Maria Prokofieva was born in Minsk, Belarus. Her musical education she began at the age of 5 and already one year later got her first stage experience at the big hall of the Byelorussian State Philharmonic.

At 6 she entered specialized music school founded by the Byelorussian State Conservatory in Minsk for gifted children (nowadays the school possesses the status of Republican Gymnasium – College under the Byelorussian State Academy of Music) where she studied with Irina Semenyako, Elena Serdyukova, Vera Logvinenko and Alla Himchenko. In 1999 she got her Diploma of Piano Performance and accompaniment with distinction.

The same year Maria was admitted to the Byelorussian State Academy of Music without entrance exams. Her teachers at the Academy were Valery Shatsky (former student of Jacob Flier) – for piano, Sofia Okolova – for accompaniment and Irina Galochkina – for chamber music. In 2004 Maria got her Bachelor of Arts diploma as well as Diploma of Piano Performance with distinction in four qualifications: concert performer, accompanist, chamber music soloist, teacher.

After she continued at the Byelorussian Academy of music as a post-graduate student and assistant of her professors Valery Shatsky for piano performance and pedagogic and Sofia Okolova for accompaniment.

In 2005-2006 Maria was teaching at the Byelorussian Academy of Music at the piano accompaniment department.

In 2006 she was admitted for a Post-graduate course at the Queen Elisabeth College of Music (Belgium) with Abdel Rahman El Bacha.

The year later Maria moved to The Netherlands to study at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In 2010 she got her Master of Music degree with Naum Grubert.

Maria participated in numerous masterclasses – with Evgeni Koroliov and Willem Brons in 2010, Vladimir Tropp in 2008, Leonid Margarius, Cecile Ousset, Anne Queffelec in 2007, Diane Andersen, Luiz de Moura Castro in 2005, Boyan Vodenitcharov and Daniel Blumenthal in 2004.

She became a laureate and prize-winner at the International piano competitions: Emmanuel Durlet International Piano Competition, Belgium (2005, Laureate), Andre Dumortier International Piano Competition, Belgium (2005, finalist and prize-winner), European Young Soloists Competition, Luxembourg (2003, Gold medal and special prize of jury), Carlo Soliva International Piano Competition, Italy (2000, Finalist), France Music Competition (1999, prize-winner), Oginsky International Competition, Belarus (1995, Laureate).

Maria had performed many concerts at the Byelorussian State Philharmonic, Byelorussian Composers Union, Byelorussian Academy of Music, at different stages in various cities of the Republic of Belarus, in Belgium and France. She also played as a member of chamber music groups in Italy and Germany. As a soloist she appearanced at the Byelorussian and Belgian radio and television.

Maria often gives recitals and chamber music concerts in The Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Maria Prokofieva treedt op in de Geelvinck Salon van 20 januari 2013 met een pianorecital ‘Russische muzikale miniaturen uit de 19de eeuw’.