Lutenist Kevin Payne is active as a recitalist, accompanist, and continuo player. Recent ensemble work includes return engagements with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and Handel and Haydn Society. Performance venues include Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden, Germany. 

When not performing, Kevin enjoys cooking, reading, watching Star Trek (P’Tach!) and attempting to delay the inevitable (and often imminent) demise of the houseplants he shares with his wife, cellist Caroline Nicolas.