(Born 1954) studied composition at the Janacek Academy in Brno and as a post-graduate later on at the Music Academy in Prague. She continued her studies in Gdansk and Siena (with Professor Franco Donatoni at the Academia Chigiana) and from 1987 she regularly attended Professor Ton de Leuw’s composition courses in Amsterdam. She taught at the Janacek Academy in Brno and, in the 90s, at the CCM Cincinnati, Ohio (Composer in Residence 1994-95, 1995-96). Her works have since the early 80s been performed in all the continents, even in the Antarctic where her ’Homage to Columbus’ for guitar was heard in 1997. She has received several competition prizes (Mannheim, Czech Radio Prague) and many commissions, the latest from the Warwick Festival (Terezin Ghetto Requiem’- Skampa Quartet).