Julija Sadaunykaitė

Julija Sadaunykaitė is a Lithuanian classical pianist and Grand Prix winner of the Malta Valletta International Piano Competition. She holds two master’s degrees: one from Vytautas Magnus University and another from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2022, she began advanced postgraduate studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under Professor Marianna Shirinyan.

Julija has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, Asia, and the United States, appearing in countries including Lithuania, Poland, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, Malta, Denmark, the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. She has also participated in numerous international festivals, such as Yamaha Piano Week in China; ‘FairPlay’ and ‘Aurora’ in Sweden; ‘Cracow Music Summer’ in Poland; and ‘Pažaislis’, ‘Kristupas’, and the Vilnius Chamber Music Festival in Lithuania.

She has taken part in masterclasses with distinguished musicians including Stephen Kovacevich, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Lilya Zilberstein, Julian Martin, Jerome Lowenthal, Martin Hughes, and Kyoko Hashimoto. In chamber music, she has worked with Yura Lee, Roger Vignoles, and Avedis Kouyoumdjian.

Her chamber music collaborations include performances with cellists Hee-Young Lim and Mark Drobinsky, violinists Dmytro Udovychenko and Natalia Gordeyeva, as well as piano duo appearances with Hans Eijsackers, Aleksei Zaitsev, and Donaldas Račys.

During the 2023–2024 season, Julija performed at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Laudon Castle and Bösendorfer Salon in Vienna, and Smetana Hall in Prague. She has also appeared as a soloist with the Concertino Prague Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Danish Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra.

In 2025, she performed with the Presidential Orchestra at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine in Kyiv. The same year, she released her debut CD, Premiere. Additionally, she has served as a jury member at international piano competitions for young performers, including ‘Dynasty’ in Ukraine and ‘Premio Scarlatti’ in Vilnius.

Julija Sadaunykaitė is an artist with the BAMA Artist Management agency and serves as a piano lecturer at the Music Academy of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania.