On a recommendation of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling she completed her studies in Hannover at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, where she took the concert exam in 2001.

She participated in a concert of the Hochschule to celebrate the 75th birthday of Wilhelm Killmayer with performances of his songs, recorded live on 17 November 2002.

[3] On 23 June 2013 she accompanied soprano Nadja Michael in a program Orlando Misterioso of staged songs by Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Gustav Mahler, ending with "Morgen!"

[6] Her playing has been described as avoiding a lyrical attitude, "moving between capricious high spirits and a meditative inwardness", adding that she "applies pedal mostly as a special effect, and each note in her melodic lines is distinct and perfectly articulated".

[9] On 12 March 2022, she performed in the world premiere of Waterhouse's song-cycle Shravana at Kleiner Konzertsaal of the Gasteig, with mezzo-soprano Anna-Doris Capitelli and the composer as the cellist, in a program that also featured Alkan's Cello Sonata.