Matthias
Maute
recorder/transverse flute
Known
for his stunning blend of dazzling virtuosity and colorful expressivity, MATTHIAS
MAUTE is recognized as one of the most outstanding
recorder players of his generation, and has also earned an international reputation
for his formidable talents as a traverso player as well as a composer. In
1990, after finishing his studies in Freiburg and Utrecht with Baldrick Deerenberg
and Marion Verbruggen, he was awarded first prize in the prestigious Musica
Antiqua Competition in Bruges, Belgium. That
same year his CD Les Barricades,
which included some of his own works, was released. Four years later, he won
the Dutch Impresariat Chamber Music Competition with Trio
Passagio. In addition to being a core member
of REBEL,
he is the Artistic Director of Ensemble
Caprice, and the festival Les Journés
de la flute à bec Montréal (Montreal Recorder Festival) both
of which include his wife and duo partner, the recorder and traverso player
Sophie Larivière.
Mr. Maute’s compositions hold an important place in the world of contemporary
recorder music and are frequently heard in concerts in Europe and North America.
They have been published by Amadeus (Switzerland), Carus (Germany), Moeck
(Germany), Mieroprint (Germany) and Ascolta (The Netherlands). Miserere,
his double concerto for viola, cello and orchestra was premiered in Boston
in 2002.
Much in demand as a teacher at workshops in the U.S. and in Europe, Mr. Maute has been featured as a performer and teacher at early music festivals around the world, including those of Boston, Amherst, Bruges, Berlin, Kassel, Schwetzingen, Stuttgart, Regensburg, Avignon and Berkeley, for the San Francisco Early Music Society and Bloomington Recorder Academy (Indiana) and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He is a professor at McGill University in Montreal and is the author of a book on improvisation on the recorder, published by Breitkopf & Härtel. Mr. Maute can be heard on Vanguard Classics, ANTES Editions, ATMA Classique, Dorian Recordings and Bridge records.
