Matthias Maute

Matthias Maute (born 1963) is a Juno Award winning conductor, composer, recorder and flute player with an international reputation. The New York Times describes Maute’s Ensemble Caprice as “an ensemble that encourages the listener to rehear the world.”

Maute is artistic director of Ensemble Caprice, Bach Society of Minnesota, Concerts noncerto and co-artistic director of Festival Montréal Baroque.

Maute’s recording of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos juxtaposed with Maute’s own arrangements of Preludes from Shostakovich's Op. 87 was hailed by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross as standing out “for its fleet, characterful approach” and “its fresh, vibrant colors”.

As a composer, Matthias Maute's compositions hold an important place in the world of contemporary recorder music. Matthias Maute’s compositions are published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Amadeus, Moeck and Carus. In 2014 and 2015. Maute’s 1^st violin concerto was performed by soloist Mark Fewer with the St. John’s Symphony and with I Musici de Montréal. SIxty-six movements of Matthias Maute’s compositions are featured in 77 videos on the cultural music-video channel Mécénat Musica noncerto.

Matthias Maute has made some twenty recordings on the Analekta, Vanguard Classics, Bella Musica, Dorian, Bridge and ATMA Classique labels. He is regularly invited to perform at major international festivals.

Maute was born in Ebingen, Germany and studied in Freiburg and Utrecht with Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen. In 1990 won first prize in the soloist category of the competition Musica Antiqua Bruges, Belgium. He subsequently won the Dutch Impressariat Chamber Music Competition.

He teaches at Université de Montréal and McGill University.