[4] Vihmand achieved international recognition for her orchestral piece "Floreo," which won the first prize in the category of under-30-year-olds at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers held in Paris in 1996.
[4] She was also awarded the Cultural Prize of the Republic of Estonia for her chamber opera "Lugu klaasist...Geschichte von Glas" (1995).
[4] Mari Vihmand's compositions have been featured prominently in various international festivals and performances.
Her chamber opera "The Story of Glass," premiered in 1995 at the NYYD Festival, draws on allegories from fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Villy Sorensen.
This work earned her the Cultural Prize of the Republic of Estonia in the same year.