Since 2020, Neringa has been engaged in artistic research, focusing on self-discovery as an academic musician, the development of a public persona, and the performative aspects of artistic identity. In 2025, she earned an Art Doctorate in Music and continues her research within the Centre of Excellence project at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Having received her doctoral degree with the artistic research project "Creating an Academic Musician's Persona: From Stage to Personal Brand," she is now contributing to a collective monograph titled "Piano Performance and Beyond."
Artistic Research
Doctoral Thesis
"Creating an Academic Musician's Persona: From Stage to Personal Brand"
Publications
Publication in "Sonus Litterarum" - "Creating an academic musician’s persona: exploring authentic and alternative identities in piano performance". Translated to Spanish by Rubén López-Cano.
Publication in "Querol_Revista Cultural De Cerdanya" No. 36 - "Creating an academic musician’s persona: exploring authentic and alternative identities in piano performance" (p. 133-144). Translated to Catalonian by Laia Martin.
Publication in "Ars et Praxis" No. 11, 2023 - "In Search of the Performer's Artistic Identity: Stage Persona and Personal Brand (p. 91-101).
Publication in "Lithuanian Musicology" journal No. 24, 2023 - "Creating an Academic Musician's Stage Persona: A Visual Representation of the Performer's Identity" (p. 121-133).