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season closes with jazz saxophonist Emma Rawicz & her exceptional quartet

This June, Music Network is delighted to present stellar jazz saxophonist Emma Rawicz performing with her exceptional quartet featuring Elliot Galvin (piano), Kevin Glasgow (bass) and Asaf Sirkis (drums). Rawicz is a multi-award winning young  bandleader and composer who is making waves on the UK music scene and beyond. Jamie Cullum refers to her as ‘an astonishing talent’, and as her live performances and recordings continue to garner widespread acclaim, it’s easy to understand why ‘the name Emma Rawicz is on everyone’s lips right now’ (BBC 3).

At just nineteen, Emma independently released her critically acclaimed debut album Incantation, and singlehandedly managed an extensive UK release tour that featured headline performances at renowned venues such as Ronnie Scott’s and the Jazz Cafe. Her latest album, Chroma, released on the ACT label, was selected as The Guardian’s Album of the Month and has earned her further international recognition.

Since then, her international career has flourished and she has played in over sixteen countries, touring extensively in Germany and Scandinavia. She was recently selected as a BBC New Generation Artist, is the winner of a Parliamentary Jazz Award and a former finalist at the Jazz FM Awards and BBC Young Jazz Musician Competition. The Royal Academy of Music recently awarded her the Musicians’ Company Silver Medal for excellence and for her contribution to the institution, an award not previously given to a jazz student.​

Described as ‘a force to be reckoned with’ by Jazzwise, Emma’s musical endeavours are broad, with artistic projects ranging from a duo with internationally renowned pianist Gwilym Simcock to her regular touring quartet made up of stars of the UK jazz scene. In 2023 she was the Cambridge Jazz Festival’s Artist in Residence, culminating in a triumphant concert where she led the Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra in an all-original programme of her own music, and showcasing a brand new commission for the ensemble. She also featured as a soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall in the 2022 London Jazz Festival and with the German SWR Radio Big Band at a sold-out Berlin Philharmonie in February 2024.

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The future promises to be exciting for Emma as she heads into the studio to record new music with previously unrecorded ensembles this year?. Emma is a passionate educator and is already in demand as a masterclass leader, most recently giving workshops in Denmark, Lithuania and Norway, as well as having a strong educational presence in the UK for musicians of all ages. The Guardian got it right when it reported that ‘the warp speed of her evolution is showing no sign of slowing.’

Jazz fans will be captivated by this young player and her command of her instrument. Emma and her quartet are in Ireland from 4-13 June playing in venues in Donegal, Sligo, Roscommon, Wicklow, Dublin, Kerry, Cork and Kildare.

Wed. 4 June                  Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Donegal             

Thurs. 5 June                Sligo Jazz Project, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo                 

Fri. 6 June                     Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon                          

Sat. 7 June                    Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Wicklow                     

Tues. 10 June                Music Network at The Sugar Club, Dublin                      

Wed. 11 June                St. John’s Theatre & Arts Centre, Listowel, Kerry            

Thurs. 12 June              Triskel Art Centre, Cork                                               

Fri. 13 June                   Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Kildare             

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