Mikołaj Sikora

Born in 1998, he is a distinguished graduate with a master's degree in jazz double bass from the Academy of Music in Kraków, where he studied under Dr. Maciej Adamczak and Maksymilian Mucha. He also holds a Master of Science in Computer Engineering, completed in 2022 at the Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics, and Telecommunications at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. He completed a one-month internship at Saint Louis College of Music in Rome and studied for a semester at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands, where his mentors included esteemed double bassists Luca Bulgarelli, Clemens van der Feen, Frans van der Hoeven, and Ruud Ouwehand. Currently, he is also a doctoral student at AGH’s Doctoral School, where he conducts research on the application of artificial intelligence in music theory.

He is a laureate of numerous prestigious jazz competitions, including the Grand Prix at the Jazz nad Odrą, Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, and European Young Artists' Jazz Award in Burghausen. In 2024, he was nominated for the Fryderyk Award and recognized as Tarnów's Cultural Hope of the Year. He has collaborated with leading jazz artists, performing and recording in Poland, Europe, and the USA. He is a permanent member of ensembles such as Horntet (Horntet 2023), Amirova Trio (Roots 2021), Niedbała/Sikora/Przewoźniak Trio, Jacek Pietrzak Quartet, Yunah Han Trio (EP Foggy Northern Forest 2023), Jedno (Szczęśliwy 2021), Kasia Cygan (Serce w ogrodzie swoim 2021) and Paweł Czarakcziew.