Emma Rawicz
Tenor Sax
24 age
February 24, 2002 Birthday
Barnstaple, England, U.K. Birthplace
www.emmarawicz.com Website
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Emma Rawicz is a British saxophonist, composer, and bandleader based in Berlin. Her full legal name is Emma Rawicz-Szczerbo, shortened for professional use. She plays tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute. Rawicz released her self-produced debut album Incantation in 2022, followed by Chroma on ACT Music in 2023, which the Guardian selected as Album of the Month. Her third album, INKYRA, arrived in 2025, showcasing an expanded stylistic palette incorporating rock, progressive, and Brazilian influences. Rawicz won the 2021 Drake YolanDa Award and the 2022 Parliamentary Jazz Best Newcomer award, and received the Musician's Company Silver Medal at the Royal Academy of Music, the first jazz student to earn that honor. She leads multiple ensembles including a duo with pianist Gwilym Simcock, a regular quartet, a sextet, and a twenty-piece jazz orchestra.
Trivia
Emma Rawicz experiences chromesthesia, a form of synesthesia that causes her to see colors when hearing music. She built her second album Chroma around this phenomenon, composing pieces by staring at obscure colors until musical ideas emerged. Her paternal grandfather was born in Warsaw and fled Poland on foot at age eight during World War II. She successfully crowdfunded her debut album and tour entirely through her Instagram following, which she built by posting honest practice sessions during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Early Life
Emma Rawicz was born on February 24, 2002, and grew up in rural North Devon, England, near Exmoor National Park. Her father was an engineer and her mother worked in the civil service; neither was a professional musician, though her father played piano recreationally. Rawicz began studying violin at age six and soon added clarinet, piano, and voice, composing original pieces by age seven. At twelve, she attended a big band concert at the Dartington International Summer School and became captivated by the saxophone, but her parents asked her to wait. She began saxophone lessons at fifteen and quickly recognized it as her primary instrument. Rawicz attended the Junior Guildhall School of Music in London, then Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, studying with saxophonist Iain Dixon. She entered the Royal Academy of Music's jazz program and graduated in 2024, studying under Tim Garland and Julian Siegel.
Emma Rawicz Solos
2021
Tenor Sax solo - Well, You Needn't - 2021
4/4 funk in F major at 183 BPM
2020
Tenor Sax solo - Take The "A" Train - 2020
4/4 swing in C major at 260 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Green Dolphin Street - 2020
4/4 latin in E♭ major at 192 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Misty - 2020
4/4 ballad in E♭ major at 62 BPM