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RICHTER, Max

Max Richter, photographed in 2015.

Born in 1966

Composer website

  • Richter was born in Germany but raised in England. He was classically trained at the RAM and studied with Luciano Berio. Richter has also collaborated with artists in the genre of electronic music.
  • Richter’s musical style contains elements of the classical tradition (drawing from many periods) and electronic, experimental, minimalist and rock influences.1
  • Richter has released 11 solo albums for Deutsche Grammophon and has composed the scores for many films, including Ad Astra, Mary, Queen of Scots and Sarah’s Key. He has also composed several ballets, an opera, and worked on multimedia artistic collaborations.2

Sources

  1. “Max Richter: Biography,” Deutsche Grammophon (2018), accessed January 7, 2020, https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/artist/richter/biography.
  2. “Max Richter: Music,” MaxRichterMusic.com, accessed January 7, 2020, https://www.maxrichtermusic.com/music/.

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