Recorder virtuoso, conductor, composer, and flutist Matthias Maute is a prominent figure in Montreal's early music scene and is well known in the U.S. and Europe, as well. Maute began to come to international prominence with a first prize in the soloist category at the Musica Antiqua Bruges Competition in Belgium in 1990. Maute made his recording debut playing one of his own compositions on the album Von Paris nach Wien by the Duo Caprice Stuttgart. Maute has written more than 30 compositions for the recorder and has recorded many of them. His 2021 recording -- as conductor -- of Handel's Messiah, HWV 56, featured Ensemble Caprice. Maute serves as the artistic director of that ensemble, which also includes his wife and frequent duet partner, flutist Sophie Larivière. He teaches recorder, chamber music, and improvisation at Montreal's McGill University and the Université de Montreal.