Kate Bennett Haynes studied modern cello with Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory and baroque cello with Jaap ter Linden at the Royal Dutch Conservatory in the Hague, after completing a bachelor’s degree in Scandinavian studies at Harvard College. She now enjoys an international musical life dedicated to historical performance of all periods. She has toured in North America and Europe with baroque orchestras such as Tafelmusik and B’Rock, and she has recorded for the Naxos, ATMA, Artemis/Vanguard, and Early-Music labels with ensembles such as Arion, Aradia, Tempo Rubato, and the Toronto Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician on both modern and period instruments, Kate has performed at festivals such as Yellow Barn, Sarasota, Taos and Norfolk, and in collaboration with a wide range of musicians, among them Eric Hoeprich, Donald Weilerstein, Anthony Marwood, Bobby McFerrin and the Ying Quartet. Kate has a special passion for classical and romantic performance practice, which she has pursued as a founding member of Boston Hausmusik, the Arcturus Chamber Ensemble, and the newly formed Sanssouci Quartet. She has also recently joined forces with Amsterdam-based fortepianist Yi-heng Yang to explore the rich cello and keyboard sonata repertoire of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

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