Maria Faust (born 1979 in Kuressaare) is an Estonian saxophone player and composer living in Copenhagen, Denmark. Faust is best known in the fields of third stream jazz, modern big band music, improvised music, and other more alternative music styles. She is a member and co-founder of the musical collective and record label Barefoot Records.
Maria Faust is a multiple winner of Danish Music Awards 2014 in categories “Jazz Composer of the Year” and “Cross-over Album of the Year”. She has been nominated for Estonian Music Awards several times. She leads many of her own bands, including Maria Faust Jazz Catastrophe, Maria Faust Sacrum Facere and Shitney Spears, as well as playing solo concerts and being a member of other smaller constellations.

Maria Faust Sacrum Facere is a song cycle written for brass trio, woodwind trio, prepared piano, and kannel (an Estonian folk harp). The music is a synthesis of two of Faust's passions (classical composition and free improvisation), inspired by Estonian folklore and runo singing that comes from the Setu region bordering Russia.

Winner of Two 2014 Danish Music Awards:
“Jazz Composer of the Year” and “Cross-over Album of the Year”

“An inspiring masterpiece” Eyal Hareuveni, All About Jazz, 2014

“Album of the Week” 6/6 stars, Eesti Ekspress, 2014

“Faust and Sacrum Facere are doing something sacred. It's not only the music that is holy.
It is the spiritual mood of the music that helps to lift and enrich.”
Niels Overgård, Jazznyt, 2014

“...a completely different jazz recording. It is original, beautiful, religious, meditative and contemplative."
Jan Granlide, Salt Peanuts/ Jazz Special, 2014

 “Featured Cover Artist” on Jazz Special, Eesti Päevaleht and Muusika magazines, 2014

“Recommended Listening” by Lira Music Magazine and European Jazz Chart, 2014