 A brief fling with movie acting failed to distract her, and a life in music became her goal.From the age of thirteen she studied intensively with violin teachers around Europe, including Rimma Sushanskaya, Joji Hattori, Alexander Arenkov, Arkady Futer, Lara Lev and Vladimir Spivakov.At the age of sixteen, she became the youngest ever winner of the RTÉ Musician of the Future competition, and was chosen by "The Irish Times"' TV ad campaign to represent the new face of Ireland.