Dorothee Schabert is a composer and composer. She studied history, philosophy and German language and literature in Freiburg, graduating with a state examination in 1977. In 1985, she graduated from the HdK Berlin Music Academy with a degree in sound engineering, including compositional subjects. After a period of freelance work and starting a family at the same time, she took up a permanent position as a sound engineer for SWR2 Musik in Baden-Baden in 1992. Here, Dorothee Schabert was responsible for productions for radio and CDs with the SWR-SO under renowned conductors and well-known soloists, chamber music and, above all, contemporary compositions. With the SWR Experimental Studio and its director André Richard, she produced Luigi Nono's electro-acoustic works for SACD and radio.

At the same time, she created compositions for instruments and voices in various formations. Dorothee Schabert has been commissioned by Ensemble Aventure, Capella de la Torre, members of the SWR-SO, acousmatic works and sound installations, among others. She regularly works in co-operation with artists from other artistic fields. Her compositions have been performed in Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Cologne, Darmstadt, Rome, New York etc. ALso, she produced a CD with Ensemble Resonanz, HH.

Together with the clarinettist M. Schulz, Dorothee Schabert conceives and organises the ‘Salon pour ... ‘ series, in which they present female composers of the past in dialogue with contemporary composers. With lectures and essays, she works as a theorist on contemporary music, especially on space and spatial aesthetics. Schabert received a scholarship from the German Academy Rome (Villa Massimo) in Olevano in 2020.