BIO

Julija Bagdonavičiūtė studied at the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy (class of prof. A. Žvirblytė) and Weimar F. Liszt High School of Music (prof. B. Szokolay). She obtained her Master's degree in Hannover University of Music, Theatre and Media, in the class of Prof. E. Kupiec. Since 2023, Julija is Art Doctoral student at the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy of Theatre and Music. 

Julija has performed in Lithuania, Italy and France, Germany, Hungary, Finland and Sweden, Portugal, Croatia. She has also participated in masterclasses with pianists such as R. Dalibaltayan, A. Delle Vigne, P. Devoyon, E. Indjic, D. Yoffe, K. Kenner, F. Pavri, Hui-Ying Liu Tawastststjerna, E. Tawaststststjerna. From 2020, Julija is a scholarship holder of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Live Music Now Hannover. 

She actively performs not only as a soloist, but also with chamber music ensembles - together with Meta Piano Trio she participates in international courses and festivals not only in Lithuania, but also in Austria, Portugal, Germany, Estonia. 

Julija also takes part in various contemporary music projects. One of them - contemporary music project "Blicke" in Hannover, where in 2021 the pianist presented the work of Tristan Murail. In the same year, the pianist was awarded with Ernst von Siemens Scholarship for the promotion of contemporary music. In 2023, Julija participated in interdisciplinary art projects (Concerto and installation for piano and a piece of furniture; (C)AM(E)R(A) for piano, two video cameras and seven objects) and presented these works at the International Performing Arts Festival ConTempo, the Youth Theatre Festival Išeities taškas, the Culture Days Festival in Marijampolė. 

In 2024, together with pianist, curator and doctor of arts Marta Finkelštein, she became interested in the instrumental composition of the piano duo – pianists worked together on the programme PIANOS [modified, prepared, extended, amplified] and also contributed to the organisation and curation of the annual workshop Kosmos Lab, whose main mentor was composer, multimedia artist Pierre Jodlowski. 

For her musical achievements, Julija received a honorary prize from the President of the Republic of Lithuania. In addition to her concert activities, pianist is also the executive producer of the international summer academy for pianists - the Klaipėda Piano Masters Festival.