Max Richter

Max Richter is a German composer known for his post-minimalist and modern classical compositions. He's also known for his composing work for a variety of films and TV shows, including “Black Mirror”.

Born in Hameln (Germany), he grew up in London. He studied composition and piano at the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Academy of Music, and under Luciano Berio in Florence. He founded the ensemble Piano Circus. In 2003, he began composing for feature films and TV shows.

He has recorded eight solo albums, totaling a billion streams and a million copies sold.

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A protest in silence

The German composer is the pioneer of modern classical. His music embodies the synthesis between classicism and modernity, combining classical instrumentation, electronic music, minimalism and field recordings. In a brutal age, in which violence is widespread everywhere, his silence and his composure might represent a revolutionary act
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Sleep Circle

Ninety minutes of music for a REM sleep phase
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In A Landscape

The ninth album by the German composer pays homage to John Cage and one of his most celebrated compositions
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Spaceman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The modern classical pioneer takes on the soundtrack for Netflix's ambitious sci-fi film
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SLEEP: Tranquility Base

The second chapter of the "Sleep" project shrinks from 8 hours to just 30 minutes without losing the German composer's poetic touch
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Invasion (Music From The Original TV Series: Season 1)

The German composer scores a new sci-fi TV series
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Voices 2

The German composer revisits the melodies of "Voices" in an alternative, purely instrumental version
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The Blue Notebooks

The point of no return for modern classical music and for the German composer's career
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Voices

The German composer celebrates the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights"
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White Boy Rick (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

A renewed mannerism and some heavy stylistic debts for the neoclassical composer-star
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The Blue Notebooks (15 Years Edition)

An expanded reissue of the Anglo-German composer's most "classic" album
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Hostiles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

A new score from the star neoclassical composer for Scott Cooper's unconventional western
MAX RICHTER
Taboo (Music From The Original TV Series)

The leading light of modern classical scores the costume drama produced by FX
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Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works

The original score for a Wayne McGregor ballet, between neoclassicism and electronic crossover
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Sleep

Over eight hours of soothing neoclassical music to accompany sleep
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Recomposed – Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

A contemporary rewriting of the celebrated Baroque concertos
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Infra

Words, images and movement inspire the new work from the acclaimed Anglo-German composer
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24 Postcards In Full Colour

One of modern classical's masters tries his hand at "ringtones"
News
16-10-2025
Max Richter returns to play live in Italy for two dates
22-06-2018
Max Richter, an exclusive video with Elisabeth Moss, star of "The Handmaid's Tale"
17-06-2015
Max Richter presents Vivaldi in Italy
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