Always attracted by the infinite sound possibilities of the voice, Maria Pia De Vito dedicates herself to the study of lyrical and contemporary singing, also focusing on composition and arrangement. She began performing as a concert artist in 1976, and her early experiences also allowed her to develop skills as an instrumentalist, dedicating herself to the piano and percussion. Her experiments take place in research groups on ethnic music, interested in polyphony but not only, with particular attention to the traditions of the Mediterranean, Balkan and South American countries.
Within a few years, De Vito found herself collaborating on a permanent basis with the number of recognized musicians: John Taylor, Ralph Towner, Rita Marcotulli, Ernst Rejiseger, Paolo Fresu, Norma Winstone, Steve Swallow and Gianluigi Trovesi. She soon demonstrated immense qualities: the 15 years of jazz practice, extensive work on the American songbook, the practice of scat and be-bop were decisive. The right culmination of years spent seriously undertaking a long study of vocality in its many nuances are the performances with musicians of the caliber of Joe Zawinul, Michael Brecker, Art Ensamble of Chicago, Miroslav Vitous, Uri Caine, Dave Liebman, Billy Hart, Eliot Ziegmund, Cameron Brown, Steve Turre, Maria Joao, Ramamani Ramanujan, David Linx, Diederik Wissels and many others.
Her project Linha de Passe, a trio of improvisers formed together with guitarist Roberto Taufic and drummer / percussionist Roberto Rossi, advances on the crest of Brazilian musical tradition and jazz.