Lara de Wit (born 6 June 1983) is a South African Australian pianist, violinist, arranger, composer and music teacher.
[1] de Wit is also widely known for her covers of music from video games, film and theatre soundtracks, and anime, featured on her Twitch and YouTube channels, called "lara6683".
She started playing piano at the age of 6,[3] encouraged by her parents after her kindergarten teacher suggested them about Lara's potential affinity for music.
[5] In 2015, she worked as a music teacher for an Australian high school, but quit in 2017 to become a full-time Twitch streamer, where she performs live to an audience of up to 900 concurrent viewers on an average day.
[6] Lara de Wit is passionate about music for video games (she received her first Nintendo console during her childhood), and decided to use YouTube as a "showcase" for sharing her appreciation about this medium.