Tymish Koznarsky is an award-winning jazz saxophonist hailing from Toronto, Canada. He frequently performs at venues across the city 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; he was a featured soloist on Caity Gyorgy’s Juno award-winning album “Featuring” (2023) and Juno nominated album “Lemon Tree” (2026) by Ale Nuñez. He currently works as the Musical Director for the Davie Studios project Blues and also frequently performs in their Listening Room, Marmalade and Neo in Your Soul projects.

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, Eugene Amaro Scholarship, Gordon and Anne Wragg Music 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 2027.