Petra Elek

Percussion

Primary Academic Program: Bard Conservatory of Music: Preparatory Division

Biography: Petra Elek received her Bachelor of Music from the Bard Conservatory in 2016 and her Master of Music degree at California State University, Long Beach in May 2018. She has studied with former principal percussionist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Edward (Ted) Atkatz, members of So Percussion, and Géza Bánky at Secondary School of Arts in Pécs, Hungary. She has won first place in College Solo Division and College Ensembles division, as part of the University Percussion Group at Long Beach, at the CA Percussive Arts Society Solo and Ensemble Competition in 2017. She completed the Advanced Performance Studies Program as a Percussion Teaching Fellow at Bard and now she has started her first year in The Orchestra Now.
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Departments: Arts,Bard Conservatory of Music