Maria Letona is a native of El Salvador and currently resides in Miami, Florida.

Ms. Letona received her Bachelor and Master degrees with Distinction in Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and earned her Doctorate in Musical Arts, Pi Kappa Lambda, at the University of Miami.

Maria Letona has given solo and chamber music recitals, performed as soloist with several orchestras and her performances have been broadcast in various radio and television stations in the United States and abroad. Her interest in contemporary music has led her to participate in many music festivals dedicated to this genre, and during her studies at the University of Miami, she gave a recital where she premiered works dedicated to her by several composers in the Miami area.

Ms. Letona is a keen exponent of the piano music of Rene Touzet. Touzet's piano music was the subject of her doctoral thesis. She often performs lecture-recitals on Touzet's music, has recorded a CD on a collection of his piano works, and has published an article on this subject in the April, 2006 Clavier Magazine issue.

Ms. Letona's major teachers include her grandfather Alfonso Letona, Stephen Drury, Randall Hodgkinson and Dr. J.B. Floyd.