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CodeDS/UK/23963
NameKay; Helena (fl.2012-); Scottish saxophonist, composer
Datesfl.2012-
GenderFemale (cisgender)
Place of Birth/OriginPerth, Scotland, United Kingdom (born)
BiographyLondon based tenor saxophonist Helena Kay grew up in Perth, Scotland and moved to London in 2012 to begin studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2016 with a First Class in BMus Jazz (Hons) and receiving the Anjool Malde Jazz Prize for the highest jazz final recital mark that year. In 2015 she won the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year, and in 2017 she won the Peter Whittingham Jazz Award which she used to record and release her debut album Moon Palace.

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