Emma Rawicz 5tet • INKYRA - Jazzfestival Freiburg

Major accolade for Emma Rawicz! - Jazz FM Award 2026 • UK Jazz Act of the Year!

Emma Rawicz - a highlight of the 2026 Jazzfestival programme - top-tier sound at FORUM Merzhausen.

"In jazz you can never know enough," says saxophonist Emma Rawicz. Born in 2002, she has been among the most celebrated and sought-after European jazz musicians of her generation since her ACT debut "Chroma". For Emma Rawicz, jazz is above all an inexhaustible source of creativity. She says: "There is always something new to discover. While you yourself are practising, so much new material is being developed." Emma Rawicz is a dedicated worker. During the pandemic, she began documenting her practice routines on Instagram. Since then, tens of thousands of people have followed her "becoming". She tours across Europe, performs in the largest concert halls, headlines major festivals, constantly writes new music, leads her own Emma Rawicz Jazz Orchestra, and was recently included by the BBC in their New Generation Artists - the absolute pinnacle of the country regardless of genre.

The Guardian states: "Emma Rawicz has launched into a sprint - and the warp speed of her development shows no signs of slowing down."

"What makes her captivating, however, is not only what she does but how she does it. The joy of playing with her band is written all over her face, and the infectious delight with which this quintet catapults old virtues into the present transfers to the absolutely enthusiastic audience in the hall. After 100 gripping minutes, there is nothing left to do at the end of the evening but count down the days until Rawicz returns for a concert as part of the Leverkusener Jazztage (in November) and for a performance at the Essener Philharmonie (in February next year)".

WESTZEIT Köln on a concert at Stadtgarten Köln (October 2025) © A