Agnieszka Papierska - violin
Agnieszka started her professional career at the very early age. Being still a student in Poland she collaborated with Musical Theater ROMA in Warsaw, Chamber Orchestra Sinfonietta Nordica (Gdynia) and The Arthur Rubinstein
Lodz Philharmonic, where she could work with many world-class conductors and soloists (among others Midori, I.Pogorelich, M.Vangerov). After completing her Bachelor's diploma in modern violin an interest in historical performance practice made her move to the Netherlands in order to study in the famous department of The Hague Royal Conservatory. In 2012 she completed as well the master studies in Wroclaw Academy of Music in Poland. Currently she works with The Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands touring all over that country as well as with Theresia Youth Baroque Orchestra in Italy. In the year 2012 she got a scholarship of Academia Montis Regalis (Italy). She plays an anonymous 18th century violin from Klingenthal region.
Agnieszka started her professional career at the very early age. Being still a student in Poland she collaborated with Musical Theater ROMA in Warsaw, Chamber Orchestra Sinfonietta Nordica (Gdynia) and The Arthur Rubinstein
Lodz Philharmonic, where she could work with many world-class conductors and soloists (among others Midori, I.Pogorelich, M.Vangerov). After completing her Bachelor's diploma in modern violin an interest in historical performance practice made her move to the Netherlands in order to study in the famous department of The Hague Royal Conservatory. In 2012 she completed as well the master studies in Wroclaw Academy of Music in Poland. Currently she works with The Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands touring all over that country as well as with Theresia Youth Baroque Orchestra in Italy. In the year 2012 she got a scholarship of Academia Montis Regalis (Italy). She plays an anonymous 18th century violin from Klingenthal region.
Hilla Heller - viola
Born in Israel, Hilla Heller graduated in 2008 from the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance, where she studied Viola performance under the coaching of Lilach Levanon and Zvi Carmeli.
Took part in many and varied chamber music festivals, master-classes and workshops, won a chamber music competition in the Jerusalem Academy and recorded to the Israeli classical music radio station Kol Hamusika. 2006-2008 scholar of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
Her growing interest in Early Music and Historically Inspired Performance brought her to The Netherlands where she studied Baroque Viola with Kati Debretzeni and Walter Reiter at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and recently graduated.
During 2013-2015 she was a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, there she has taken part in many Early Music festivals and concert series across Europe and worked with leading musicians such as Lars-Ulrik Mortensen, Rachel Podger, Gottfried von der Gotlz and many more. Today she is continuing her studies with Ryo Terakado in The Hague Conservatory and participating in many and varied Early Music projects in The Netherlands and abroad.
Born in Israel, Hilla Heller graduated in 2008 from the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance, where she studied Viola performance under the coaching of Lilach Levanon and Zvi Carmeli.
Took part in many and varied chamber music festivals, master-classes and workshops, won a chamber music competition in the Jerusalem Academy and recorded to the Israeli classical music radio station Kol Hamusika. 2006-2008 scholar of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
Her growing interest in Early Music and Historically Inspired Performance brought her to The Netherlands where she studied Baroque Viola with Kati Debretzeni and Walter Reiter at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and recently graduated.
During 2013-2015 she was a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, there she has taken part in many Early Music festivals and concert series across Europe and worked with leading musicians such as Lars-Ulrik Mortensen, Rachel Podger, Gottfried von der Gotlz and many more. Today she is continuing her studies with Ryo Terakado in The Hague Conservatory and participating in many and varied Early Music projects in The Netherlands and abroad.
Paulina van de Pavert - cello
Paulina specializes in historical cello and viola da gamba. She concentrates mostly on the repertoire of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, however derives also great satisfaction from performing on the modern cello.
In 2015 she graduated from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with a Master’s degree in baroque cello. In The Netherlands Paulina studied with Jaap ter Linden, Lucia Swarts (baroque cello) and Mieneke van der Velden (viola da gamba).
Before coming to The Hague Paulina embarked her musical education on modern and the baroque cello in two of the most important Polish musical centres Wroclaw and Paulina’s hometown – Cracow.
