Maria Kritsotaki was born in Heraklion, Crete and grew up in a musical environment with strong artistic influences, as her parents are music teachers. At the age of 8 she startedher studies on the classical violin, and by the age of 6 she was already a member of the Children’s and Youth Choir of The Municipality of Heraklion.

In Athens, she graduated from the Athens University of Economics, along with her studies on contemporary singing with Elly Paspala, at Philippos Nakas Conservatory, onJazz singing with Lucia Paleologou and on classical singing with Christina Giannakopoulou, at Athenaeum Conservatory. In Holland, Maria completed her Bachelor Studies in Jazz Music, major in Voice, at the"Prince Claus Conservatoire" with the great the teachers Jd Walter, Floor van Zutphen,Francien van Tuinen, Renske Taminiau, Ruben Hein, Deborah J. Carter, and on 2017 shegot selected by the Dutch National Voice Teacher Association(NVZ) to represent Holland at the (ICVT) “International Congress of Voice Teachers” in Stockholm and be part of the “Young Professionals Programme”, organized by EVTA, “European Voice TeachersAssociation”.

During her studies, Maria had the chance to participate in masterclasses by important musicians of the New York Jazz scene, such as Jd Walter, Deborah Brown, JonathanKreisberg, Matt Wilson και Gene Jackson.
Maria, having sung in a variety of stages and festivals in Holland, Greece and Italy, participates in musical productions mainly in the field of Jazz and Free ImprovisationMusic with influences of traditional world music and avant garde performances in free improvised settings.

Projects she has performed: “The Music Of Crete Revisited”, “Rabbit’s Eye”, “The Word We Live In”, “Helianthus” and is a founding member of the free improvisation initiative“Free The Soprano Player” that performs in Heraklion Crete and organizes the “FreedomDay Jazz Festival”. In the last few years Maria has also performed at the theatrical productions “Κωλάζ” and “Sweet Vowels with French fries” as an actress, composer and sound artist.
Parallely to her artistic career, she teaches singing in Heraklion, in Crete.

In 2022, she released the album "The Damage Was Terrific" as a member of the band Rabbit’s Eye.