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Caitlin De Ville (born 9 March 1989) is a Zambian electric violinist based in Cape Town, South Africa. She released her debut album Serengeti Sunrise in 2017. A popular touring musician, De Ville has toured as a solo artist and with bands like Turisas.
Biography
De Ville was born in the city of Chingola in the Zambian copperbelt and raised in the nearby city of Kitwe. She moved to Cape Town at age eighteen.
De Ville started uploading videos to YouTube in 2009, and her violin covers of popular songs gained online popularity during the 2010s. By 2018 her channel was one of the top ten YouTube channels in South Africa. As of July 2022, she has more than 235 million views on her YouTube videos and remains one of the most subscribed to creators in South Africa.
In 2019, she toured with the Finnish metal band Turisas.