Petra is an excellent piano performer and a world-class teacher. She graduated from the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Music in Prague. She also studied at the Paris Conservatory, the Université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV and the Sweelinck Conservatorium van Amsterdam, among others. She is an experienced, popular and sought-after teacher with more than twenty-five years of teaching experience, during which she worked with both the youngest children and adult students at world-class music universities. She is also a sought-after performer on the piano and hammerklavier, and has released many very successful recordings and publications. She worked at ISMFA in 1999 – 2000 and now again since 2025.