Kate Bennett Haynes was educated at the New England Conservatory, Harvard College, and the Royal Dutch Conservatory in the Hague, where she studied baroque cello with Jaap ter Linden. 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, and Tempo Rubato. Especially passionate about classical and romantic performance practice, Kate is a founding member of Boston Hausmusik, the Rosetta String Trio, the Sanssouci Quartet, and a newly formed duo with Amsterdam-based fortepianist Yi-heng Yang. Kate has performed at chamber music festivals such as Yellow Barn, Sarasota, Taos and Norfolk, and has collaborated with a wide range of musicians, among them Eric Hoeprich, Donald Weilerstein, Anthony Marwood, Bobby McFerrin and the Ying Quartet. She lives in Toronto, Canada.