Maria Zhdanovich

Maria Zhdanovich is a sonic artist, collaborator, chamber musician and classically trained flutist. In 2025, while completing her final year in at the Australian National Academy of Music under the tutelage of Alison Mitchell, Maria was a finalist in the Australian Youth Classical Music Competition, as well as the Australian Flute Festival International Open Competition. That same year she curated and performed in two diverse shows at the Immigration Museum of Melbourne, in partnership with Georgia White. Throughout her career as a student, she has won multiple awards, including the Adelaide Eisteddfod Concerto Competition, 5MBS Young Virtuoso Award and the ANAM Board of Directors Prize. In 2021, she was honored to be nominated for the Freedman Fellowship while completing a Bachelor of Music Performance Advanced at Elder Conservatorium. Maria has vast performance experience ranging from orchestral work across Australia and New Zealand, to performing in experimental jazz fusion outfits. As a musician she is passionate about curating evocative concert experiences that interweave western art music tradition with 21st century Australian composition, and high-level improvisation.