Born in Barcelona in a musicians family, Maria started her violin studies at the age of four with her father, cellist and conductor Cristian Florea, and was only seven years old when she performed her first concert as a soloist.
Studied with Gonçal Comellas in Barcelona, Zakhar Bron, Yuri Volguin, Heime Müller and Marta Gulyas in Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia (Madrid). Completed her Master degree in performance with György Pauk at the Royal Academy of Music (London) and postgraduates at the University Mozarteum (Salzburg) and at the Musik-Akademie in Basel with Rainer Schmidt.
She has been awarded prizes in numerous international competitions and as a soloist and chamber musician she has performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls in Europe such as Palau de la Música Catalana and L’Auditori of Barcelona, Teatro Monumental and Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Organ Hall of Chisinau, Ateneu of Bucharest, Duke’s Hall and Wigmore Hall of London and she has recently been on a 19 concert tour as a soloist in China.
Between 2020 and 2021 she has been invited as a soloist for the opening season concert of Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona (OBC) and at the Festival Enescu of Bucharest with the Moldavian chamber orchestra.
She’s member of Trio da Vinci, founded in 2018 between Barcelona and Paris, having already performed at Festival Pablo Casals (Prades, France), Festival de Torroella (Spain), Festival Emergents at L’Auditori (Barcelona, Spain), Organ Hall (Chisinau, Moldova), Théâtre de l’Alliance (Paris, France), Festival Barcelona Obertura (Spain), Festival de Pasqua de Cervera (Spain) among others. Next performances include their debut as a trio at Palau de la Música Catalana and with piano quartet at L’Auditori chamber music seasons with violist Sara Ferrández. They won first prize at the XIV BBVA Montserrat Alavedra Chamber Music Prize (Terrassa, Spain).