“Her musicianship and ability to collaborate seamlessly made it clear to me that she is not only a gifted performer but also a generous artist who thrives in collaborative settings.”
Nicole Zuraitis – GRAMMY-winning singer, songwriter, pianist, and arranger
01/11 Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Jazz Dock / Prague (CZE)
01/09 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
03/28 Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Klub Na Pude / Tachov (CZE)
04/27 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
04/14 Mirka Novak feat. Krystof Poboril / U Stare pani / Prague (CZE)
04/13 Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Farm Studio / Vysoka u Melnika (CZE)
04/11 Festival Vocal / Noc Zpevacek / Workshop & Concert / Jazz Dock / Prague (CZE)
04/05 Inner Freedom Festival / Mirka Novak loop station solo / Fant’s Hall / Prague (CZE)
05/17 JAZZPOT Festival / Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Svitavy (CZE)
05/07 Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Women In Jazz / U Stare pani / Prague (CZE)
06/26 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
06/20 Novak-Barta Quartet ft Jaromir Honzak & Jessie Simpson / Jazz Dock / Prague (CZE)
06/09 Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / kavarna Dejvickeho divadla (CZE)
06/03 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
07/23 Jihocesky Jazzovy Festival / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Ceske Budejovice (CZE)
07/12 Boskovice International Festival / Hudba Ted a Tady / Ridina Ahmed feat. Mirka Novak / Boskovice (CZE)
07/08 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
08/23 Festival On The Street / Mirka Novak loop station feat. Pavel Hrabe / U Branky Stage / Pilsen (CZE)
08/22 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Marianske Lazne (CZE)
08/21 Jazz v Chebu / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio /
08/16 International Festival Dobrska Brana / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Dobrs u Strakonic (CZE)
08/15 Valdstejnska Lodzie / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Jicin (CZE)
08/05 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
08/02 Festival Kruhy / Ridina Ahmed & Mirka Novak / Hudba Ted a Tady /(CZE)
08/01 Art Garden / Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Susice (CZE)
08/29 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Jazz Festival / Cheb (CZE)
09/30 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
10/20 Prague Impro Room / interviewing artists / Namesti Republiky / Prague (CZE)
10/07 National House of Culture, Grand Opening / Endru, Kirill Yakovlev, Krystof Poboril, Mirka Novak & dancers / Usti nad Labem (CZE)
10/23 Gala Evening Bon Art Junior Festival / Hybernia Theatre / Prague (CZE)
11/14 Alfons Mucha Hall / Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Letohrad (CZE)
11/12 Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Women In Jazz / U Stare pani / Prague (CZE)
12/20 Jazz Christmas Carols / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Klub na Pude / Tachov (CZE)
12/19 Petra Ernyei Birthday Celebration / Jazz Dock / Prague (CZE)
12/07 Mirka Novak feat. Endru & Jan Ales / loop station duo & keys / National Hall / Usti nad Labem (CZE)
02/14 Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Women In Jazz / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
03/04 Jazzinec International Festival / Hlaskontrabas Oktet feat. Adam Ben Ezra (IZ) /CZE)
03/06 Hlaskontrabas Oktet feat. Icelandic composers Pétur Ben, Ragga Gröndal, Guðmundur Pétursson / Novomestska Radnice / Prague (CZE)
03/16 SXSW unofficial showcase / Mirka Novak loop station solo / Antone’s Records / Austin, TX (USA)
03/23 Radio interview live on KOOP 91,7 FM / Austin, TX (USA)
03/29 SOFAR SOUNDS / Mirka Novak loop station solo / Thompson Rooftop downtown / Austin, TX (USA)
04/16 Mirka Novak loop station solo / Parlor Cafe / Austin, TX (USA)
04/25 Grammy winner 2024 support Nicole Zuraitis Trio (USA) / Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Hall of Antonin Dvorak / House of Music / Pilsen (CZE)
04/28 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
04/29 Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Kaleidoscapes album release listening event / Prague (CZE)
05/03 Celebration of Liberty Festival / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / The Main Stage / Pilsen (CZE)
05/03 – 05/04 Mirka Novak feat. Martin Adamovsky & Jakub Kotlar / Symposium / Pilsen (CZE)
05/10 Mirka Novak feat. Krystof Poboril / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
05/16 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
