Bohdan Kinal

Bohdan Kinal is an award-winning saxophonist, composer, and educator from Albany, NY. Drawing from a wide range of influences from Western classical music to folk music, Kinal’s music expands on his education in the jazz tradition.

Kinal has performed in various settings involving a number of notable musicians, including Philip Dizack, Zach Brock, Alan Ferber, and Victor Provost, among others, and has studied with groundbreaking artists such as Gary Bartz, Remy Le Boeuf, Mike Holober, and Jay Ashby. He has written music for a range of different ensembles, from solo music to jazz orchestra, and has performed across the country at venues such as Dazzle Denver, The Newman Center for the Performing Arts, The Theater at Innovation Square, and the Van Dyck Music Club.

In 2023, Kinal was selected to play lead alto saxophone in the NAfME All-Eastern Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Bob Stewart. He has also performed in the 2022 and 2023 New York All-State Jazz Orchestras, in which he was a featured soloist, and the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Big Band. He has been the recipient of a number of awards for his musical endeavors, including an award for best student jazz composition by the University of Denver, a Flint Initiative Grant, and the Lee Shaw Memorial Scholarship.