Maya Badian (born 18 April 1945 in Bucharest) is a Romanian-born Canadian composer, musicologist, and professor.
Badian began to compose at five years of age, and later attended the Bucharest National University of Music in Bucharest, where she studied with Tiberiu Olah, Aurel Stroe, Zeno Vancea and Tudor Ciortea, graduating with a master's degree in Composition in 1968.
In 1992, after two years study under André Prévost, she obtained a Doctorate in Music, Composition Diploma with the highest distinction at the University of Montréal.
She is married to Lucian Badian, a Master in Engineering; Business Manager with the Federal Government of Canada.
Badian has composed more than 100 works for choir, orchestra, instrumental and vocal ensembles, and also for multimedia.