Kristýna Barta Quintet

Name: Kristýna Barta Quintet
Start: 2026-10-09T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-09T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Petrof Gallery

took place · 9 Oct 2026

PETROF Gallery, Hradec Králové

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Kristýna Barta Quintet is the current project of Czech jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Kristýna Barta. The quintet builds on the album Red Landscape, whose compositions revolve around themes of memory, identity, borders, and personal stories.

The international ensemble features Slovenian saxophonist Jure Pukl, vocalist Petra Brabencová, bassist Peter Korman, and drummer Marek Urbánek.

The concert is part of the Jazz Goes to Town festival and takes place at Petrof Gallery in Hradec Králové.

About the festival: Kristýna Barta Quintet

32nd edition

festival year (2026)

over 1,000

visitors (2025 edition)

musicians from 12 countries (2025 edition)

festival venues (2025 edition)

Good to know

Lasts 5 days (Tue 6 - Sat 10 October 2026)
Tickets for individual evenings on sale via the festival website (jgtt.cz)
Concerts at multiple venues: Petrof Gallery, Bio Central, Divadlo Drak, Muzeum východních Čech and others
Petrof Gallery: former industrial warehouse with industrial atmosphere, today a cultural center
No camping - the festival takes place in city halls and clubs

What's new

2026-10
The Kristýna Barta Quintet will perform on October 9, 2026 at Petrof Gallery in Hradec Králové as part of the 32nd edition of the Jazz Goes to Town festival.
2026-05
Kristýna Barta released the album Red Landscape (Amplion Records) on May 8, 2026, which forms the program basis for the quintet's performance.
2025-10
The 31st edition of the festival (October 7-11, 2025) was attended by over 1,000 listeners; 11 concert projects took place at 7 venues in the city.
2025-10
The 31st edition featured 48 musicians from 12 countries and presented 7 Czech premieres and one world premiere created directly as part of the Hradec Králové residency.

Headliners

Kristýna Barta Quintet Jure Pukl Petra Brabencová Peter Korman Marek Urbánek

About: Kristýna Barta

Prague pianist and composer Kristýna Barta is one of the most compelling figures in contemporary European jazz - she has played Montreux Jazz Festival and Jazzahead!, and took first place at the OSA composers' competition in 2016. With her internationally assembled quintet, including Slovenian saxophonist Jure Pukl, she performs material from Red Landscape, released in May 2026.

1st place in the OSA jazz composers competition (Czech Republic, 2016)

Prize for piano skills at the Powiew Młodego Jazzu festival (Poland, 2017)

What's new

2026-05
The album Red Landscape was released on May 8, 2026 - symbolically on the day of the state holiday - and features seven original compositions and two arrangements of folk songs (Czech and Ukrainian).
2026-07
In July 2026, Barta launched the Record Release Tour with concerts in Prague (Jazz Dock), Uherské Hradiště, Poděbrady, and Broumov.
2026-07
The Jazz Goes to Town festival in Hradec Králové (October 6-10, 2026) included Kristýnu Bartu Quintet with the album Red Landscape in the program of its 32nd edition.

Tour

PrahaUherské HradištěPoděbradyBroumovHradec KrálovéBoskovice

Tracks

Red Landscapetitle album from May 2026, seven original compositions and two arrangements of folk songs

Modlitba pro Martunew arrangement on the album Red Landscape, symbol of Czech resistance to occupation

Nese Hal'a voduarrangement of a Ukrainian folk song from the album Red Landscape

Love and Passionalbum from 2021, collaboration with Martina Barta

EMA29debut album (2017) released on the Austrian label Alessa Records

About: Jure Pukl

Trained across Vienna, The Hague, Graz and Boston, Slovenian tenor saxophonist Jure Pukl has become one of the most active figures on the contemporary European jazz circuit. His records draw praise from the international press, and he consistently performs alongside top-tier New York musicians.

album under own name

50+

projects as sideman

659

monthly listeners on Spotify

What's new

2025
Pukl released the album Analog AI (Unit Records) recorded in March 2025 with pianist John Escreet, bassist Joe Sanders, and drummer Christian Lillinger.
2026
With the Analog AI project, Pukl performs a series of festival appearances in 2026 - including at JazzChurFestival in Switzerland, Petrovac Jazz Festival in Montenegro, and Skopje Jazz Festival.
2024-08
In August 2024, the album The Life Sound Pictures of Jure Pukl (Fresh Sound Records) was released with guitarist Adam Rogers, pianist Sam Harris, bassist Joe Sanders, and drummer Rudy Royston.

Tour

VelenjeVedelagoChurPetrovacPtujSkopjeValenciaMalaga

Tracks

Analog AIalbum 2025 (Unit Records) - quartet with John Escreet, Joe Sanders and Christian Lillinger

The Life Sound Pictures of Jure Puklalbum August 2024 (Fresh Sound Records) with Adam Rogers and Rudy Royston

Broken Circlesalbum 2020 (Whirlwind Recordings), praised by the world jazz press

Doubtlessalbum 2018 (Whirlwind Recordings) with Melissa Aldana and Gregory Hutchinson

Hybridalbum 2017, fifth project under his own name

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