musician returns in November 2022". BBC.