JAN MAKSIMOWICZ
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Third Stream • Lithuania

Jan Maksimowicz (b. 1975) is one of the most exciting Lithuanian jazz saxophonists, praised for his emotional and consummate musicianship, admired as a master of stylistic interplay, ingenious composer, band leader and teacher. Jan Maksimowicz studied at the Balys Dvarionas School of Music, the Vilnius Conservatory, and received Master's Degree from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (under Petras Vyšniauskas). He participated and earned prizes in a number of competitions: laureate of Juozas Pakalnis Competition (1994), Grand Prix and audience prize in Lithuania's Saxophone Competition in Klaipėda (1999), third prize in the International Saxophone Competition "Brilliant Note" in Latvia (2000), and first prize in the International Young Jazz Performers Competition in Klaipėda (2000). Since his jazz debut in 1996, Jan Maksimowicz has collaborated with a number of Lithuanian jazz celebrities, including Vytautas Labutis, Petras Vyšniauskas, Oleg Molokoyedov, Dainius Pulauskas, Artūras Anusauskas, Saulius Šiaučiulis, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Danielius Praspaliauskis, Valerijus Ramoška, Liudas Mockūnas, read more...