31st Edition – Jazz Goes To Town
Hradec Králové
7.–11. October 2025
International Music Festival
31st Edition – Jazz Goes To Town
Hradec Králové
7.–11. October 2025
International Music Festival
31st Edition – Jazz Goes To Town
Hradec Králové
7.–11. October 2025
International Music Festival
31st Edition – Jazz Goes To Town
Hradec Králové
7.–11. October 2025
International Music Festival

Štěpánka Balcarová Quartet

Ideas in Bloom – Tuesday: Renowned trumpeter with a soft, silky tone, portraying the primary human emotions in her music.

Project Emotions by Štěpánka Balcarová, the laureate of the Anděl Prize jazz album of the year 2022, was inspired by the trumpeter's experience of motherhood. Its theme is human emotions. In eight compositions, Štěpánka portrays eight primary human emotions as described by American psychologist Robert Plutchik: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, and anticipation. This conceptual album, whose repertoire premiered in August 2022, was recorded with Štěpánka’s Czech-Polish quartet, with which she will perform at the festival in Hradec.

Featured Artists

Štěpánka Balcarová Quartet

Trumpeter and composer Štěpánka Balcarová, winner of the Anděl Award for Jazz Album of the Year 2022, presents her project Emotions, inspired by her experiences of motherhood. Together with her Czech-Polish quartet, she portrays eight basic human emotions as defined by Robert Plutchik.

Program

19.00 Štěpánka Balcarová Quartet: Emotions (CZ/PL)