06/06 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Jazz Club / Regensburg (DE)
06/26 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
06/29 Palac Akropolis / Bohemian Cristal Instrument & Jestern, IT + Mirka Novak & Lishown / Prague (CZE)
07/03 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
07/05 Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Women In Jazz / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
07/15 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
08/10 Mirka Novak feat. Lishown / loop station & visual projection / Chodske Slavnosti / Domazlice (CZE)
08/29 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Jazz Festival / Cheb (CZE)
09/01 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
09/18 Mirka Novak feat. Krystof Poboril / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
10/03 Mirka Novak, Jakub Zomer, Jan Tengler / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
10/23 Gala Evening Bon Art Junior Festival / Hybernia Theatre / Prague (CZE)
10/28 Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Women In Jazz / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
11/22 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
12/01 Exhibition “City Stands on People” / Mirka Novak loop station solo / Naplavka Pilsen (CZE)
12/02 Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Women In Jazz / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
12/04 Jazz Christmas Carols / Mirka Novak 4tet / Domazlice (CZE)
02/04 Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Women In Jazz / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
03/22 Radio interview about “Malbum” / CRO JAZZ / Sedme Nebe series / Prague (CZE)
04/28 Singer’s Night Festival / Jazz Dock / Prague (CZE)
05/14 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Smetana Hall / Susice (CZE)
05/25 Tellemarkk album release support / Mirka Novak loop station solo / Jazz With No Limits Festival / Andel Music Bar / Pilsen (CZE)
06/02 Habrovka Music Festival / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Prague (CZE)
06/17 Mirka Novak feat. Kristina Barta / Women In Jazz / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
07/07 Boskovice Music Festival / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Boskovice, Brno (CZE)
07/24 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
08/15 – 09/03 / Hlaskontrabas Oktet
08/23 Herring Era Museum / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Siglufjörður (IS)
08/25 Akureyri Music Festival / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Akureyri Art Museum (IS)
08/27 Reykjavik Jazz Festival / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Frikirkjan Reykjavik (IS)
08/28 Hallgrimskirkja / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Saurbæ (IS)
09/05 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
09/19 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
09/24 Singer’s Night Festival Tour / DK Poklad / Ostrava (CZE)
10/10 Jazz Goes To Town / International Jazz Festival / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Hradec Kralove (CZE)
10/14 Mirka Novak feat. Krystof Poboril in duo / Old Ladies Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
11/06 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
11/15 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Reduta Jazz Club / Prague (CZE)
11/22 Singer’s Night Festival / Jazz Without Limits Festival / Mestanska Beseda / Pilsen (CZE)
12/01 – 12/03 A Very Special Christmas Tour / with Toby Mayerl Funk Soul Band / Amberg & Schonsee (DE)
* highlighted shows
03/06 Harvard Gardens / Mirka Novak feat. Jiri Nedoma (p) / Boston, MA (USA)
03/24 Grand Opening “Mad Silkman” Exhibition / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Bohemian National Hall / N.Y.C. (USA)
04/02 Embassy of the Czech Republic / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Washington D.C. (USA)
04/21 Mirka Novak feat. Federico Gonzalez Peña / Alice’s Jazz And Cultural Society / Washington D.C. (USA)
05/12 SOFAR SOUNDS / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Aviator South Congress Ave. / Austin, TX (USA)
05/14 Radio KOOP 91.7FM / Mirka Novak interview & live performance / Austin, TX (USA)
07/05 Mirka Novak & Endru & Jen Hovorka / loop station duo & keys / Strakonice (CZE)
07/15 Art Camp / Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Pilsen (CZE)
07/17 Pecha Kucha Night / Mirka Novak loop station solo & slide presentation / Pilsen (CZE)
08/22 Dozen Street feat. Edward Miles (USA) / Festival Na Ulici / Pilsen (CZE)
08/25 Mirka Novak feat. Edward Miles (USA) / Festival Na Ulici / Pilsen (CZE)
