Paula Pinn is a historical bassoonist and recorder player, active as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and soloist. Her performances have brought her to concert stages across Europe.

She has collaborated with leading early music ensembles and orchestras such as the Netherlands Bach Society (NL), Baroque Orchestra of the Zurich Opera La Scintilla (CH), La Lira di Orfeo (IT), Arte dei Suonatori (PL), Concerto d’Amsterdam (NL), Finnish Baroque Orchestra (FIN), Ensemble InAlto (BE), Theresia Orchestra, Kölner Akademie (DE), hr-Sinfonieorchester (DE), la festa musicale (DE), Elbipolis (DE), and Göttinger Barockorchester (DE), to name just a few.

In recent years, her concert activities have led her to renowned festivals including Thüringer Bachwochen, ZAMUS Early Music Festival, Musikfestspiele Potsdam, Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, Bachfest Leipzig, Bachwoche Ansbach, Musikfest Bremen, Actus Humanus (PL), Trigonale Festival (AT), Gstaad Menuhin Festival (CH), and Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht (NL), among others.

Paula is a co-founder and member of the ensemble Marsyas Baroque. The four-member ensemble develops concept-driven early music programs with a focus on contemporary relevance, context, and artistic dialogue. It also collaborates with contemporary composers and works across disciplines with artists from theatre, dance, literature, and visual arts.

She completed her Master’s degree in historical bassoon at the Koninklijk Conservatorium The Hague with Benny Aghassi, following studies with Giovanni Battista Graziadio at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen. She studied recorder at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Dorothee Oberlinger and at the Bern University of the Arts with Michael Form. Her musical path began as a young student at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg.

Paula’s musical work has been supported by scholarships from institutions including the German National Academic Foundation, the German Orchestra Foundation, the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, the Werner Richard – Dr. Carl Dörken Stiftung, and the DKB Foundation. From an early age, she has received numerous awards, including first prizes at the federal level of Jugend musiziert, the First Liebenberg Audience Award, the GWK Encouragement Award in Music, and first prize at the Biagio Marini Competition.