Born in Padua (Italy) in 1945, of Russian origin and German-Argentine nationality, she began playing the violin under the tutelage of her father, a disciple of Leopold Auer, and later with Ljerko Spiller in Buenos Aires. At 17, she returned to Europe to continue her studies. She has been awarded the Gold Medal at the Carl Flesh Violin Competition in London and the Silver Medal at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels (of which she was later a jury member, as well as the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki). Her musical mentors included Joseph Szigeti, Sandor Vegh, and Yehudi Menuhin, among others. Apart from her performances in recitals and as a soloist with prestigious orchestras, she has dedicated much time to chamber music, especially in the string trio “Munich String Trio”, to which she belonged for more than 20 years together with the violist Oscar Lysy (her husband) and the cellist Walter Nothas.
She is currently a tenured professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, and between 2010 and 2020 she held the Telefónica Violin Chair at the Reina Sofía School of Music.