[3] She then joined the choir room "Mioriţa", where she sang for ten years, under the leadership of conductor Doru Morariu.
[5] Maria Gheorghiu has participated in folk music festivals with artists like Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Ion Caramitru, Ştefan Iordache, Dorel Vişan, Eusebiu Ștefănescu, Valeria Seciu, Anda Călugăreanu, Ducu Bertzi, Daniel Iancu, Nicu Alifantis, Victor Socaciu, Vasile Șeicaru, Mircea Vintilă, Tatiana Stepa, Ștefan Hrușcă, Mircea Baniciu, Ovidiu Mihăilescu.
[4] In 1995, Maria Gheorghiu released her first audio cassette Lacrimi în flăcări (Tears in flames).
She collaborated with composers Eugen Mihăescu and Adrian Ordean in 1999 to release the album Floare de vârtej (Flower whirlwind), featuring lyrics by Nichita Stănescu, Nicolae Labiş, Adrian Păunescu, Mihai Eminescu, Octavian Paler, Miron Manega, Camelia Radulian.
[4] In 2002, Pe la case luminate was reissued and in 2004 Maria Gheorghiu released the album Timp netrăit (Unlived Time).
[6] In 2013–2015, she made numerous appearances on the show Sub zodia Mariei (Under the sign of Mary), with the partners Eusebiu Ştefănescu, Adriana Trandafir, Radu Graţianu, Tomi Cristin and Adrian Păduraru.
[10] Maria Gheorghiu is the only Romanian singer who dedicated a song to the monarch Queen Marie of Romania.
The song is called Inima de la Balcic (Heart of Balchik) and it was composed in 2013 in the seaside resort which the Queen Marie loved very much.