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Kristina Barta

Born: January 23, 1987

Critics have described Czech pianist Kristina Barta as “fiery, expressive, eloquent, and stubborn.” Originally admitted to the Prague Conservatory as an oboist, she later embraced the piano and earned a prominent position in the Euroradio Jazz Orchestra, garnering several prestigious awards. 

Barta, recognized internationally as both a composer and pianist, embarked on her musical journey after studying classical music and composition at the Prague Conservatory. She graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, specializing in jazz piano. Her career has taken her on a constant whirlwind of tours, gracing renowned venues worldwide, including Jazzahead! (Germany), Bimhuis (Netherlands), Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Steyr Jazz Festival (Austria), V4 Jazz Festival (Hungary), Strasbourg’s Jazzdor (France), D'Jazz Nevers (France), A Trane (Germany), and many others. 

Red Landscape

By Kristina Barta

Label: Amplion Records
Released: 2026

Endless Questions and Answers

By Kristina Barta

Label: Alessa Records Jazz & Art, Second Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Break Through Some Border; The One Who Believes; No Time Ritual; Everything’S Changed; Without AnxietyFictional Trips.

Kristina Barta: Endless Questions and Answers

by Mike Jurkovic
November 27, 2023

Czech pianist/composer Kristina Barta's Endless Questions and Answers opens on a rather ominous tone. Drummer Marek Urbánek plays on his toms a shadowy, esoteric rhythm. Tenor Jure Pukl flares in. Barta enters slowly, barely audible with bassist Peter Korman riding shotgun. But soon she controls the barely controllable rush that embodies “Breaking Through Some Border," the ...

Love and Passion

By Kristina Barta

Label: Alessa Records Jazz & Art
Released: 2021

EMA 29

By Kristina Barta

Label: Alessa Records Jazz & Art
Released: 2017