Mariana Izman was a prizewinner at various competitions: Dinu Lipatti (Bucharest 1993), Eduard Flipse (Rotterdam 1994 and 1996), Young Virtuosos (Antwerp 1998) and Young Pianist Foundation (Amsterdam 2001). In 2007 she won the second prize at the first European Piano Competition "Vlado Perlemuter" (France).

Mariana performed recitals in Europe (Holland, Germany, France, Spain, Austria, Romania and Russia), the United States (New York, Boston) and the Middle-East. As a soloist she played piano concerti by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Grieg, Saint-Saëns and Ravel with a.o. the National Orchestra of Belgium and the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague.

In 2002 Mariana represented The Netherlands in Vienna, playing Dutch contemporary music. In 2003 she gave a concert tour throughout major Dutch concert halls with violinist Tjeerd Top. Together with her piano duo partner Pieter-Jelle de Boer she won the "Vriendenkrans" Competition of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2005. They performed in the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw and during the Prinsengrachtconcert in Amsterdam.

In 2009 / 2010 she performed two solo recitals in the Concertgebouw, a performance of Mozart's piano concerto KV 414 with the EnAccord String Quartet during the YPF Piano Competition 2010, and several performances with the Dutch Chamber Orchestra (Nederlands Kamerorkest) in May 2010.

In 2007 and 2008 two CD's were released with works by Schumann. In 2010 she recorded the two piano sonatas by Sergei Rachmaninoff, which will be released in 2011.

Since September Mariana Izman teaches piano at the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in Stoke d'Abernon (UK).

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