Brigit is an electric violinist who began her professional career at age 12. After being strictly classical for many years, she rebelled at a young age to learn fiddle, rock, Bollywood and hiphop, and is now a full time performer in Toronto, ON.
Brigit is known for her high energy performances and ability to switch effortlessly between genres and styles. She can often be seen fusing Bollywood and Celtic styles on her own, or as the fiddler for the groundbreaking bagpipe-led band, The Snake Charmer.
Since the age of 12, she has performed around the world (Austria, Hungary, United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Canada), performing for crowds of up to 42,000 in world class venues. She has appeared on stage with legendary artists and performers including Burna Boy, Babuu Maan, Sarah Slean, Brett Kissler, Shawn Hook, The Tenors, the late S.P. Balasubramaniam and WWE champion, Shinsuke Nakamura.
She is also known by over 157k YouTube subscribers and 20 million viewers as “Violin Girl” for her covers of videogame, anime and film music, and has been a recurring guest at local and international conventions since 2017. Her animated musical presence is perfectly displayed in her costumed short-form content, often taking requests from her followers on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
She is featured on the soundtracks of many feature-length films such as Cascade (2023), Laced (2023), A mame co sme chceli (2023), Unloved: Huronia's Forgotten Children (2022), Fixation (2022), and Marlene (2022), as well as award nominated TV series such as Mallory Towers (2019), Ranger Rob (2020), Ruby and the Well (2022), and Great Lakes Untamed (2022).
Brigit has lectured on Music Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Social Media at Durham College’s Music Business Management: Digital Marketing course, and on Home Audio Recording, Creative Direction and Musicianship at the University' of Toronto’s Film Music course. Her UofT interview was cited in Oxford University Press’s “Film Music: An Introduction in 11 Takes”.
Over the past few years, she has discovered and built upon her unique gift of instant improvisation, stemming from a “cross-wiring” of the brain called synesthesia. She is now one of the newest members of the Canadian Synesthesia Association, located here in Toronto. She is well sought after for this gift, being able to play along to almost anything by ear instantly or with very little practice. This has proved extremely useful for collaborating with all different styles of artists, studio sessions and last minute gigs.
When she’s not rocking on violin, she can be found playing tapletop games with friends, trying out new recipes or dogspotting around her neighbourhood.