Petromila Jakas is a Croatian violinist and conductor. She studied violin and chamber music at academies in Zagreb, Graz and Paris, where she obtained the Diplôme de Virtuosité at the Schola Cantorum in the class of V. Smailović-Huart in 2017. During her studies, she earned the Rector's Award, and then numerous awards at international music competitions. She won absolute first prizes at the Amigdala (2014), Premio Franz Schubert and Paolo Barrasso (2017) competitions. She is a finalist at the international competitions Città di Moncalieri (2017) and Rovere d’Oro (2018). She attracted attention with her interpretations of contemporary compositions for solo violin at the Music Biennale in Zagreb in 2005. For the same genre, she won a special prize at the three-stage International Competition in Malta (2013) and the Riccardo Vianello Award in Italy (2017). As a soloist, she has performed with the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria), the Bisyoc Orchestra (United Kingdom), the Orchestra Classica di Alessandria (Italy), the Virtuos Mediterranni Chamber Orchestra (Spain) and the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra, with whom she has collaborated as concertmaster since 2020. She is the deputy section leader of the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, and since 2022 she has collaborated as concertmaster and section leader with the Lorenzo da Ponte International Chamber Orchestra. Petromila studies orchestral conducting at master classes with conductors R. Gulikers, J. Weinstein, G. Neuhold, M. Romee... In the summer of 2023, she completed the orchestral conducting program of the European Academy of Fine Arts in collaboration with the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra. In 2025, she completed postgraduate studies in orchestral conducting in the class of M. Tarbuk at the Academy of Music in Zagreb. He is currently studying orchestral conducting at the master's program at the G. Tartini Conservatory in Trieste in the class of Prof. M. Angius.