Take subtle colours of the lute or the rich abundant sound of the theorba and mix liberally with the energetic sound of baroque guitar, add soprano voice with a full palette of shades: from warm, soft cantilena - to free and bright coloratura and thus we have great company to the Musical tour throught Baroque Europe. We start from Italy - cradle of Baroque, call in on Spain - homeland of guitar, sophisticated France - country of ballet and courtly airs. Our next stop is England - land of Masques and of songs with enormous beauty. We'll stroll across to Germany, country of Reformation and Bach's source. Allow the great cosmopolitan composers of the past to lift us beyond all places to the workshops of the Muse where they freely mixed their ideas - can you find something more Italian then Nauwach songs or something warmer than Handel's Spanish cantata?
We invite you to climb aboard the magnificent charabang which is our music and wander Europe together.

Katarzyna Wiwer-Monita studied singing at the Krakow Academy of Music, where she graduated in 1994. Katarzyna has also taken numerous courses in interpretation, both in Poland and abroad, including masterclasses led by Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb. She has a particular fondness for early music, but readily performs later music suited to her voice.
Since 1994, she has worked with the Krakow-based ensemble, Capella Cracoviensis and since 1996, with the early music ensemble, Harmonia Sacra, as well as many other ensembles that have invited her collaboration. Last year she participated to the Klang der Kulturen- Kultur des Klanges (Sound of cultures- culture of sound) project by Vienna based ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria which toured Europe with great critical acclaim.
Her rich and wide repertoire includes many choice compositions from Monteverdi, Zieleński, Buxtehude, English baroque songs, numerous Bach cantatas, many oratorio parts (Bach's Passions, Mass in b-minor, Magnificat, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation or Mozart's Requiem) as far as symphonic compositions like Mahler's IV Symphony or Gorecki III.
Katarzyna has taken part in many festivals as a soloist. These have included well-established Krakow-based festivals - such as Music in Old Krakow, The Festival of Organ Music, The Early Music Festival and Bach Days in Krakow - and festivals abroad, including the Dresdner Festspiele and The Dartington Festival of Music. She has performed three times at Dartington in costumed and staged performances of early baroque pieces directed by Anthony Rooley.
Katarzyna's other activities include chamber music and solo recitals with lute, harpsichord or piano accompaniment.