Anaïs Vigeant

A graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal with highest distinction, Anaïs Vigeant continued her double bass studies at McGill University, where she completed an Artist’s Diploma. Recipient of the Joseph McAbbie Excellence Scholarship, she went on to win the CBC Début competition for emerging soloists.

Vigeant has toured extensively throughout Europe, South America, and Canada. She has performed in major concerts at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, sharing the stage with artists such as Pink Martini, George Benson, and Chris Botti.

An active freelance musician, she performs regularly as a substitute double bassist with numerous Quebec ensembles, including the FILMharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre classique de Montréal, the Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens, the symphony orchestras of Sherbrooke, Drummondville, Longueuil, Laval, and Trois-Rivières, the Sinfonia de Lanaudière, Arion Baroque Orchestra, and the Orchestre philharmonique du Nouveau Monde.

In 2011, she founded the ensemble Epsilon. Vigeant is also dedicated to music education and teaches double bass at Saint-Edmond High School, Collège Regina Assumpta, Poly-Jeunesse High School in Laval, Cégep Vincent-d’Indy, and Cégep Lionel-Groulx.