Tymish Koznarsky is an award-winning jazz saxophonist hailing from Toronto, Canada. He frequently performs at top venues in the city’s top venues such as the Jazz Bistro, the Rex Jazz and Blues Bar, and the Jazz Room, both as a sideman and bandleader of the Tymish Koznarsky Quintet. Tymish has collaborated, recorded, and studied with internationally acclaimed artists, including Kirk Macdonald, Harold Mabern, Terri Lyne Carrington, Kiya Tabassian, Lorne Lofsky, Mike Downes, and Pat LaBarbera and he was a featured soloist on Caity Gyorgy’s Juno award-winning album “Featuring.”

Accolades for his work include the Lou Williamson Woodwind Scholarship Award, The Lionel C. Wooster Award, the Kira Payne Memorial Bursary, the Greg Wells Scholarship, and selection for Canada’s prestigious National Youth Jazz Combo in 2019, a pivotal experience that set him on the path to a professional career. As a recent recipient of the Intercultural and Creative Music Fellowship, he was commissioned to compose music for the Aga Khan Museum alongside his fellow collaborators. Tymish is currently working on his debut album, which is on pace to be released in early 2026.