Nikita Sipiagin Quartet

Nikita Sipiagin - alto saxophone Noé Sécula - piano Joan Codina - bass Genius Wesley - drums
Nikita Sipiagin is a New York-born saxophonist, composer, and bandleader based in Basel, Switzerland. He comes from a musical family, with parents Alex Sipiagin and Monday Michiru, and grandparents Charlie Mariano, Lew Tabackin, and Toshiko Akiyoshi. He has also had the opportunity to perform with his father, Alex Sipiagin, as well as with his grandmother, NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi.
He began playing saxophone and soon after completed two years in the Jazz at Lincoln Center program. He continued his development through leading U.S. summer programs including the NYU Summer Jazz Program, Rutgers Summer Jazz Institute, Ithaca Summer Jazz Program, and the Interlochen Summer Jazz Program, and has performed internationally for several years with the JMI World Orchestra.
Since 2021, he has been studying at Jazz Campus Basel, where he is currently completing a Master’s degree in Performance and has studied with Dick Oatts, Mark Turner, and Chris Cheek.