Experiencing Interruptions?

Music for Hope

Ensemble Caprice and Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec delivered 4,900 Mini-Concerts Santé for mental and social health during the summer of 2020 to 36,000 people in disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout Quebec and in Ontario in order to both break the isolation caused by the confinement and help create a sense of community despite the hardship of the pandemic. Live music helped people to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

  • Matthias Maute
    Director
  • All participating singers and musicians
    Writer
  • Matthias Maute
    Producer
  • Matthias Maute
    Key Cast
    "Artistic Director, Musician"
    2 times JUNO Award winner
  • Julie Triquet
    Key Cast
    "Musician"
  • Suzie LeBlanc
    Key Cast
    "Lead character in Lost Song"
    Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film
  • Ellen Torrie
    Key Cast
    "Singer"
  • Pemi Paull
    Key Cast
    "Musician"
  • Reuven Rothman
    Key Cast
    "Musician"
  • Fredericka Petit-Homme
    Key Cast
    "Singer"
  • Stéphanie Pothier
    Key Cast
    "Singer"
  • Sophie Larivière
    Key Cast
    "Musician"
  • Marie-Laurence Primeau
    Key Cast
    "Musician"
  • Dave Martin
    Key Cast
    "Musician"
  • Kenny Bibace
    Key Cast
    "Musician"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 8 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 14, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    5,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English, French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Mécénat Musica
    Distributor
    Country: Canada
    Rights: Internet
Director Biography - Matthias Maute

Matthias Maute
artistic director, conductor, composer, flautist

Award winning conductor, composer, recorder and flute soloist Matthias Maute has achieved an international reputation. In 2016 he was named artistic director of the Bach Society of Minnesota and in 2019 of the professional choir Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec. Impressed by his artistic approach, The New York Times described the orchestra he conducts in Montreal, Ensemble Caprice, as being “an ensemble that encourages the listener to rehear the world.”

Maute’s recording of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos juxtaposed with Maute’s own arrangements of Preludes from Shostakovich's Op. 87 was hailed by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross as standing out “for its fleet, characterful approach” and “its fresh, vibrant colors”.

Matthias Maute’s compositions are published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Amadeus, Moeck and Carus. In 2014 and 2015, Maute’s 1st violin concerto was performed by soloist Mark Fewer with the St. John’s Symphony and with I Musici de Montréal. Forty-nine movements of Matthias Maute’s compositions are featured in 49 videos on noncerto.com.

Matthias Maute has made some twenty recordings on the Analekta, Vanguard Classics, Bella Musica, Dorian, Bridge and ATMA Classique labels. He is regularly invited to perform at major international festivals. Matthias Maute is co-artistic director of the Montreal Baroque Festival and artistic director of the Méénat Musica Concerts noncerto concert series. He currently teaches at l’Université de Montréal and McGill University.

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Director Statement

When people can't go where the music plays, music has to go where people are!