Background
She was born in Temse, East Flanders, and studied piano with Jozef d"Hooghe and harmony with Yvonne van den Berghe at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp.
She was born in Temse, East Flanders, and studied piano with Jozef d"Hooghe and harmony with Yvonne van den Berghe at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp.
She continued her studies in composition with Jean Louel privately and with Jean Absil at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth. After completing her studies, she taught at small music schools in Hamme, Vilvoorde and Mechelen before taking a position as professor at the Lemmens Institute at Louvain and in 1970 at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp. She retired from teaching in 1988 and died in Wilrijk.