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RAFAŁ PIKUSA
Graduate of the Witold Lutosławski Primary Music School in Jasło (class of Jan Szmyd) and student of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music School Complex in Tarnów (saxophone class of Joanna Dołęga); currently a student at the Szczecin Academy of Art (class of Prof. Dariusz Samól, DMA, Habil.). Member of Saxes saxophone quartet and Saxademus Quartet; participant of numerous master classes and saxophone performance workshops taught by such master instrumentalists as Paweł Gusnar, Hans de Jong, Michał Knot, Jerome Laran, Philippe Portejoie, Andrzej Rzymkowski, Dariusz Samól, Mieczysław Stachura, and Bernard Steuer.
Pikusa has won prizes in international competitions and festivals, including a music competition in Moscow (1st prize) and a chamber music contest in Saint Petersburg (2nd prize).