meet the musicians
The 21st annual Montana Baroque Music Festival: August 5, 6, & 7, 2025
Each of the following musicians will perform all three evenings with the exception of Gregory Ewer. He will perform the first and second night only.
Adam Lamotte
Adam is our Artistic Director and is well known to audiences throughout the country as a leader of both period and modern ensembles. This is Adam’s 21st year with the Montana Baroque Music Festival (MBMF).
matthias mautte
Matthias is a two times JUNO Award winning conductor, composer, recorder and flute soloist and has achieved an international reputation. This is his 16th year with MBMF.
carrie krause
Carrie is a violinist who specializes in early music, performing with baroque ensembles across the country and on numerous international series. This is her 16th year with MBMF.
gregory ewer
Gregory, hailed by The New York Times for his “refinement and spirit,” has been a member of the Oregon Symphony since 2001. This is his 18th year with MBMF.
joanna blendulf
Joanna, a native of Sweden, performs on baroque cello and viols in leading period instrument ensembles across the country, including the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Wildcat Viols and Nota Bene Viol Consort. This is Joanna’s 16th year with MBMF.
sophie lariviere
Sophie has been a member and co-artistic director of Ensemble Caprice since 1997. This is Sophie’s 11th year with MBMF.
victoria gunn
Victoria performed on period instruments as first violist in Reinhard Goebel’s Musica Antiqua Cologne for four years before returning to the United States in 1998, when she joined the Portland Baroque Orchestra as Principal violist. This is her 19th year with MBMF.
john lenti
John specializes in music of the seventeenth century and has made basso continuo improvisation on lute, theorbo, and baroque guitar the cornerstone of a career that encompasses the Metropolitan Opera, symphony orchestras, and baroque ensembles of all kinds, in addition to presenting solo recitals and accompanying soloists in concert. This is his 9th year with MBMF.
andrew harmon
Andrew is a double bass performer and teacher in the Portland area where he plays with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Yakima Symphony, Symphony Tacoma, Oregon Bach Festival, 45th Parallel Universe and Amadeus Chamber Orchestra among other ensembles. This is Andrew’s 5th year with MBMF.