Matthias Maute
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Matthias Maute is a virtuoso recorder
player and composer
.
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 Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges
, Belgium
. He subsequently won the Dutch Impressariat Chamber Music Competition.
He has played with several chamber music
groups, including REBEL Baroque Orchestra, and has made a number of recordings. He is the artistic director of Ensemble Caprice http://ensemblecaprice.com/, which includes his wife and duo partner Sophie Lariviere who plays the recorder and traverso flute.
As a composer, Matthias Maute's compositions hold an important place in the world of contemporary recorder music. He is professor at McGill University
in Montreal
and a member of Vox Saeculorum a society of composers working in early historical styles . You can find more information about him at his website http://matthiasmaute.com/.
Recorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
player and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Maute was born in Ebingen
Ebingen
Ebingen is a town in the large district of Albstadt, district Zollernalbkreis, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the river Schmiecha, a left-hand tributary of the Danube, south of Tübingen and west of Ulm.- History :...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and studied in Freiburg
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
and Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
with Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen
Marion Verbruggen
Marion Verbruggen is a Dutch recorder player and teacher. Verbruggen was born in Amsterdam and studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory. She then studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Frans Brüggen....
. In 1990 won first prize in the soloist category of the Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges
Bruges
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. He subsequently won the Dutch Impressariat Chamber Music Competition.
He has played with several chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
groups, including REBEL Baroque Orchestra, and has made a number of recordings. He is the artistic director of Ensemble Caprice http://ensemblecaprice.com/, which includes his wife and duo partner Sophie Lariviere who plays the recorder and traverso flute.
As a composer, Matthias Maute's compositions hold an important place in the world of contemporary recorder music. He is professor at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and a member of Vox Saeculorum a society of composers working in early historical styles . You can find more information about him at his website http://matthiasmaute.com/.