Matthias Maute (born 1963) is a virtuoso recorder player and composer. Maute was born in Ebingen,

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and studied in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

and

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with Baldrick Deerenberg and

Marion Verbruggen Marion Verbruggen (born 1950) is a Dutch recorder player and teacher. Verbruggen was born in Amsterdam and studied with Kees Otten at the Amsterdam Conservatory. She then studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Frans Brüggen. Upon co ...

. In 1990 he won first prize in the soloist category of the competition Musica Antiqua Bruges,

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. He subsequently won the Dutch Impressariat Chamber Music Competition. He has played with several

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small num ...

groups, including REBEL Baroque Orchestra, and has made a number of recordings. He is the artistic director of Ensemble Caprice, which includes his wife and duo partner, Sophie Lariviere, who plays the recorder and traverso flute. He is a professor at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

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and a member of Vox Saeculorum, a society of composers working in early historical styles.

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