Biography

Eglė Rudokaitė was born in Vilnius in 1998. In 2017, she graduated from the National Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis School of Arts, specializing in piano (class of Sonata Alšauskaitė). Since 2013, she has been attending organ lessons with Dr. Vidas Pinkevičius. From 2017 to 2023, she studied organ playing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater with Dr. Balys Vaitkus, completing her master's degree in 2023. She is currently studying at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts with Prof. Dr. Martin Sander.

In 2016, E. Rudokaitė won first prize and a laureate's diploma at the J. S. Bach Young Pianists Competition in Vilnius, and in the same year she was awarded second prize at the Jonas Žukas Young Organists Competition in Vilnius. In 2019, she won first prize at the 7th Juozas Naujalis Organ Competition and received a special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Naujalis. In 2020, she was awarded a scholarship named after Antanas Smetona, President of the Republic of Lithuania, for her academic achievements. In 2022, she won first prize at the International Organ Competition in Jūrmala (Latvia).

The organist has expanded her knowledge in various masterclasses. She attended masterclasses with Hannfried Lucke, Pieter van Dijk, Mario Perestegi, Johannes Ebenbauer, Manuel Tomadin, Jean-Baptiste Monnot, Andrzej Szadejko, Maurizio Croci, Cristophe Mantoux, and Andrea Marcon.

Eglė actively performs as solo organist as well as in chamber ensembles. She has given recitals in Lithuania (Vilnius Cathedral, Holy Spirit and St. Casimir's Churches in Vilnius, Kaunas Cathedral, St. Francis of Assisi Chapel in Klaipėda) and abroad (St. Anne's Church in Rouen (France), Salzburg Cathedral (Austria), St. Anthony of Padua Church in Rome (Italy), Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Prien am Chiemsee (Germany)).

In 2025, she made her debut by recording a double CD album released by the National Organists' Association, "Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Works for Organ."

From 2014 to 2021, E. Rudokaitė was the principal organist at the Church of the Holy Cross (Bonifraters) in Vilnius. Since 2020, she has been organist at Vilnius Cathedral Basilica, and since 2021, she has been working as a concertmaster at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. She is a member of the National Organists' Association and has been a member of its board since 2023.