Katariina Maria Kits is an outstanding violinist who has won several prizes in international competitions. In 2014, she won the TV competition “Klassikatähed” (“Classical Stars”). Katariina Kits studied at the Tallinn Music High School in Tiiu Peäske’s violin class and continued her studies with Prof. Svetlana Makarova (Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne), Prof. Marina Chiche (Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen), Prof. Arvo Leibur (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, from which she graduated cum laude), Prof. Tomasz Tomaszewski (Berlin University of the Arts) as well as Pavel Berman and Eva Bindere (Fondazione Accademia Perosi). From autumn 2021, Kits continued her postgraduate studies with Prof. Pavel Berman in Lugano (Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana).

As soloist, Katariina Maria Kits has performed with various orchestras such as the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Novosibirsk Chamber Orchestra, the Moscow State Chamber Orchestra, Kymi Sinfonietta, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, orchestra of the Estonian National Opera, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Symphony Orchestra, Vaasa City Orchestra, Pärnu City Orchestra, Haapsalu Festival Orchestra, Virumaa Chamber Orchestra. She has worked with conductors such as Gintaras Rinkevičius, Andres Mustonen, Olari Elts, Risto Joost, Kaspar Mänd, Paul Mägi, Juha Kangas, Mikk Murdvee, Jüri Alperten and others.

Katariina Maria Kits is a member of the string quartet M4GNET, which was selected by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia as the first participant in the chamber ensemble residency programme. In 2021, M4GNET won the first prize at the KraCamera International Chamber Music Competition (Kraków, Poland).

Katariina Maria Kits performs on a violin by Henricus Catenari (1670, mistakenly attributed to Giofredo Cappa, a pupil of the master) and with a Louis Henri Gillet bow (1940), which were made available to her by the Estonian Foundation of Musical Instruments.