The contemporary music ensemble was founded in Vilnius in 2016, by sister and brother violinist Lora Kmieliauskaitė and cellist Arnas Kmieliauskas.

 

After graduating in classical music and becoming laureates of numerous international and national competitions, the members of Twenty Fingers Duo actively participate in and initiate contemporary art projects, with a strong focus on collaboration with artists from other fields. The main task of the ensemble's musical activity is to foster and promote Lithuanian music, while the gamut of their activities ranges from standard concert appearances and interdisciplinary performances to collaborations in contemporary opera, theatre, dance, and film productions.

 

The music they perform emerges at the intersection of extended playing techniques and graphic scores.  In its live performances, Twenty Fingers Duo places great emphasis on the stage setup and the mingling between light and darkness. In 2020, they released their debut album Performa. In the recent years, they have released two more albums – Dualitas and Two Sides: West/East – and an interdisciplinary stage work Orpheus, Eurydice, which was nominated in four categories of the Performing Arts Awards ‘Golden Crosses’ and won the award for the best interdisciplinary work of the year in the Lithuanian Composers' Competition (both in 2023).