Hendrik Lensing was born on April 23rd 1987 in western Germany. After spending many years in learning the piano, he started drumming around ten. He gained experience in several local bands of different styles and moved 2007 to the Netherlands to study drums at the ArtEZ Conservatorium Anrhem with René Creemers and Joop van Erven. After graduation 2011 he started teaching at the Drummers Institute in Düsseldorf, playing with many different Artists and forming his modern Jazz & Funk band Filou.