Between 1993-2006 Dunietz studied piano with Naomi Lev, Daniel Gortler, Yaron Godfried, Ofer Bryer, Amit Golan and Alexander Volkov.
While there she performed with various artists including Aaron Dugan, Shahzad Ismaily, Suzi Ibara, Ikue Mori, Mary Halverson, Daniel Zamir, John Zorn, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Zeena Parkins and others.
In 2013, Dunietz initiated and directed a unique tribute project to Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou as part of the Jerusalem Season of Culture.
It included the first-ever publication of Guebrou's piano pieces in a music sheet book and a series of concerts performed by Dunietz and international musicians, presenting Emahoy's abundance of celebrated compositions created over 90 years.
Givol Choir also participated in the production of Garinim, an experiential theater piece directed by Ariel Efraim Ashbel and musically composed by Dunietz.
Notable projects include the Midnight Peacocks, Eatliz, Boom Pam, Oy Division, Pezz, Malox, Rona Keinan, Noam Rotem, Cheveu [fr], and Habiluim - with whom she continued to play up to the band's break-up, in 2014.
Between 2000-2003, Dunietz toured Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Scandinavia with the Women's Voice project[2] led by Malika Makouf Rasmussen.
The duo's home venue was at Hagada Hasmalit (English: The Left Bank) in Tel Aviv, where they played hundreds of improv concerts collaborating with numerous local and international artists.
Previous collaborations include: Evan Parker, Eddie Prévost, John Tilbury, Alvin Curran, Ghedalia Tazartes, Lori Goldstone, Fritz Welch, Michelle Guay, Okkyung Lee, Tom White, Nino Biton and The Magreb Orchestra, Jewlia Eisenberg, Shahad Ismaily, Toychestra USA, David Moss, Bari Saharof, Rami Fortis, David Broza, Boom Pam, Steve Noble, Yedo Gibson, Marcio Mattos, Yuka Yamamoto, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Mike Patton, John Butcher, Ilan Volkov, Aaron Dugan, Matisyahu, Assif Zahar, Ravid Kahalani, Desert Blues, Guillaume Villtard, Neil Davidson, Johnny Chang, Ana-Maria Avram, Hildur Gudnsadottir, Stephen O'Malley, Iancu Dumitrescu, Oren Ambarchi, Daniel Higgs, Steve Beresford, Veryan Weston, Tania Chen and more.
In 2010 Dunietz took part in an ensemble concert playing compositions by Iancu Dumisterscu and Ana Maria Avram, as pianist and flutist.
Maya Dunietz presented solo exhibitions at Centre Pompidou, Paris (2018), Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille (2018), CCA Tel Aviv (2015), The Wave Cave Gallery, Los Angeles (2015), The Artists Residence [he], Herzelia (2021) and Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha (2022).
Performed repertoire also includes collaborations such as duo with pianist John Tilbury (Compositions for two pianos by Morton Feldman, King's Place, London 2012), The 21st Century Ensemble and Noa Frenkel (N’shima by Iannis Xenakis, Hateiva, Jaffa 2014), Frank Denier and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov (Music for 13 by John Cage, Tectonics festival, 2012) and more.
Her commitment for ongoing personal musical experimentation and the lack of boundaries in her work may not buy her commercial success, but definitely make her a great artistic promise" (Assaf Levanon, Haaretz).
About her performance at the Piano Festival, Nadav Holander (Maariv) wrote: Maya indeed made a statement, in an excellent tribute recital to the great American pianists of the early 20th century.