Named by CBC as one of Canada’s 30 most promising young musicians, Marie Bégin leads an active career as a solo and chamber violinist, conductor, and teacher. As a violinist, she has given recitals across Canada, the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and China. She has appeared as a soloist with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), Les Violons du Roy, the Club Musical de Québec, the Québec Symphony Orchestra, as well as the orchestras of Drummondville, Trois-Rivières, and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, among others. She is frequently invited to serve as concertmaster with various ensembles, including Les Violons du Roy, the Bach Festival Montréal, and the Hulencourt Soloists Chamber Orchestra.

An accomplished chamber musician, she collaborates with renowned artists such as Charles Richard-Hamelin, Andrew Wan, and Stéphane Tétreault. She was first violin of the Quatuor Saguenay (Alcan) and is concertmaster of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Symphony Orchestra. She has several albums to her name.

Driven by a passion for musical leadership, she has deepened this calling through conducting studies with Clemens Schuldt. She is also part of the Orchestre Métropolitain’s mentorship program, where she trains under Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She has conducted the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, and the Québec Symphony Orchestra.

Since September 2023, Marie has been professor of violin at the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Music. She is regularly invited to give master classes at leading institutions in Canada and France, as well as at several international festivals such as Domaine Forget.

Marie began the violin with her parents, both professional violinists. A graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Québec, she studied with Andrée Azar, Jean Angers, and Darren Lowe. She went on to further her training in Europe, notably in Switzerland with the legendary professor Zakhar Bron at his academy, as well as at the Kronberg Academy in Germany and the Mozarteum University in Austria. She has received the valuable guidance and support of many great musicians, including Maxim Vengerov, Pierre Amoyal, Mauricio Fuks, Christian Tetzlaff, Augustin Dumay, Miriam Fried, and Rodney Friend, among others.

Marie Bégin is a semi-finalist of the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition. She also performed at the legendary Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poland. She has won numerous prizes in competitions, notably the international ROTARY “Douja d’Or” prize awarded by Switzerland, France, Germany, and Italy. She is a grant recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. She plays a magnificent Carlo Bergonzi instrument (1710–1715), generously loaned by CANIMEX INC.