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Immersing herself in almost every area of music making, Petra has a strong melodic flare and is an accomplished pianist and vocalist. Petra composes for short, feature and documentary films and interdisciplinary projects.
Nominated for Best Original Soundtrack at the 2016 Sydney Indie Film Festival, Petra received Best Original Score for ‘Miro’ (2017) and the acclaimed…‘The Telegram Man’… which went on to receive a BAFTA LA, plus over 50 national and international awards and was screened at the Gallipoli Dawn Service from 2013 to 2019. It has now been archived by the American Academy of Motion Pictures in Hollywood.
Petra studied Improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts (with first class honours), completed Post Graduate Studies in Screen Music (AFTRS) ,Composition (Melbourne University 2014) and attended the Verbier Music SummerFestival Academy in Switzerland.
She has also released two independent EP’s of original song work, toured nationally and received high rotation radio airplay. Petra has collaborated with some of Australia's finest musicians and songwriters.
Her latest release 'Dancing Dream' is from the original motion picture soundtrack 'The Flood' (2020), the full score will be released in early January to coincide with the wider release of the film.
Petra is also a Board member of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers and is represented by Origin Music Publishing.
Nominated for Best Original Soundtrack at the 2016 Sydney Indie Film Festival, Petra received Best Original Score for ‘Miro’ (2017) and the acclaimed…‘The Telegram Man’… which went on to receive a BAFTA LA, plus over 50 national and international awards and was screened at the Gallipoli Dawn Service from 2013 to 2019. It has now been archived by the American Academy of Motion Pictures in Hollywood.
Petra studied Improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts (with first class honours), completed Post Graduate Studies in Screen Music (AFTRS) ,Composition (Melbourne University 2014) and attended the Verbier Music SummerFestival Academy in Switzerland.
She has also released two independent EP’s of original song work, toured nationally and received high rotation radio airplay. Petra has collaborated with some of Australia's finest musicians and songwriters.
Her latest release 'Dancing Dream' is from the original motion picture soundtrack 'The Flood' (2020), the full score will be released in early January to coincide with the wider release of the film.
Petra is also a Board member of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers and is represented by Origin Music Publishing.