Vera Plosila
PhD Candidate in Artistic Research
Traverso player Vera Plosila is a PhD candidate in Artistic Research within the docARTES programme at Leiden University. Supervised by Professors Rebecca Cypess and Dinko Fabris, her research focuses on adaptive performance practices in German chamber music from the 1760s to the early nineteenth century. Vera has published internationally and presented her academic-artistic research at numerous conferences across Europe. She is a member of the Early Muse Performances network and participates in the European Early Music Union’s REMArkable mentorship programme for researchers. As a performer, Vera is active as an orchestral and chamber musician with ensembles across the Nordic– Baltic region, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, and Italy. She performs regularly with the
Finnish Baroque Orchestra and Ensemble Nylandia and has recently begun collaborating with the Brussels- based ensemble the WIG Society. Vera directs the
traverso consort Intra Vires and is currently expanding her expertise in Renaissance music through advanced studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.