Maria has been a prizewinner of numerous international piano competitions.
Maria has performed at major venues around the world including Carnegie Weil Recital Hall in New York, where she gave her solo recital in March 2010, Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Kings Place and Steinway Hall in London, Boesendorfer Hall and Ehrbar-Saal in Vienna, National Center of Performing Arts in Beijing and Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in China, Great Hall of
Moscow conservatoire, International House of Music in Moscow, and many others. Maria collaborated with Pavel Nersesyan (piano, Russia/USA), Arno Bornkamp (saxophone, Netherlands), Boris Brovtsyn (violin, Russia/UK), Jean-Denis Michat (saxophone, France), Artiom Shishkov (violin, Belorussia), and others. 

Maria is a founder of the “Re:FormersFest” www.reformersfest.com and the charitable project “Music – for peace” ( www.music-peace.com ) which includes concerts and master-classes for young musicians who live in today`s conflict zones.

Within the project Maria went to perform to more than twenty countries including Kosovo, Israel, Georgia, Armenia, Tunisia and others. Though her repertoire includes many classical works, Maria is also known for her performances of contemporary music. Several pieces have been specially written for or dedicated to her, including Gio Janiashvili “Ek-Stasis” and “Invocation” which were recorded and released in 2015. In addition to her two solo CDs she has recorded with the saxophonist Vitaly Vatulya and the famous opera singer Dmitry Stepanovich.