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Max Richter

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59 Years Old

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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Richter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Hamelin, Lower Saxony, West Germany [now Germany] on 22nd March 1966

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NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Image
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
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Bayerischer Filmpreis
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Max Richter's Sleep
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Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before
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