Mikolaj Trzaska

Mikołaj Trzaska is a Polish saxophonist, clarinettist and film composer, born in Gdańsk in 1966. He came out of the yass movement of the late 1980s and 1990s and later worked mainly in free improvisation, playing alto saxophone and bass clarinet. He is also known for his scores for the films of Wojciech Smarzowski. Trzaska co-founded Miłość with Tymon Tymański and started Łoskot in 1993. His later groups include Shofar, the clarinet quartet IRCHA and the trio Rimbaud with Tomasz Budzyński and Michał Jacaszek.