In 1985 she received a Fulbright Grant to study in Germany, where she obtained an Artist Diploma from the Freiburg Conservatory.

She has performed in the Spoleto, Tanglewood and Aspen Music Festivals, as well as in orchestras in Germany and Switzerland.

In 2002 she and her husband Key-Thomas Märkl, a violinist in the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, established the Atlantic Crossing Recording Studio where she works as a producer, composer and author.

Renowned actors and performers have recorded and performed her pieces including: Sky du Mont (Eyes Wide Shut), Hélène Grimaud, Ingolf Turban, Christian Tramitz, Sunnyi Melles, Steven Isserlis, Alex Dorow, and August Zirner.

Her CD Production The Ring of the Nibelung (Zimmermann Frankfurt) won the coveted Leopold Prize.