[1] She is the daughter of flutist Jiří Boušek and harpist Libuše Váchalová [cs].

[3] Boušková attended the Prague Conservatory and the University of Ostrava, where she studied under her mother.

[5] She also attended classes given by Alice Giles in Bayreuth,[6] and studied under Susann McDonald at Indiana University Bloomington on a Fulbright scholarship.

[1] Boušková won the Maria Damm Rensch Prize at the first USA International Harp Competition in 1989.

[11] Other works Boušková has premiered include Ravi Shankar's Sonata for Cello and Harp, alongside Mstislav Rostropovich, and Benjamin Yusupov's Concerto for Flute, Violin, Viola, Harp and Orchestra, alongside Maxim Vengerov and others.