08/27 Mirka Novak feat. Edward Miles (USA) / Sirkus cultural center / Tradicni Kloub / Susice (CZE)
09/20 Hevhetia Records Showcase / Mirka Novak feat. Edward Miles (USA) / CD Malbum launch / Trnava (SK)
10/05 15th Anniversary of Jazz Without Limits / Hall of Antonin Dvorak / House of Music / Pilsen (CZE)
10/11 MALBUM – album release audiovisual show / Mirka Novak feat. Edward Miles (USA) & Lishown / DEPO2015 / Pilsen (CZE)
10/30 The Great Theatre DJKT / Gala Evening of Jazz Without Limits / Mirka Novak Sextet / Pilsen (CZE)
11/01 / Mirka Novak feat. Edward Miles (USA) & Lishown / Jazz Dock / Prague (CZE)
11/05 MALBUM – album release show / Mirka Novak feat. Edward Miles (USA) / Music Lab / Brno (CZE)
11/10 Hlaskontrabas Oktet / acoustic concert / Pisecka Brana / Prague (CZE)
* highlighted shows
06/03 Top Roof Top Festival / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Carlsbad (CZE)
07/31 Kres Festival / Dozen Street / Macice, Sumava (CZE)
08/02 Festival Rousinov / Pilsen Connection / Rousinov (CZE)
08/05 Inspiral Garden Festival / Mirka Novak loop station solo / Pilsen (CZE)
08/20 Festival On The Street / Dozen Street / The Main Stage / Pilsen (CZE)
08/10 Mestanska Beseda / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Jazz Without Limits / Plzen (CZE)
09/03 World Festival Valdstejnska Lodzie / Hlaskontrabas Oktet / Jicin (CZE)
09/25 Dance Without Limits Festival / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Prague (CZE)
10/21 Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / MKS Big Hall / Domazlice (CZE)
* highlighted shows
01/10 Imperial Jazz Club / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Carlsbad (CZE)
02/09 The Theatre Hall / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Cham (DE)
02/14 Old Lady’s Jazz Club / Dozen Street / Prague (CZE)
04/22 Live Stream Papirna / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Pilsen (CZE)
04/25 The Main Theatre / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Nürnberg (DE)
05/28 Nebilovy Castle / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Nebilovy (CZE)
08/26 Festival On The Street / Dozen Street / Pilsen (CZE)
10/16 Reduta Jazz Club / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Prague (CZE)
10/28 Festival Nezamek / Pilsen Connection / Dolejsi Tesov (CZE)
* highlighted shows
04/11 The Great Theatre / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Chemnitz (DE)
04/31 Buena Vista Club / Dozen Street feat. David ‘Fingers’ Haynes / Pilsen (CZE)
07/21 Ungelt Jazz & Blues Club / Prague Connection / Prague (CZE)
08/13 Festival On The Street / Dozen Street / Pilsen (CZE)
08/31 Voices Festival / Hlaskotrabas Oktet / Roznov Pod Radhostem (CZE)
10/18 Jazz Jam Festival / The Main Stage / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Cheb (CZE)
11/03 House of Music / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Pilsen (CZE)
11/14 National Design Awards / DEPO2015 / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Pilsen (CZE)
11/20 Fabrika Main Hall / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Svitavy (CZE)
* highlighted shows
11/17/2018 TEDx Talks / Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art / Pilsen (CZE)
11/12/2018 House of Music / Mirka Novak 4tet / opening for Audrey Martells (USA) / Pilsen (CZE)
08/11/2018 International Festival Musicians / Dozen Street / Carlsbad (CZE)
04/04/2018 Count Basie Orchestra & Mirka Novak / The Main Square / Pilsen (CZE)
04/18-26/2017 Afyonkarahisar Jazz Festival / Mirka Novak feat. Ivan Audes Trio / Afyon (TUR)
04/31/2017 The Elephant Room Jazz Club / feat. Dave Manley / Austin, TX (USA)
04/17/2017 SXSW Festival / Antone’s Records / feat. Ryan D. Howard / Austin, TX (USA)
11/28/2016 The Great Theatre / The New Scene / Mirka Novak solo loop station / Pilsen (CZE)
06/28/2015 Twins Jazz / feat. Tarus Mateen / Washington D.C. (USA)
06/27/2015 Mr. Henry’s / Capitol Hill / Washington D.C. (USA)
06/11/2015 Slovak Embassy / feat. Federico G. Pena / Washington D.C. (USA)
05/28/2015 Brass House / feat. Dave Manley / Austin, TX (USA)
04/03/2015 Vino Mio / feat. Eric Gonzalez / Corpus Christi, TX (USA)
04/14/2015 Radio KOOP 91.7 FM / featuring Tosin Awofeso / Austin, TX (USA)
01/22/2015 Mirka Novak 4tet / East Side Show Room / Austin, TX (USA)
03/06/2014 Bohem Jazz Club / Mirka Novak feat. DeAndrey Howard Trio / Washington D.C. (USA)
11/15/2013 Blues Alive Festival / featuring Electric Lady / Sumperk (CZE)
11/17/2013 Blues Alive Festival / featuring Electric Lady / Chorzów (PL)
There is no question about the fact that Mirka Novak belongs to the top of the upcoming Czech jazz generation.
– Radio Czech rozhlas Jazz (2021) –
