Esperanza Spalding doesn’t just play jazz, she reshapes it in real time. And on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, Prague gets a rare chance to experience that up close when she brings her world to Hybernia Theatre as part of the One Day Jazz Festival.

This isn’t a casual concert announcement. This is one of those moments where the city quietly levels up.

Esperanza has always moved differently. Singer, bassist, composer, improviser & labels barely keep up with what she does on stage. Her performances live somewhere between discipline and freedom, where jazz collides with poetry, movement, and emotion in a way that feels intentional but never rigid.

Right now, she’s in a deeply reflective creative chapter, fresh off a collaboration with Brazilian legend Milton Nascimento. The project feels less like a standard album and more like a conversation across generations, cultures, and lifetimes. That energy carries into her live shows — moments of stillness, moments of explosion, and plenty of space for things to unfold naturally. Nothing is rushed. Nothing is predictable.

Over the years, Esperanza has built a catalog that refuses to sit still. From expansive conceptual projects like 12 Little Spells and Songwrights Apothecary Lab to collaborations with artists who think far outside the box, she’s proven again and again that jazz isn’t a museum piece, it’s a living language. The Grammy awards are there, sure, but they feel secondary to the impact she’s had on how people feel music.

What’s always been inspiring about her journey is that it started early and never lost its curiosity. From performing professionally as a child to studying music at the highest level, she’s always balanced technical mastery with fearlessness. You can hear it in the way she plays, with confident, open, & searching confidence.

This Prague date matters. Hybernia Theatre is the kind of room where every note can breathe, where silence is just as powerful as sound. If you’ve seen her before, you already know these shows linger with you. If you haven’t, this is the kind of night that changes how you listen moving forward.

I’ll drop a video below so you can tap into her energy before the show, but trust it only hints at what happens when she’s in the room.

Esperanza Spalding
One Day Jazz Festival
Hybernia Theatre, Prague
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
19:00

Some concerts entertain you. Others remind you why music matters in the first place. This one leans hard into the second category.
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