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Matthias Maute

Matthias Maute has carved out an impressive international reputation for himself not only as one of the great recorder and Baroque flute virtuosos of his generation but also as a composer and conductor. Since winning first prize in the soloist category at the prestigious Bruges Early Music Competition in 1990, he has led a highly successful career as a recorder and Baroque flute soloist. He made his debut in New York’s Lincoln Center in 2008 and has twice been the featured soloist for the Boston Early Music Festival. He records and tours extensively. The Washington Post hailed him as one of the greatest recorder players on the North American musical scene. 

For the past 25 years, Matthias has concertized as a member of the New York-based ensemble REBEL in North America and Europe. He has been invited to perform as guest soloist or conductor by the world’s most eminent baroque orchestras, including Seattle Baroque, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, Apollo’s Fire and the Magnificat Baroque Ensemble. In recent years he has also been invited to conduct other renowned orchestras, including I Musici de Montreal and the Symphony of Nova Scotia. Matthias Maute is also celebrated for his work as artistic director and conductor of Ensemble Caprice. In this capacity he is known for creating and leading ingenious and captivatingly original programmes. He tours extensively with the ensemble, being regularly invited to take part in prestigious festivals around the globe. Under his direction, Ensemble Caprice was granted an esteemed JUNO award in 2009 for best vocal/choral classical music album of the year (for the CD Gloria! Vivaldi and his Angels, on the Analekta label).

Matthias Maute’s compositions are highly regarded and have been published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Amadeus, Moeck, and Carus. He has some thirty recordings to his credit on the Analekta, Vanguard Classics, Bella Musica, Dorian, Bridge and ATMA Classique labels. 

Vincent Lauzer

Hailed for his athletic and virtuoso playing and for his sensitive interpretations, recorder player Vincent Lauzer leads an active career as a performer, artistic director, and teacher. He is the artistic director of the Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival, works with Arion Baroque Orchestra to develop programs for young audiences and, since November 2022, he has been the artistic co-director of the Montreal Baroque Festival. In October 2018, his recording of Vivaldi's concertos with Arion Baroque Orchestra was awarded a Diapason d'Or by the famous French magazine Diapason.

He is the winner of several prizes in national and international competitions, including the 2015 Fernand Lindsay Career Award. He was named Révélation Radio-Canada in 2013-2014 and Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 2012 Opus Awards. In 2012, he won First Prize at the Canadian Music Competition’s Stepping Stone and the Career Development Award from the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto.

Vincent is a member of Flûte Alors! and regularly performs as a soloist with Arion Baroque Orchestra, La Bande Montréal Baroque, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, and Les Violons du Roy. He has played in various series and festivals in Canada and in the United States as well as in Mexico, France, Germany, Spain and Belgium.

Vincent teaches at McGill University, Université du Québec à Montréal, the CAMMAC music camp, the Outaouais Recorder Society, and the Toronto Early Music Players Organization.