This duo has been performing together for one year. Both members are active in various ensembles and have accumulated substantial stage experience. Paula has been recognized as the best instrumentalist of this competition.

For the final, the duo has prepared a joint original composition titled For Young Power, which they will perform using prepared instruments.

Paula Bagotyriūtė holds a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Piano and a Master’s degree in Contemporary and Improvisational Music from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LAMT). She is an active participant in the contemporary and improvisational music scene.

The pianist has performed in China with the Mahler Foundation Orchestra (UK), in Switzerland with the Lucerne Improvisers Orchestra, and has appeared at the Berlin festival Into the Open, the Improdimensija concert series, and Lithuanian festivals such as ContemPLAY, Muzikos ruduo, Muzika Erdvėje, the Thomas Mann Festival, among others. In 2024, she was named a laureate of the Experimental Electronic Music and Sound Art Competition held at the SODAS 2123 cultural complex.

Deividas Skridaila studied bass guitar at the LAMT Klaipėda Faculty. He has performed with various groups at major jazz festivals in Lithuania, in Spain, and has been a three-time finalist of the Vilnius Jazz Young Power (VJYP) competition.