She initially studied with Theodor Kullak, where American pianist and chronicler Amy Fay heard her playing.
Aus der Ohe was a friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as well, whose First Piano Concerto she performed under the composer's baton at the inaugural concert of Carnegie Hall in New York,[REF] as well as at his final concert in St. Petersburg, where the Pathétique Symphony was premiered.