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Max Richter
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Hamelin, Lower Saxony, West Germany [now Germany]
Max Richter (/ˈrɪxtər/; German: [ˈʁɪçtɐ]; born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer and pianist. He works within postminimalist and contemporary classical styles. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and studied with Luciano Berio in Italy. Richter arranges, performs, and composes…
Known for
- Inside Look: Hamnet — Self2025
- Max Richter's Sleep — Self2020
- The Congress — Piano Player (voice)2013
- Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before — Self2008
- NPR Tiny Desk Concerts — Self2008
- Bavarian Film Awards — Self1979
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1966-03-22 ) 22 March 1966 (age 60) , Hamelin , Lower Saxony , West Germany
- Origin
- Hamelin , Germany
- Education
- University of Edinburgh ;, Royal Academy of Music
- Genres
- Contemporary classical ambient minimalism post-minimalism
- Occupations
- Composer pianist producer
- Instruments
- Piano organ synthesizer
- Years active
- 1994–present
- Labels
- Studio Richter-Mahr Deutsche Grammophon 130701 FatCat Universal Universal Classics and Jazz Late Junction Mute Delabel Milan CAM Colosseum JADE Fontana Silva Screen 7hings
- Website
- maxrichtermusic .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Max
- Family name
- Richter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hamelin
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Athens Epidaurus Festival
- Genre
- ambient music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Official website
- www.maxrichtermusic.com
- Image
- Max Richter at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival-68476.jpg
- Work location
- Edinburgh
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- date of birth
- 1966-03-22
- Commons category
- Max Richter
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- social media followers
- 324000
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- name in native language
- Max Richter
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Max Richter
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Encyclopedic overview
Max Richter (/ˈrɪxtər/; German: [ˈʁɪçtɐ]; born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer and pianist. He works within postminimalist and contemporary classical styles. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and studied with Luciano Berio in Italy.
Richter arranges, performs, and composes music for stage, opera, ballet, and screen. He has collaborated with other musicians, as well as with performance, installation, and media artists. He has recorded eight solo albums, and his music is widely used in cinema. As of December 2019, Richter has passed one billion streams and one million album sales.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Max Richter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.