Women in Jazz: Mirka Novak & Kristina Barta

Mirka Novak and Kristina Bart on one stage - women who love jazz improvisation together. In 2022 she released the solo debut album Malbum at the Slovak publishing house Hevhetia, where they host Zdeněk Bína, Endra or Ridina Ahmedová. He has been traveling to the USA for the tenth year, where he records his author's songs and cooperates with first -class musicians in Austin, Washington D.C., Boston and New York. She performs alone with Loop Station or in jazz groups with musicians such as Federico G. Peňa (Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller), Tarus Mateen (Betty Carter), Dave Manle (Jill Scott), David Haynes (Chaka Khan). Urbánková Bárta, is a Czech jazz pianist and composer, whose music is an excellent example of modern European jazz drawing on a unique mixture of classical music and jazz unranshed innovations. Barta began her musical journey as an oboist by studio at the Jan Neruda grammar school and later devoted herself to the piano and composition at the Music Academy of Music Arts. Her music could be heard by listeners across Europe also thanks to prestigious festivals such as Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazz's! and many others. Her talent was also recognized in a number of prestigious awards, including the first place in the jazz composers in the Czech Republic in 2016, the Final Euroradio Jazz Competition in the Netherlands and the Prizes for Exceptional Piano Skills at the Festival Ema29 and love and passion Barta recently released its latest album Endless Questions and Answers , in cooperation with the world -recognized saxophonist Jure Pukl. Orchestra of Czech Radio in cooperation with guitarist David Dorůžka and saxophonist Jure Pukl. In 2024 she founded her own jazz festival of chamber format called Prague Impro Room .