Valencia Baryton Project

The Valencia Baryton Project devotes itself to the revival of music for the baryton, a rare stringed instrument for which Haydn wrote some 160 works. The group has also performed music by Haydn's contemporaries as well as by modern composers. Matthew Baker, the leader of the Valencia Baryton Project, encountered Haydn's baryton trios in 2004 and was fascinated by them; the works, although they make up a substantial section of Haydn's output, were rarely played. The other regular members are violist Estevan De Almeida Reis and cellist Alex Friedhoff. The ensemble might expand to as many as eight players. In 2021, the Valencia Baryton Project released its debut album, Haydn: Baryton Trios - Treasures from the Esterháza Palace. The group returned in 2023 with a similarly titled second volume.