As a soloist and chamber musician Paulina cooperates with various ensembles. She acquired orchestral experience with domestic and foreign groups, including Theresia Baroque Orchestra, Accademia Montis Regalis (Italy), Bach Orchestra of The Netherlands (The Netherlands), Arte Dei Suonatori, KORE (Poland), Le Parlement de Musique (France). Paulina took part in the recordings of G.F. Handel – Messiah, J.S. Bach – St. Matthew Passion – for Amsterdam Classics, and P. Locatelli Opera Omnia for Brilliant Classics.
During her studies, Paulina participated in the student exchange program Erasmus LLP at the Utrecht School of the Arts, she received scholarships Sapere Auso and Austria Baroque Academy and participated in many courses and master classes, where she had the opportunity to learn from world-renowned musicians, such as Chiara Banchini, Hidemi Suzuki, Bruno Cocset, Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kujiken and Enrico Onofri.
Paulina is also a dedicated/committed/involved teacher /dedicates her time to the teaching activities. Attending the Education Course Paulina broadens her interest in the history of the cello technique and pedagogy.
Paulina specializes in historical cello and viola da gamba. She concentrates mostly on the repertoire of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, however derives also great satisfaction from performing on the modern cello.
In 2015 she graduated from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with a Master’s degree in baroque cello. In The Netherlands Paulina studied with Jaap ter Linden, Lucia Swarts (baroque cello) and Mieneke van der Velden (viola da gamba).
Before coming to The Hague Paulina embarked her musical education on modern and the baroque cello in two of the most important Polish musical centres Wroclaw and Paulina’s hometown – Cracow.
As a soloist and chamber musician Paulina cooperates with various ensembles. She acquired orchestral experience with domestic and foreign groups, including Theresia Baroque Orchestra, Accademia Montis Regalis (Italy), Bach Orchestra of The Netherlands (The Netherlands), Arte Dei Suonatori, KORE (Poland), Le Parlement de Musique (France). Paulina took part in the recordings of G.F. Handel – Messiah, J.S. Bach – St. Matthew Passion – for Amsterdam Classics, and P. Locatelli Opera Omnia for Brilliant Classics.
During her studies, Paulina participated in the student exchange program Erasmus LLP at the Utrecht School of the Arts, she received scholarships Sapere Auso and Austria Baroque Academy and participated in many courses and master classes, where she had the opportunity to learn from world-renowned musicians, such as Chiara Banchini, Hidemi Suzuki, Bruno Cocset, Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kujiken and Enrico Onofri.
Paulina is also a dedicated/committed/involved teacher /dedicates her time to the teaching activities. Attending the Education Course Paulina broadens her interest in the history of the cello technique and pedagogy.
Liene Madern - Stradina - fortepiano
Liene Madern – Stradina (Letland) specialiseert zich in het bespelen van historische toetsinstrumenten:
klavecimbel, fortepiano en sinds kort ook orgel. Haar focus ligt op muziek uit de 17de en 18de eeuw.
Ze is afgestudeerd in pianouitvoering (Master) aan het Conservatorium van Letland. Daarna heeft ze op een
Erasmus beurs een jaar klavecimbel gestudeerd bij Ton Koopman aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag. Dit heeft ze omgezet in een Bachelor studie daar (tot heden) met Ton Koopman, Fabio Bonizzoni en Patrick Ayrton. Daarnaast studeert ze fortepiano bij Bart van Oort. Vanaf 2014 neemt ze lessen in orgelspel bij Pieter van Dijk. Ze treedt regelmatig op in Europa als solo klavecimbel bespeelster (b.v. Stockholm Early Music Festival (2012), Latvia Early Music Festival), maar
ook samen met haar ensembles: ‘La Maquina del Tiempo’ (klavecimbel/orgel bespeelster) en ‘Più Corde’ (fortepiano). Ze heeft klavecimbel en orgel bespeeld in orkesten onder andere o.l.v Enrico Gatti, Patrick Ayrton, Maris Kupcs (Collegium Musicum Riga).
Liene Madern – Stradina (Letland) specialiseert zich in het bespelen van historische toetsinstrumenten:
klavecimbel, fortepiano en sinds kort ook orgel. Haar focus ligt op muziek uit de 17de en 18de eeuw.
