The composer, born in Ludwigshafen on 1936, studied music in Mannheim and Munich. From 1958 until 1962, she taught piano at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Mannheim. After composition studies with Hans Vogt in Mannheim, Harald Genzmer in Munich and M. Lavagnino (film music) in Siena she went to Darmstadt in 1963 where she is still living and working as a free-lance composer and pianist. As a founder member of the board of the 'Internationaler Arbeitskreis Frau und Musik', she has, since 1978, devoted herself to the works of forgotten female composers; research, teaching and editorial work in the field of 'Women and music' occupy a large part in the group's work. Her own compositional Suvre consists mainly of piano and chamber music, and in recent years vocal works, too.
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