Quink has, since their debut in 1978, rapidly captured a place of its own on the international concert scene. The group, consisting of five young, professional singers, has developed a special style which features many different aspects of a cappella music.
Quink’s repertoire is varied, presenting a cappella music of the Renaissance and Baroque as well as works by Romantic, Impressionistic and Contemporary composers. The five singers are well-acquainted with folk song and close harmony; they mostly conclude their performances with some lighter arrangements. Quink has introduced many new works of both established and modern masters; a number of contemporary Dutch, German and American compositions have been dedicated especially to Quink.
Since 1985 Quink has made several successful tours through the United States, and in the spring of 1987, the quintet made a tour through Italy where they received a warm and enthusiastic welcome.
Nowadays the group visited the United States more than 40 times, performing over 300 concerts. Other tours included Canada, the Middle East and Far East. QUINK passes on its skills of a cappella singing by often performing in workshops and masterclasses and teaching choirs, groups and individuals.The five versatile musicians strive to authenticity the way they perform the different styles of music. If necessary QUINK joins forces with instrumental specialists of the relevant era, always in one-voice-per-part performances.
Since the recording of the Vaughan Williams/Finzi CD, QUINK has made many more CD’s, of which Challenge International Records has released the last few.

The versatile musician Leo van Doeselaar plays a repertoire comprising of several centuries as an organist, pianist and fortepianist. In his interpretations he strives for the greatest possible purity of style, and he performs on both period and modern instruments. As an organist he has built up a large concert practice in the Netherlands and abroad. He is also a much sought-after pianist, partners Wyneke Jordans in a widely acclaimed duo-piano team, and performs as an accompanist.
As a soloist van Doeselaar has performed with various conductors, including Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Chailly, Charles Dutoit, Claus-Peter Flor, Frans Brüggen and David Zinman. As organist of the Baroque Orchestra of the Dutch Bach Society and titular organist of the Concertgebouw he has regularly performed with renowned orchestras and leading early music specialists.
Van Doeselaar has made several recordings, both as a soloist and as a duo with Wyneke Jordans. He has made the first integral recording of the organ works of Georg Friedrich Händel and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and has also made recordings of the works of Mozart, Bach, Krebs, Mendelssohn, van Noordt, Liszt, Franck en Reger on historic organs.

Having studied at the Arnhem Conservatorium and at Utrecht’sState University, Dirk Luijmes is now active in many different fields of the music world. He has won various national and international organ prizes and, being one of the world’s few professional harmonium players, gives solo performances both at home and abroad, including appearances in: Warsaw (Warschauer Herbst), Vienna (Musikverein), Germany, England and France with the likes of the RIAS Kammerchor, the Netherlands Chamber Choir, the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, the Skampa Kwartet, Sinfonietta Amsterdam and Oxalys. More than twenty-five composers have written works for him, including Willem Breuker, Gilius van Bergeijk and Guus Janssen. In addition to being a performer (of various historical keyboard instruments) he is a publicist, musicologist, programme maker and the artistic director of Stichting Longen & Tongen (“the Lungs an To Luijmes has made a number of CDs, including: a recording of a Froberger suite he discovered himself; old and new works for harmonium solo (BVHaast); and a recording of Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle (Challenge Classics CC72157) with Leo van Doeselaar and Wieneke Jordans.