Second Prize in the 2000 International Chamber Music Competition in St.Petersburg, Russia.

     In 2003 she was a prize winner of the Tuesday Scholarship Musical Competition in Akron, Ohio.

     February 2004 she won the First Prize of the Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Competition. As a winner she preformed with the Symphony of the Mountains in Kingsport, TN in 2005.

     In 2004 she went to the Eighth Annual Hellam Young Artists' Competition in Springfield, Missouri and won Third Prize.

     In 2005 she won a prize of the Firelands Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and as a winner she preformed with the Firelands Orchestra.

     In March 2006 Maria won the Second Prize of the Lima Young Artists Competition, Ohio.

     She had performed in many concert halls in different countries: Russia, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, France and United States of America.