Petra Poláčková is a Czech classical guitarist born in 1985 in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, who began guitar studies at age six. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, studying principally with Paolo Pegoraro.

She has won 17 prizes at national and international competitions, including 10 first prizes, and has performed and taught at festivals across Europe, Israel, and the United States. Originally focused on Romantic guitar repertoire, she has more recently turned to early music, also studying viola da gamba and lute; her recordings include a 2020 album devoted to Sylvius Leopold Weiss and a 2025 Bridge Records album of Johann Kaspar Mertz. In November 2022 she was appointed Honorary Professor at RAMA.

Sources:

• https://www.petrapolackova.com/en/biography/