Ze is afgestudeerd in pianouitvoering (Master) aan het Conservatorium van Letland. Daarna heeft ze op een
Erasmus beurs een jaar klavecimbel gestudeerd bij Ton Koopman aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag. Dit heeft ze omgezet in een Bachelor studie daar (tot heden) met Ton Koopman, Fabio Bonizzoni en Patrick Ayrton. Daarnaast studeert ze fortepiano bij Bart van Oort. Vanaf 2014 neemt ze lessen in orgelspel bij Pieter van Dijk. Ze treedt regelmatig op in Europa als solo klavecimbel bespeelster (b.v. Stockholm Early Music Festival (2012), Latvia Early Music Festival), maar
ook samen met haar ensembles: ‘La Maquina del Tiempo’ (klavecimbel/orgel bespeelster) en ‘Più Corde’ (fortepiano). Ze heeft klavecimbel en orgel bespeeld in orkesten onder andere o.l.v Enrico Gatti, Patrick Ayrton, Maris Kupcs (Collegium Musicum Riga).
Anna Jane Lester - violin
Anna Jane Lester (United States, 1991) began her violin studies at age four in Jacksonville, Florida. Studying with Melissa Barrett, she served as concertmaster of the Florida All-State Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, and performed as a soloist with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in 2007 and 2009 as a two-time winner of the Young Artists Competition.
Anna Jane first encountered baroque violin as bachelors student studying violin performance with Connie Heard at Vanderbilt University. Feeling an immediate connection with the musical language of the baroque, she took secondary lessons in historical performance with Karen Clarke and attended The Juilliard School for a Master of Music in Historical Performance, studying with Monica Huggett and Cynthia Roberts. She has since moved to the Netherlands, studying at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague with Walter Reiter and Kati Debretzeni.
As a baroque violin- and violist, Anna Jane has performed with the Internationale Händel Festspiele Göttingen Orchestra, at the Smithsonian Institute, Lincoln Center, and Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, and participated in young artist courses with the American Bach Soloists, Tafelmusik, and the Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra. During her studies, she has played under the direction of renowned musicians William Christie, Richard Egarr, Jordi Savall, Nicolas McGegan, Masaaki Suzuki, Rachel Podger, Ton Koopman, and Kristian Bezuidenhout. She has also played in masterclasses and coachings for Harry Bicket, Christopher Hogwood, Fabio Biondi, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Beatrice Martin, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Kenneth Weiss, Jeanne Lamon, Robert Mealy, and Robert Levin.
Anna Jane is an avid chamber musician, and founding member of ensembles The Counterpoints and Filigree Baroque. She is especially passionate about music education, and enjoys playing the educational concerts created by Filigree.
Anna Jane Lester (United States, 1991) began her violin studies at age four in Jacksonville, Florida. Studying with Melissa Barrett, she served as concertmaster of the Florida All-State Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, and performed as a soloist with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in 2007 and 2009 as a two-time winner of the Young Artists Competition.
Anna Jane first encountered baroque violin as bachelors student studying violin performance with Connie Heard at Vanderbilt University. Feeling an immediate connection with the musical language of the baroque, she took secondary lessons in historical performance with Karen Clarke and attended The Juilliard School for a Master of Music in Historical Performance, studying with Monica Huggett and Cynthia Roberts. She has since moved to the Netherlands, studying at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague with Walter Reiter and Kati Debretzeni.
As a baroque violin- and violist, Anna Jane has performed with the Internationale Händel Festspiele Göttingen Orchestra, at the Smithsonian Institute, Lincoln Center, and Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, and participated in young artist courses with the American Bach Soloists, Tafelmusik, and the Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra. During her studies, she has played under the direction of renowned musicians William Christie, Richard Egarr, Jordi Savall, Nicolas McGegan, Masaaki Suzuki, Rachel Podger, Ton Koopman, and Kristian Bezuidenhout. She has also played in masterclasses and coachings for Harry Bicket, Christopher Hogwood, Fabio Biondi, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Beatrice Martin, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Kenneth Weiss, Jeanne Lamon, Robert Mealy, and Robert Levin.
Anna Jane is an avid chamber musician, and founding member of ensembles The Counterpoints and Filigree Baroque. She is especially passionate about music education, and enjoys playing the educational concerts created by Filigree.
