After graduating from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2009, where she finished her Master Programme in Harpsichord and Music Pedagogy, the class of an associate professor Gediminas Kviklys, Nijolė Dorotėja continues to pursue her further creative path in Italy. She has studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, class of harpsichord of professor Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkova. She has been twice awarded a scholarship by the Italian Government for studies at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and Alfredo Casella Conservatory in L’Aquila. In 2017, she graduated from a Master Programme in Harpsichord and Historical Keyboard Instruments at Alfredo Casella Conservatory of L’Aquila, a class of professor Andrea Coen. She further worked with Salvatore Carchiolo, Edoardo Maria Belotti, Fiorella Brancacci, Jaques Ogg, Francis Lengelle to improve her harpsichord art skills.
Nijolė Dorotėja actively performs at various international events, music festivals and she is often invited as a jury member in international music competitions. Together with the traverse master Luigi Tufano she took part in the 15th International Music Festival Sugrįžimai 2013 and the Nordic Lithuanian Music Festival Birzai 2013 and in 2018 together with Italian mandolinist Francesco Mammola. Together with the Early Music Ensemble of L’Aquila Conservatory, she performed at the Early Music Festival Il Rinascimento suona giovane in the Tivoli Villa d’Este Palace. On the occasion of the Lithuanian EU Presidency, she performed in a concert organized by the Lithuanian Embassy under the Order of the Holy See and Malta, at the Portuguese Embassy to the Holy See in Rome. To celebrate the Lithuanian Independence Day, she perfomed in a concert in the La Sala dell’Immacolata Concert Hall in Rome. Together with Réunion de Musiciens ensemble, she has performed at the International Marco Scacchi Early Music Festivals in Italy and Lithuania. She has also performed at the Museum of the Venice Palace in Rome, Palace of the Grand Dukes in Vilnius, in the concert season of the“I Solisti Aquilani“ at the Auditorium Parco del Castello in L’Aquila, the University of Turin, Assamblea Regionale Siciliana – Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo, Castle of Trakai (Lithuania), Klaipėda City Concert Hall (Lithuania), Oginskis Noble Palace in Plungė (Lithuania), Castle of Biržai (Lithuania) and many others.
She made her solo debut with the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble Musica Humana and Čiurlionis String Quartet, the Vilnius Amateur Musicians Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Rome Santa Cecilia Conservatory, the Baroque Music Orchestra of L’Aquila Alfredo Casella. She has recorded for the Lithuanian National Radio and Television LRT.
Nijolė Dorotėja collaborates with various early music ensembles. Together with international baroque music orchestra Stradella Y-Project conducted by Andrea De Carlo, she has performed in the Baroque Music Festival Alessandro Stradella of Viterbo and Nepi in Caprarola, Grandezze & Meraviglie Festival in Modena and the Oratorio del Gonfalone in Rome.
She is a founder and Artistic Director of Lithuanian public institution Musica Vitale (a member of ECMTA). Since 2011 she is an initiator and organizer of the Vilnius International Youth Music Competition Scarlatti Award and International Music Festival Le strade d’Europa. Lithuania-Italy. In 2020, she established the international performance agency BAMA – Beniusyte Artist Management Agency, became the Executive Director of the Italian Cultural Association Antidogma Musica and the Project Manager of the Lithuanian public institution Suonatori del granduca.
