INGA LIUKAITYTĖ
ABOUT INGA
Lithuanian pianist and artist-researcher Inga Liukaitytė is recognised for performances that combine intellectual curiosity with expressive depth. Her artistic practice explores the relationship between musical interpretation, embodiment and spirituality.
As a concert pianist, Inga has performed throughout the United Kingdom and Lithuania, appearing in venues including the Barbican Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall, St James's Church, Paddington, St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, and St Mary's Perivale. She has been awarded prizes at more than fifteen national and international piano competitions in the UK, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Romania, Greece, and France, and has collaborated with organisations including Live Music Now, bringing high-quality performances to hospitals, care settings and community audiences.
Particularly drawn to the music by Olivier Messiaen, Inga begins a prestigious AHRC-funded PhD at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in September 2026. Her practice-led artistic research, Embodying the Divine: Practice-led Research on Embodied Interpretation of Olivier Messiaen's Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus and Catalogue d'oiseaux, investigates how embodied approaches to performance can deepen interpretative understanding and expand the communicative possibilities of live performance. Through performance, reflective practice and artistic experimentation, her work seeks to bridge scholarship and concert performance, offering new perspectives on one of the twentieth century's most visionary composers.
Alongside performing and research, Inga is a Visiting Piano Teacher at Oakham and Uppingham Schools and maintains a select private studio alongside her concert and research commitments. Inga has led master classes for the students at Vytautas Magnus University Music Academy and Naujalis Music Gymnasium in Kaunas, Lithuania.
While still studying in Lithuania, Inga received commendations for her international musical achievements from the President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus and the Mayor of her hometown, Kaunas.
Education
Inga began her music journey at Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium in Kaunas, Lithuania where she studied with Birutė Kumpikienė, before completing her BMus (1st class Honours) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Fali Pavri and Aaron Shorr. She gained her Masters degree under the tutelage of Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Postgraduate Diploma (Advanced Studies) at the Royal Northern College of Music with Helen Krizos. She is grateful to Roderick F. Tuck, Baird Educational, Savoy Club, Kathleen, Denne Gilkes, Hope Scott Memorial, and Waverly trusts and Elizabeth Sweeting scholarship for generously supporting various stages of her journey.
In September 2026, Inga begins her PhD at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where her studies are generously funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and their prestigious Landscape Award. She is incredibly grateful for this opportunity and excited to start the new chapter, focusing on the music by her favourite composer, Olivier Messiaen.
Inga has attended numerous international piano masterclasses and festivals. She has worked with famous pianists such as Dmitri Alexeev, Hortense Cartier-Bresson, Steven Osborne, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Ian Fountain, Petras Geniušas, Aleksandra Žvirblytė and others. She has attended courses and seminars on Alexander technique and performance psychology, which has greatly informed her professional work.
