Žydrė is a Lithuanian violinist recognized for her innovative performance concepts, imaginative programming, and interdisciplinary collaborations. She explores the dialogue between classical and contemporary music, cross-cultural perspectives, and the fusion of sound with visual arts, dance, literature, and multimedia forms. Now based in Japan, she researches Japanese contemporary composers and traditional aesthetics while creating artistic bridges between Lithuania and Japan.
Committed to expanding the contemporary violin repertoire, she has commissioned new works that bridge Lithuanian and Japanese cultures, including Hirano Ichiro’s Twin-soul Birds for two violins (2022, created during her Kanazawa residency) and S. Miliūnaitė’s Green Journey, which incorporates nature sounds recorded in both countries. In 2022, she co-founded Trio Akiniai with pianist Matsunaga Minami and mezzo-soprano Akimoto Yuki.
She has earned numerous international competition awards and was officially commended by the President of Lithuania — Dalia Grybauskaitė (2015) and Gitanas Nausėda (2020). Her prizes include the Grand Prix at the 7th Aoniyoshi Music Competition Nara Pro Stage (2019), 2nd Prize at the Osaka International Music Competition (2019) and 4th Prize at the Japan Classical Music Competition (2019), among others.
She has performed as soloist with Lithuanian orchestras including the Klaipėda and Vilnius St. Christopher Chamber Orchestras, and appeared with the Toyohashi Symphony Orchestra in Japan (2023). In 2021, she served as co-concertmistress of the Davos Camerata at the Davos Festival in Switzerland. As a chamber musician, she has performed at the Harmos Festival (2014) and regularly at Munetsugu Hall in Nagoya (2022–2024). She has held artistic residencies at the Kanazawa Citizen’s Art Village (2021–2022) and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada (2025).
She has collaborated with a diverse range of artists across disciplines, including Kyōgen performer Miyake Tōkurō (Trio Akiniai), Ikenobo ikebana master Sugimoto Seimon (Ikebana Born from Music, 2020), and painter Morio Matsui (Kanda Myojin exhibition, 2021). These projects integrate live music with visual arts, traditional Japanese aesthetics, and theatrical elements, creating immersive, cross-cultural performance experiences. She incorporates kimono-remake dresses as stage costumes, fusing Japanese aesthetics with her artistic expression.
Her recent projects include organizing the M.K. Čiurlionis 150th Anniversary Concert (October 2025) for the Lithuanian Embassy in Japan—a multimedia event inspired by his paintings and musical legacy. Since 2022, she has actively organized and performed in charity concerts supporting Ukraine, raising over 10 million yen to date.
Žydrė holds a Master’s degree in Solo Violin from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (2017), a Bachelor’s degree from the same institution (2015), and graduated from the National M.K. Čiurlionis School of Arts (2011).