His work displays a natural expression and uses figurations similar to that of Antonio Vivaldi.
The earliest record of Brivio was in a court document indicating his position as a violinist at the Royal Palace of Milan in 1720.
He soon after to become the music director at the Royal Palace's theatre where he remained until 13 October 1732.
The final stage work to use his music was another pasticcio, L'Olimpiade, which premiered at the Teatro Marsigli-Rossi di Bologna on 10 May 1755.
One of his two known violin concertos was included in a well known publication of Italian music by French parliamentarian Pierre Philibert de Blancheton, alongside composers Angelo Maria Scaccia and Carlo Zuccari.