Photo: Gabriela Wodiczko-Mosur
Weronika Paine is a harpsichordist and organist living in Basel.
A graduate of the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Weronika performs solo repertoire and chamber music.
Her new ensemble Melograno is the winner of the first prize at the competition in Rheinsbgerg and the new Rheinsberger Hofkapelle 2026/27.
Weronika Paine is an award-winning harpsichordist and organist, with a passion for historical dance and cantus firmus technique. Weronika was trained at the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, studying harpsichord performance under Andrea Marcon and organ performance with Wolfgang Zerer.
She is an active soloist and chamber musician, striving to share the experience of beauty with her audiences. Weronika enjoys contextualizing her performances through lectures, self-authored program notes and cross-disciplinary artistic collaborations, and has a diverse international performance history.
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Melograno wins first prize in Rheinsberg
and is appointed new Rheinsberger Hofkapelle 2026/27
Together with Pablo Gigosos, Zofia Piasecka, and Szymon Strusinski, we are incredibly happy to announce that by a unanimous decision of the jury our ensemble is joining a program of artistic residencies and concerts in the historical venues of Rheinsberg for the upcoming season. Our inauguration concert takes place on 5.07.2026 in the garden of the Palace, and commences a year of collaboration aimed at fostering the creative and professional development while integrating the ensemble into the professional network of Rheinsberg’s programme.
“I am delighted that we were able to secure ‘Melograno,’ an ensemble with the courage and potential to forge its own path. At the audition concert, the four musicians demonstrated the excellence and openness with which they work – and the diversity that can emerge when one breaks free from familiar paths,” said jury member Felix Görg, Director of the Rheinsberg Academy of Musikkultur Rheinsberg. “‘Melograno’ is one of the most exciting ensembles of this young generation: They trust in their individual talent and artistic language – and it is precisely from this confidence that they dare to take creative risks and pursue an ambitious program, radiating great joy and optimism.”
© Pablo Gigosos
Melograno takes its name from the pomegranate, an ancient symbol of abundance, passion, transformation, and the meeting point between past and future. This image encapsulates the ensemble’s artistic identity: a bridge between historical tradition and a contemporary perspective on early music. Through in-depth research into historical sources and performance practices, Melograno seeks to develop a vivid and forward-looking approach to the Baroque repertoire.
Melograno - delving into the past to reimagine the future.
© Musikkultur Rheinsberg
Harmonia Animæ
A new collaboration of ensemble Vox Præterita with the soprano Gabriela Wodiczko-Mosur brought forth a new program for voice and early brass instruments, featuring comforting, spiritual music full of hope, selected from vocal and instrumental repertoire of the early Baroque. In the transitional phase between the Renaissance and the Baroque, humanism - taking a closer look at human experience and well-being - was central to art and philosophy. The Baroque elevated this focus to a new level with new artistic forms of expression, such as the expression of deeply felt emotions and the appreciation of virtuosity.
Find out more about the new program, “Harmonia Animæ”, on the ensemble’s website.
“Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.”
— Elie Wiesel
