Maria Steinaa is a Danish flutist, born in 1993, who started playing the flute at the age of nine at Sankt Annæ Gymnasium and later trained as a soloist at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. She has won several awards, including the Léonie Sonning Talent Prize in 2014, and has performed as principal flute with orchestras such as Malmö Opera and the Royal Danish Chapel. Together with her twin sister Eva Steinaa, principal oboist of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and pianist Elias Holm, she forms Steinaa Trioen, which took second prize in the DR P2 Chamber Music Competition in 2023.
Steinaa Trioen held for the second year in a row Skyggekvinder Festival in the Unitarians' House on Østerbro in Copenhagen with participation of, among others, Nightingale String Quartet.
Steinaa Trioen gave a concert for Furesø Musikforening in Galaksen with a program ranging from Telemann to more recent romantic pieces.
The trio performed for Kammermusikforeningen in Christians Kirke on Christianshavn with a program from Telemann to Madeleine Dring.
Steinaa Trioen launched their own festival, Skyggekvinder Festival, as a tribute to overlooked female composers.
Steinaa Trioen won 2nd prize in the DR P2 Chamber Music Competition, which became a turning point for the trio's career.
