kontrapunkt, z. ú.

kontrapunkt, z. ú. is a Czech registered non-profit organisation (zapsaný ústav, abbreviated z. ú.) based in Hradec Králové. It operates as a cultural brand and event organiser, and its most visible public activity is the international jazz festival Jazz Goes to Town, which it presents annually in Hradec Králové. The organisation's website, kontrapunkt.cz, serves as the main public face of the brand and is used to announce festival editions, publish programme information and collect newsletter subscribers. The festival Jazz Goes to Town is described by the organisation as a prestigious music showcase presenting contemporary Czech and foreign music whose common feature is a fundamental stylistic and formal inspiration by jazz. Its dramaturgy aims to present the widest possible spectrum of jazz music in its many faces and forms. The main festival programme presents original authorial work with a strong artistic contribution and elements of creative originality. The event is positioned as lively, inspiring, creative and unrepeatable, offering genre and style overlaps and opening new perspectives on 21st-century jazz music. As a brand, kontrapunkt, z. ú. sits at the intersection of cultural production and non-profit management. It does not sell consumer goods; its offering is curated live music programming, festival experiences and associated cultural services. Its audience is the Czech and international jazz public, and its principal venue city is Hradec Králové. The organisation communicates through its website and social channels including Facebook and Instagram. Because the entity is a small cultural non-profit rather than a commercial manufacturer or retailer, detailed financial, ownership and executive information is not publicly prominent. The available evidence confirms its legal form, its Czech base, its website and its flagship festival activity, including a scheduled 2026 edition of Jazz Goes to Town running from 6 to 10 October 2026.

kontrapunkt, z. ú. is a Czech non-profit organisation registered in the legal form of a zapsaný ústav (institute), a Czech legal entity typically used for non-profit cultural, educational or social purposes. It is based in Hradec Králové, a regional capital in eastern Bohemia, and operates under the public-facing name Kontrapunkt, with its website at kontrapunkt.cz. The organisation's documented public activity centres on the international jazz festival Jazz Goes to Town. According to the organisation's own description, the festival is a prestigious music showcase presenting contemporary Czech and foreign music whose shared characteristic is a fundamental stylistic and formal inspiration drawn from jazz. The dramaturgy of the project seeks to present the broadest possible spectrum of jazz music in its many faces and forms. The main festival programme is dedicated to original authorial work with a pronounced artistic contribution and elements of creative originality. The festival is presented as a living, inspiring, creative and unrepeatable event that offers genre and stylistic overlaps and opens new perspectives on jazz music of the 21st century. This positioning places kontrapunkt, z. ú. within the network of European jazz festival organisers that combine a curatorial, artistically ambitious approach with a regional home base. Public communication for the brand runs through the kontrapunkt.cz website, which carries festival announcements, programme information and a newsletter sign-up, as well as through Facebook and Instagram. The website lists a forthcoming edition of Jazz Goes to Town scheduled for 6 to 10 October 2026, indicating that the organisation remained active at the time of the evidence. Detailed corporate history — such as the exact founding date, founding members, funding structure or any changes of legal form — is not established by the available evidence and is therefore not asserted here.

• Jazz Goes to Town 2026 scheduled to take place from 6 to 10 October 2026 in Hradec Králové.

A Czech cultural non-profit and festival organiser positioning itself around prestigious, genre-crossing contemporary jazz programming.

• Jazz Goes to Town international jazz festival

  An international jazz festival presenting contemporary Czech and foreign music inspired by jazz, with a main programme of original authorial work.

1. 1Kontrapunkt official websitekontrapunkt.cz
2. 2kontrapunkt, z. ú. on Wikidatawikidata.org