Maute was born in Ebingen, Germany and studied in Freiburg and Utrecht with Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen.
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, which includes his wife and duo partner, Sophie Lariviere, who plays the recorder and traverso flute[2].
He is a professor at McGill University in Montreal and a member of Vox Saeculorum, a society of composers working in early historical styles.
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