Mikołaj Trzaska - saxophonist, bass clarinetist, composer of film music,

Studied fine arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He grew up on the grounds of yass - an artistic and social movement. He co-founded the most important yass formation - the legendary Love, and was also the leader of the famous Łoskot. When the momentum of yass faded, he became a leading figure in the domestic avant-garde. His presence in the international world of improvised music began in the early 2000s, when he began his musical travels to Scandinavia, Ukraine, Western Europe and the United States. While touring, he learned the art of music alongside some of the world's most prominent artists in this direction, such as Ken Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee and many others. These collaborations as well as his authorial achievements have been documented by dozens of record albums. For years he has been creating projects related to literature. The basis of Trzaska's creative search is the construction of a personal language and individual means of expression. He asks himself the question. “What do we create for? And what do we want to convey? He is known to a wider audience as a composer of film music, permanently cooperating with Wojciech Smarzowski, composing music for films: The House of Evil, The Rose, Wolyn, Under the Strong Angel, The Cleric, The Wedding 2. His latest work can be heard in the music track of Paweł Maślona film KOS.

“Mikolaj's sound on alto is mesmerizing, even at his most lyrical there's the inner tension in the timbre, you could hide entire planets in there, even at his most expansive and screaming, there's something intimate and emotional to what he plays.” – (Free) Jazz Alchemist