Annette Bik graduated from the Mozarteum conservatoire in Salzburg. From 1982 to 1989 she was a member of the world-famous Hagen Quartett and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. She additionally took part in international chamber music tours with Gidon Kremer and other well-known musicians. She is guest musician at Concertus musicus Wien and is actively engaged in teaching at the School for Music and the Performing Arts.

Annette Bik is a founding member of Klangforum Wien, with whom she has performed throughout the world as a soloist and chamber musician, as well as in ensemble.

CD recordings of her work have been released by KAIROS, ECM, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips and Durian, amongst others.