Olena Kunze was born in the Ukrainian city of Uman in 1975. At the Uman Music School, she started taking piano lessons when she was six years old. She earned a degree in piano and music theory education. Since moving to Germany in 2000, she works as a composer, author, and piano instructor. She has been the founder and chief instructor of the private piano school Sonate in Halle (Saale) since 2013. Olena Kunze composes and arranges piano music in addition to her work as an educator.