Šuško, Petra

Petra Šuško (*1976) is Czech composer and piano teacher. She studied composition and piano playing at the Janacek Conservatory in Ostrava. She then graduated in composition and musical direction studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the composition class of Milan Slavický. During her studies she held traineeships in Holland (in Amsterdam and Hilversum). In recent years Petra focused mainly on her educational activity (at The English College in Prague), currently teaching at two music schools in Prague. Since her studies, Petra's compositions have been awarded numerous prizes in the "Generation" composers' competition. She has also been a finalist of a Czech section of the international competition in electroacoustic music Musica Nova (2019). Her primary focus in composition is electro-acoustic music, chamber music for various combinations of instruments, multimedia projects, music for radio art and for film documentaries. In the field of creation for education, she focuses on compositions for piano and, recently, also on chamber compositions for varied groups of instruments.