Career
She was a younger sister of Russian writer/poet Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov. Their friendship began in the years of their childhood and lasted their entire life by their own admission they kept no secrets from each other. Especially they shared their love of music
I do not separate them in my memories nor prayers.
Gifted with remarkable musical abilities, Maria Sergeyevna later became known pianist not only in Moscow and well beyond. By recollection of the famous writer Vladimir Odoyevsky "Griboyedovs often entertained at their house by holding music parties".
Maria Sergeyevna was an excellent piano player and particularly gifted with the harp. On many occasions, Griboyedov"s house at Novinsky Square was visited by then famed Moscow music elites such as Alexey Verstovsky, composer Alexander Alyabyev, Alexander Vsevolozhskiy and others
Alexander Griboyedov himself writes about musical popularity of Maria Sergeyevna in the letter from Simferopol to Stepan Begichev, dated September 9, 1825: "When I come here, I see no one.
I do not know anybody and do not want to know anybody. Yet, it lasts no more than a day, thanks to my sister"s reputation as a famed piano player."
Maria Sergeyevna were first to know about literary intentions of Alexander, about his writing of the first acts of the comedy "Woe from Wit" (Russian: Горе от Ума). "He worked anywhere he could", recalled Maria Sergeyevna.
Very often, the writer came to the sister"s room.
Maria wanted to hide accidentally discovered pages, but it was too late. The news of the new comedy rapidly spread around Moscow from the mouth of the well-known at the time musician.
Shall any book remained after the death of Mr. Griboyedov, comedy "Woe from Wit", it shall belong to Mistress
Durnovo and Mississippi Griboedova".