ŠTĚPÁN MARKOVIČ & AghaRTA GANG modern jazz - ts, p, b, d

Name: ŠTĚPÁN MARKOVIČ & AghaRTA GANG modern jazz - ts, p, b, d
Start: 2026-09-24T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-24T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Agharta Jazz Centrum

took place · 24 Sep 2026

Agharta Jazz Centre, Prague

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Saxophonist Štěpán Markovič brings the AghaRTA GANG project to Agharta Jazz Centrum in Prague on Thursday, 23 July 2026 at 21:00. This is one of two Czech dates on his tour. The club sits in a Gothic cellar in the heart of the Old Town on Železná Street and takes its name from Miles Davis's 1975 album. Markovič reunites with longtime collaborators - saxophonist Michal Hejny, whom he worked with in the 1980s, and Imran, a childhood friend. The duo is joined by younger musicians: Vladimir Kliment on bass and Ondřej Kabrna on keyboards. Modern jazz unfolds in the intimate setting of a venue that hosts leading Czech and international musicians every evening.

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About the venue: Agharta Jazz Centre

AghaRTA Jazz Centrum is a jazz club set in a Gothic cellar in the heart of Prague's Old Town. It opened on 29 September 1991 — the day after Miles Davis died — and takes its name from his 1975 album. Top Czech and international jazz musicians perform here every evening. The club also organises the year-round AghaRTA Prague Jazz Festival and sells recordings from the ARTA Records label.

Železná 16, 110 00 Praha 1 Get directions

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Michal Hejny
Imran
Vladimír Kliment

About: Štěpán Markovič

A Prague saxophonist and composer active on the Czech jazz scene for over four decades, Štěpán Markovič has moved from collaborations with Karel Velebný and tours with Ray Charles to his current work with the AghaRTA Gang and the Roma funk outfit Gipsy Groove. A teacher at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory, he is also remembered for his 1994 recording session with Bill Clinton at the Reduta Jazz Club.

Angel Award 2003 for best album in the world music category (album with Gipsy Groove)

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fans on Facebook (Gipsy Groove page)

What's new

2025-07
Štěpán Markovič performed at the 22nd edition of the Třeboňská nocturna festival (July 10, 2025) together with pianist Emil Viklický.
2024-12
Štěpán Markovič & AghaRTA Gang performed in December 2024 at the AghaRTA Jazz Centrum club in Prague.
2024-05
The Štěpán Markovič & Gipsy Groove project performed at Club Kino in Černošice.

Tracks

Two Presidents' Jam Sessionlive EP from Prague's Reduta (1994), recorded with Bill Clinton

Jazz by Stepan Markovicalbum recorded for the second meeting with Clinton in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle (2012)

There Is Hopealbum AghaRTA Gangu (ARTA Records, 2009)

Štěpán Markovič & Gipsy Grooveproject combining jazz with Romani funk; album awarded the Anděl 2003 prize in the world music category

About: Ondřej Kabrna

Prague pianist Ondřej Kabrna is one of the most versatile figures on the Czech jazz scene - with AghaRTA Band he plays groove jazz, alongside Jana Koubková he moves through standards and original songs, and solo he reaches for the Hammond organ or accordion.

2006

year of advancement to the semi-final of the international solo piano competition in Montreux

2016

year of graduation from HAMU (jazz piano)

2004

year of beginning collaboration with Jana Koubkova (ongoing to this day)

What's new

2026-01
Ondřej Kabrna performed with Jana Koubková at Kaštanu - Unijazz Scene in Prague (22. 1. 2026).
2025-04
AghaRTA Band with Kabrna on piano performed another of the regular groove-jazz evenings at the AghaRTA club (26. 4. 2025).
2024-08
Ondřej Kabrna performed together with Vladimír Javorský at an event in Prague (26. 8. 2024).

Tracks

AghaRTA Band - groove jazz repertoárRegular program of the AghaRTA club; original compositions by band members and cover versions of Lalo Schifrin, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, and the Beatles

Ondřej Kabrna Trio / Powerplay TrioPianist's own trio projects; style designated as 'metal-jazz' for broad genre boundaries

Jana Koubková & Ondřej KabrnaDuo active since 2004; repertoire includes Gershwin, Ellington, Dylan, Jezek, and Koubkova's own compositions

Transformace hudby Erwina SchulhoffaGraduation performance at HAMU (2016); original piano arrangement of works by this Czech composer influenced by jazz

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