Finke-Siegmund was born in 1919 into a large^[2] family of the pastor and later Dresden superintendent Ringulf Siegmund (1889-1969) in Bohemian city of Aš. After the National Socialist takeover, her father was dismissed and arrested.^[3]

At the age of sixteen she entered the conservatory.^[2] She first studied with Walter Schaufuß-Bonini.^[2] Later she continued her training with Conrad Hansen, Franz Langer and Hugo Steurer.^[2] She gave her first solo recital in Dresden in 1942. She was active as a soloist until 1952. After that, she worked at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden. Her students included among others Peter Rösel, Sonnhild Fiebach, Christina Haupt, Ralf-Carsten Brömsel, Steffen Leißner, Christian Kluttig, Hans-Peter Richter and Hartmut Haenchen.^[3]^[2]

At Deutscher Verlag für Musik she co-edited the collection of contemporary compositions in piano lessons Für junge Pianisten.^[4]

She was married to the Dresden pianist, composer, piano pedagogue and music critic Hermann Werner Finke (1911-1988).^[3]

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