With a keen sense of the present, context, and artistic dialogue, the four-member ensemble Marsyas Baroque creates conceptually strong programmes featuring early music.

Paula Pinn (recorder, baroque bassoon), María Carrasco Gil (baroque violin), Konstanze Waidosch (baroque cello, viola da gamba), and Sara Johnson Huidobro (harpsichord, organ) dedicate themselves to chamber music of the 17th and 18th centuries—performed on period instruments and in their own arrangements. Additionally, Marsyas Baroque collaborates with contemporary composers who create new works for the ensemble and works project-based with guest musicians.

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Marsyas Baroque performs across Europe at festivals including the Thüringer Bachwochen, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, ZAMUS Early Music Festival, Bachwoche Ansbach, Musica Bayreuth, Winter Festival Schwetzingen, Trigonale Festival, Universo Barroco & Primavera Barroca (CNDM), and Clásicos en Verano Festival.

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With support from the German Orchestra Foundation, they developed the intercultural project Diálogos, which connects Spanish and German music and poetry. In 2025, Marsyas Baroque will launch a new interdisciplinary project about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz—featuring commissioned compositions, theatre, and light art. Other highlights include the dark concert Bach in the Dark, the children’s concert Don Quichotte, and the newly developed drama La vida es sueño in collaboration with flamenco dancer Martí Corbera.

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The legend of the flute-playing satyr Marsyas—tale of passion, courage, talent, cruel revenge, and a musical duel—serves as an inspiration for the Spanish-German ensemble. Marsyas Baroque formed spontaneously in 2019 to compete in the German Music Competition, despite never having played together before. They succeeded, receiving a scholarship from the German Music Council, inclusion in the BAKJK (Federal Selection of Concerts of Young Artists), and a special prize from the Ensemble Academy Freiburg. Shortly after, they won first prize at the prestigious Biagio Marini Competition in Neuburg an der Donau.

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In 2024, Marsyas Baroque released their debut album featuring suites by François Dieupart and J.S. Bach, receiving wide acclaim. The album was broadcast and reviewed by stations such as Deutschlandfunk, MDR, rbb, BR, SWR, Bremen Zwei, RTVE (Spain), opus 100.7 (Luxembourg), and others.