Hank Heijink
Lutenist HANK HEIJINK (pronounced Hey-ink) has played all over the world with leading ensembles such as the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra with Ton Koopman, Orchestre d’Auvergne, Mark Morris Dance Group and the Wooster Group. As a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, he toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and Scandinavia. Mr. Heijink has collaborated with Richard Egarr, Nigel North, Christina Pluhar and other notable European musicians and taken part in productions of Purcell’s "Dido and Aeneas," Blow’s "Venus and Adonis," Cavalli’s "La Didone," Monteverdi’s "Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria," among many. As a regular member of TENET, he can be heard on the ensemble’s entire discography and as a soloist on UNO + ONE: Italia Nostra and The Secret Lover. A native of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Mr. Heijink holds a performance degree from The Hague’s Royal Conservatory, as well as a master’s degree in computer science, and a PhD in social sciences. When not playing the lute, he writes software for Google.