Charles Brink holds degrees from the New England Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory and Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague. Since devoting himself primarily to historical flutes in 1998, he has toured and recorded with the Four Nations Ensemble, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Wiener Akademie and Les Nouveaux Caractères. His recordings can be heard on West German Radio, Middle German Radio, Dutch Radio and Television, Austrian Radio and the EMI, Raumklang, Fuga Libera and Orchid Classics labels. In 2018 Charlie conducted the modern premiere of Jommelli’s Cerere placata (1772) with Opera Lafayette at the Kennedy Center and The Times Center in New York. With Orchester Wiener Akademie he has performed music from Bach to Bruckner (on period instruments) in Vienna’s Musikverein, Tokyo, the Elbephilharmonie, Seoul and Bogota among others. He has lived in Vienna since 2009 and is currently studying to become a licensed psychotherapist.