Graduate of Vytautas Magnus University Music Academy. She is a laureate of many international competitions, most notably Valsesia Musica (1st prize) and Citta di Barletta (2nd prize) in Italy. She is an active performer with various chamber ensembles, has given recitals in major Lithuanian cities and has given concerts in Italy and Germany. She has appeared on the stage of Christopher's Picnics, and is also a prizewinner of Klaipėda Piano Masters. Ž. Kudirkaitė works as a lecturer and concertmaster at the VMU Academy of Music and as a pianist of the Kaunas State Music Theatre Orchestra. She is constantly improving her skills at seminars and master classes of renowned pianists Andrėjaus Gavrilovas, Grigory Gruzmanas, Gintaras Januševičius, Jerome Lowenthall, Aleksandras Puliajevs, Andrius Žlabias, etc.
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