Kristina Barta ()

Kristina Barta, first name Kristýna Urbánková Bárta, is a Czech jazz pianist and composer. Her music is an excellent example of modern European jazz, drawing on a unique blend of classical music and jazz's unplayed innovations. Barta began her musical journey as an oboist studying at the Jan Neruda Gymnasium and later took up piano and composition at the Academy of Performing Arts. She became a prominent member of the Euroradio Jazz Orchestra. Her music has been heard all over Europe thanks to prestigious festivals such as Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazzahead! and many others. Her talent has also been recognized in a number of prestigious awards, including first place in the Jazz Composers Competition in the Czech Republic in 2016, the finals of the Euroradio Jazz Competition in the Netherlands, and an award for exceptional piano skills at the Powiew Młodego Jazzu festival in Poland in 2017. With two albums EMA29 (2017) and Love and Passion (2021), Barta recently released her latest album Endless Questions and Answers (2023), in collaboration with world-renowned saxophonist Jure Pukl. Barta is currently working on several new albums not only for her quartet but also for the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with guitarist David Dorůžka and saxophonist Jure Pukl. In 2024 she founded her own jazz festival in chamber format called Prague Impro Room.