Michala Petri is one of few recorder players in the world to enjoy a highly successful career as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber player. She often appears in concert with her husband, Lars Hannibal, a guitarist and lutenist. Petri enjoyed great success performing in the Petri Trio with her harpsichordist mother, Hanne, and cellist brother, David, throughout the 1970s, and from 1981, she played in a duo with her mother. Petri's first recording dates to 1975, but she first achieved international acclaim with the 1980 recording of Six Flute Concertos, Op. 10, by Vivaldi. In 2009, Petri began a project to commission concertos from composers from various countries. The first fruit of this appeared on the Grammy-nominated album Chinese Recorder Concertos. She has continued to record both Baroque repertory and works by contemporary composers. She joined Mahan Esfahani and Hille Perl in 2023 for the album Corellimania.