Justyna Chęsy-Parda received her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in piano peroformance with chamber music emphasis from The University of Texas at Austin in 2007, and Master of Music degree in piano performance and piano accompaniment from University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 2003. She graduated with honors and received her Bachelor degree in piano performance from I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, Poland in 2001.

Ms. Chęsy-Parda’s talent was recognized at an early age as she won first prize in the “Young Talents” piano competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 1988 and a third prize in 1989 in the same competition. She was a semifinalist in F. Chopin Piano Competition in Szafarnia, Poland in 1991. She was also awarded a Z. Drzewiecki Prize for the best pianist of the year in J. Zarębski State School of Music in Inowrocław, Poland in 1996.

In 1999 Ms. Chęsy-Parda won the second prize in the International Piano Competition of Berga City in Berga, Spain and was also awarded the scholarship of Minister of Culture and Sport of Poland for distinctive achievements for 1999-2000 year.
Ms. Chęsy-Parda’s biography was published as an honor in “The Chancellor’s List”-Honoring America’s Outstanding Graduate Students in 2004-05 and 2005-06. In 2007 Ms. Chęsy-Parda received an award for outstanding graduate solo recital at the University of Texas at Austin.

Ms. Chęsy-Parda was an Accompanying Assistant while pursuing her Master of Music degree at University of Massachusetts in Amherst and a Teaching Assistant while pursuing her doctorate degree at the University of Texas at Austin. In the Fallof 2007 Ms. Chęsy-Parda was a member of Austin Eurythmy Ensemble and participated in their concert tour in the US. Currently Ms. Chęsy-Parda is a member of the collegiate chapter of the Music Teachers National Association, a freelance accompanist, chamber music coach and piano instructor at Clavier-Werke School of Music.