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Founded in 1992, Musica ad Rhenum, a Baroque ensemble from Amsterdam with flautist Jed Wentz as the founder, has created a devoted following in the musical world. The intensely personal and emotional style which characterizes the performances of the group has earned them a special place on the early music scene. "Exhilarating,” "refreshing,” “daring,” "virtuoso" and "cutting-edge" are words which critics have used to describe the highly-charged atmosphere the group has created in concerts throughout Europe, North and South America, Iceland, Israel and Japan.

While the ensemble has appeared in Holland at all the major venues, they have performed repeatedly at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and are regular guests at the Early Music Festival in Utrecht. Other important festivals include the Styriarte Graz, Bachtage Berlin, Regensburger Musiktage, Händel Festspiele Halle and Lufthansa Festival London, and festivals in York, Antwerp and Madrid. In addition, they have appeared at Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie and both at the Konzerthaus and the Musikverein of Vienna. 

On this continent, the ensemble has performed at venues in New York City (Frick Collection), Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Houston, Phoenix, Tucson, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, and others. Their most recent tour in March 2015 included well-received concerts at Yale and at the National Gallery.

Musica ad Rhenum has released more than 30 CDs. Not only have these recordings been hailed by critics throughout Europe as "setting a new standard" for early music performances, it has won the group many prizes and recommendations and invitations to the most prestigious venues.

The core activity of the group is the performance of 18th-century chamber music: most recently the group has specialised in French music, which they approach with the enthusiasm, style and sense of fun which characterizes all their work. Their success with this repertoire can perhaps be judged by their 2004 recording for the Brilliant Classics label, a 7-CD set which has sold more than 20,000 copies worldwide and had sensational reviews of the complete chamber music of François Couperin. 

Fonoforum had this to say: "And herein can be found the strength of Musica ad Rhenum's interpretation: seldom is French Baroque music offered with so much irresistible elan, can the structure be heard so clearly and are the melodies brought out with so much love for and attention to detail. Every measure makes it clear that the musicians are obviously very familiar with the complicated world of the ‘Agrémens,’ the embellishments.” 

And about their recent release, again on Brilliant Classics, of Telemann’s Paris Quartets, MDR-Figaro writes: "Also with these recordings Musica ad Rhenum proves that today they are one of the most interesting ensembles for early music. 

Musica ad Rhenum also won a Diapason d'Or for their recording of the Bach Flute Sonatas.