She studied the traditional disciplines (harmony, counterpoint, fugue, analysis and orchestration) at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris for twelve years. After the 1st Prize in composition at the Schola Cantorum in 1987 with Allain Gaussin she followed the instructions of Franco Donatoni at Academia Chigiana in Siena (Italy) and perfected with Alain Bancquart.