Emma Rawicz

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]

References
  1. "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. "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. "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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