She lives in Darmstadt, in the Odenwald and at times on the Canary Island of La Gomera.
She studied composition with Hans Vogt and Harald Genzmer and film music for a short time in Siena.
She received several scholarships to the Darmstädter Ferienkurse where she studied under Hermann Heiss and David Tudor, among others.
From 1958 to 1962 she was a lecturer and piano teacher at the School of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim.
In 1978 she participated in the construction of the Internationaler Arbeitskreis Frau und Musik (International Working Group on Women and Music) and served on the executive board until 1981.