Petra began her music career in Prague, Czech Rep. In 1980 her family moved to Canada where she studied under Czech guitarist Antonin Bartos.

 

After returning from a year spent in Brazil, she studied at McGill University in Montreal where she received a Bachelor degree, then continued at Universite de Montreal, where she obtained Master degree in Music Interpretation.

 

In 2002, she moved to Santa Fe, where she has been teaching and performing for the last 16 years.

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