She completed her studies at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin with the concert exam jury.

She has performed as soloist throughout Europe and many other cities in Central America, North America and Asia, including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, The Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg, the Liederhalle Stuttgart, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Philharmony in Kaliningrad, the Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, the Kitara in Sapporo, Kyoto concert Hall, St. John's London and the Konzertverein Wien.

[1] In addition to works by composers such as Domenico Scarlatti, Salieri, Clementi, Rossini, Respighi, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Grieg, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Dora Pejačević and Viktor Ullmann, Ana-Marija Markovina is known for rediscovering rare piano music from the 18th – early 20th centuries, and has performed and recorded major cycles featuring the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Luise Adolpha Le Beau, Hugo Wolf, Anton Urspruch in addition to works by contemporary composers.

In 2018 she premiered thirteen previously unpublished piano works from Bruckner's Kitzler Study Book.

Her recording received numerous critical accolades and awards including the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (Bestenliste 2/2014)[2] and Choc de Classica (magazine) (September 2014).