Marian van der Heide (soprano) studied at the Prince Claus conservatory. After obtaining the final diploma in solo singing, she continued her studies with the Canadian soprano Ann Monoyios, who specializes in baroque music. She is currently being coached by Ronald Klekamp in Amsterdam. Marian van der Heide has a varied concert practice as a soloist in oratorios and cantatas. In addition, she is often part of smaller vocal and instrumental ensembles, such as Duo Abrazo: together with guitarist Rob Nijboer she performs Spanish and South American repertoire. With Super Librum she made two tours through Northern Italy and recorded two CDs. In 2010 she made a concert trip through Switzerland with Super Librum. Marian van der Heide is singing teacher and connected to the Music School in Groningen.
Sarah Walder (vielle and viola da gamba) studied cello and viola da gamba with Catharina Meints at the Oberlin Conservatory (USA) where she graduated cum laude in 1992. She then graduated in baroque cello and studied 8 'violone at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Sarah gives concerts with various chamber music ensembles in Europe and the United States, including Musica Temprana (18th-century Latin American music), Antequera and Super Librum (fiddle), Apollo's Fire (the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra), Compagnia Vocale with Johannette Zomer and the classical bassoon quartet Island. She likes to work with dancers, often with improvised and newly-composed music, and has appeared in a production with dance group Krisztina de Châtel, among others.
René Genis (guitar lute, renaissance lute and ud) studied lute with Anthony Bailes at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. After this study, he specialized in playing the lute from the earlier periods. Medieval music is his passion. For this music he is skilled in playing the lute with a plectrum. He plays in the following ensembles: Antequera, L 'Alba and Super Librum and the Modena Consort (a Renaissance flute consort). The earliest Renaissance music from Italy and Spain is also interested. He also plays the vihuela and early forms of the guitar. René also plays baroque guitar and theorbo. René performs in numerous festivals, including those of Utrecht, Berlin, Radovlice and Flanders.
Catalina Vicens (Chile; organ, harpsichord, organetto and percussion) lives in Basel, Switzerland. Catalina started international performances at a young age. At the age of 20 she had already performed in numerous North and South American countries, such as Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires Argentina, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and the Teatro Municipal do São Paulo. Catalina studied harpsichord with Lionel Party (Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia), Robert Hill (Musikhochschule Freiburg) and Andrea Marcon and Jesper Christensen (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis). After this she specialized in medieval music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Corina Marti, with whom she received a Master's degree in Medieval Keyboard Instruments, and in Contemporary Music Performance (with historical keyboard instruments) at the Musik Akademie Basel. Catalina has just started a PhD "Renaissance music for historical keyboard instruments from Italy, England and Switzerland" at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent, Belgium and Leiden University. Catalina gives master classes and is a jury member at international competitions.
Tomas Flegr (Czech Republic; carillon, medieval organ and organetto) received his organ training in his native country. In 2003 he won the second prize at the Georg-Muffat organ competition in Schlägl (Germany). During his further studies, he specialized in both old and contemporary organ music with Leo van Doeselaar (Berlin) and Peter van Dijk (Utrecht). He finished his studies in Berlin in 2006 with distinction. Tomas also studied carillon at the carillon school in Amersfoort. With Super Librum he has been playing the medieval carillon since 2006, in various programs including music by Hildegard von Bingen, and playing the organetto and the medieval organ.
Jankees Braaksma (recorder, portal, medieval organ, percussion, direction) studied recorder at the conservatories in Groningen and Amsterdam. With a stipend from the city of Groningen, he studied medieval music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel (Switzerland). In addition to recorder player, Jankees Braaksma is the player of three portfolios (small portable organs from the period 1300-1450) built by the organ builder Winold van der Putten and a blockwork organ from the 13th century reconstructed in 1999 by Winold van der Putten.
With the Super Librum ensemble he founded in 1985, he performs in most European early music festivals. With Super Librum (Jankees Braaksma and Ronald Moelker) he won the first prize in the first Van Wassenaer Competition (1986) and was also with Super Librum (Lena Susanne Norin, Jankees Braaksma and Ronald Moelker) a finalist in the Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges (1987). Jankees Braaksma conducts intensive research into moods and improvisation practices in music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He works as a guest teacher at conservatories in the Netherlands and Germany. Jankees Braaksma was a teacher of recorder and ensemble Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque at the Music School and the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen.