[2] She began her career as a rock singer with Butlers, an amateur band from Leipzig founded by Klaus Renft.
Starting in 1972, Ufholz sang with the Dresden-Sextet, a jazz-rock band led by Gerhard Zachar, from which Lift emerged a year later.
[3] At the time, Lift played blues, soul, and gospel music and was influenced by the singing of Stephan Trepte and Christiane Ufholz.
After two years of training,[4] working with musicians like Franz Bartzsch, Stephan Trepte, Till Patzer, and Wolfgang Scheffler, she matured musically and became a professional singer when Klaus Lenz noticed her.
Klaus Renft also returned to eastern Germany in the early 1990s and started his … als ob nichts gewesen wär tour in 1997-1998, accompanied by Peter CäsarCäsar.
On 21 November 2006, she attended his funeral and performed with Hans-Jürgen Beyer, the Renftband, and Cäsar's Spieler at Klaus Renft's memorial concert.
On 21 November 2006, she attended his funeral and performed with Hans-Jürgen Beyer, the Renftband, and Cäsar's Spieler at Klaus Renft's memorial concert.