In 1984 she began studying music at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar.
In May/June 1985 she went on a concert tour with a specially composed youth symphony orchestra to Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, the GDR and the Soviet Union.
In 1985 she changed to the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden in the class of Heinz Rudolf.
In 1989 she played in the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester under Claudio Abbado and became a member of the Gewandhaus orchestra in Leipzig.
[3] Schumann plays on a Baroque violin and viola d'amore, and has recorded numerous Compact Discs.