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Weronika Paine is a Polish harpsichordist and organist living in Switzerland, who performs as a soloist and chamber musician. A die-hard fan of historical dance and a spontaneous researcher of intriguing ideas, she views music-making as gifting joy and strives to invite and include audiences in a shared experience of beauty. A review of her concerts with Brezza ensemble at the Fundación Juan March in Madrid has distinguished her “stylistic mastery and refined sound” (Scherzo, January 26, 2023).

Enchanted by the harpsichord since the early childhood, Weronika’s interests have been fostered by supportive musical family environment and her mother’s unyielding enthusiasm for artistic upbringing. Over the years, Weronika’s deepening fascination with early music resulted in her pursuing studies of historical keyboards, pedagogy, and medieval instruments in the classes of Andrea Marcon, Tobias Lindner, Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Wolfgang Zerer, and Corina Marti at the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, as well as with Christophe Rousset privately. Deeply charmed by the French repertoire for the harpsichord and the organ, Weronika broadened her knowledge through work with historical dancers. This interest, alongside with profound appreciation for the whole history of the cantus firmus composition technique, encouraged her to join international masterclasses and to seek to expand her experience by regularly accompanying Gregorian schola singing at the Tridentene masses in Basel. Placing particular programs in the broader musical and cultural context is especially meaningful for Weronika, as presented in her two master’s theses on J.J. Froberger and F. Couperin respectively, and in her favouring the performance form of a lecture recital. Recently Weronika has been dividing her time between early music ensembles of different instrumentations, varying forms of expression, and a diversity of explored styles of repertoire. She has performed in Europe, North America and Australia.