Švėgžda von Bekker started taking violin classes at the age of five from his grandmother E. Strazdas-Bekerienė, student of Leopold von Auer, Jan Mařák, J. Feld and Jacques Thibaud.
At the age of five, Švėgžda von Bekker started learning violin with his grandmother E. Strazdas-Bekerienė, a student of Leopold von Auer, Jan Mařák, J. Feld, and Jacques Thibaud.