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'{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Max Richter | image = Max Richter - 2015 - ATP Festival.png | caption = Richter performing at [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|ATP Festival]] in 2015 | image_size = 250px | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|03|22}} | birth_place = [[Hamelin]], [[Lower Saxony]], Germany | death_date = | origin = [[London]], England | instrument = {{hlist|Piano|organ|synthesizer}} | genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary classical]]|[[Ambient Music|ambient]]|[[Minimal music|minimalist]]|<br>[[Postminimalism|post-minimalist]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Composer|pianist|producer}} | years_active = 1994–present | label = {{hlist|[[Deutsche Grammophon]]|[[FatCat Records#Series and sublabels|130701]]|[[FatCat Records|FatCat]]|[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]|[[Universal Classics and Jazz]]|Late Junction|[[Mute Records|Mute]]|Delabel|[[Milan Records|Milan]]|[[CAM (record company)|CAM]]|Colosseum|JADE|[[Fontana Distribution|Fontana]]|Silva Screen|7hings}} | associated_acts = [[Piano Circus]] | website = [http://www.maxrichtermusic.com/ maxrichtermusic.com] | notable_instruments = }} '''Max Richter''' (born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer who has been an influential voice in [[Postminimalism|post-minimalist]] composition and in the meeting of contemporary classical and [[Independent music|alternative popular]] musical styles since the early 2000s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Composer Richter on Virginia Woolf inspired ballet|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32713658|accessdate=4 August 2015|agency=BBC NEWS|publisher=BBC NEWS|date=12 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Currin|first1=Grayson|title=Max Richter Memoryhouse|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18864-max-richter-memoryhouse/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Falcone|first1=Jon|title=Max Richter Discusses Revisiting Memoryhouse|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147347-max-richter-discusses-revisiting-memoryhouse|website=www.drownedinsound.com|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Joy|first1=Sarah|title=Max Richter: "I just love handling sound. It’s what gets me out of bed in the mornings"|url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/max-richter-interview-2014|website=The Line Of Best Fit|accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref> Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the [[Royal Academy of Music]] and studied with [[Luciano Berio]] in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Max Richter Bio|url=http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/site/artists/max-richter|website=FatCat Records|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tingen|first1=Paul|title=Max Richter: Recording The Blue Notebooks|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan05/articles/ritcher.htm|website=Sound on Sound|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref> Richter is known for his prolific output,<ref>{{cite web|title=Crack Magazine|url=http://crackmagazine.net/music/max-richter/|website=www.crackmagazine.com|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ilic|first1=Vel|title=The Quietus PREVIEW: Max Richter|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/16398-max-richter-albert-hall|website=http://thequietus.com|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> composing and recording his own music; writing for stage, opera, ballet and screen; producing and collaborating on the records of others; and collaborating with performance, installation and media artists. He has recorded seven solo albums and his music is widely used in cinema. ==Early life and career== Richter was born in [[Hamelin]], Lower Saxony, Germany. He grew up in [[Bedford]], [[United Kingdom]], and his education was at [[Bedford Modern School]] and [[Bedford College of Higher Education|Mander College of Further Education]]. Then he studied composition and piano at the [[University of Edinburgh]], the [[Royal Academy of Music]], and with [[Luciano Berio]] in [[Florence]].<ref name=fatcat>{{cite web|title=Max Richter|url=http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/site/artists/max-richter|work=FatCat Records|accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.maxrichtermusic.com/en/about| title = Max Richetr biography| accessdate = January 27, 2015| publisher = maxrichtermusic.com}}</ref> After finishing his studies, Richter co-founded the contemporary classical ensemble [[Piano Circus]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music--many-hands-make-light-work-piano-circus-had-a-problem-six-keyboards-but-only-one-piece-to-play-what-could-they-do-without-steve-reich-1506360.html |title=MUSIC / Many hands make light work |publisher=The Independent |author=Mark Pappenheim |date=24 November 1993 |accessdate=19 October 2011 |location=London}}</ref> He stayed with the group for ten years, commissioning and performing works by [[Minimal music|minimalist musicians]] such as [[Arvo Pärt]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Philip Glass]], [[Julia Wolfe]], and [[Steve Reich]]. The ensemble was signed to [[Decca Records|Decca]]/[[Argo Records (UK)|Argo]], producing five albums. In 1996, Richter collaborated with [[Future Sound of London]] on their album ''[[Dead Cities (album)|Dead Cities]]'', beginning as a pianist, but ultimately working on several tracks, as well as co-writing one track (titled ''Max''). Richter subsequently worked with the band over a period of two years, also contributing to the albums ''[[The Isness]]'' and ''[[The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness]]''. In 2000, Richter worked with [[Mercury Prize]] winner [[Roni Size]] on the [[Reprazent]] album ''[[In the Møde]]''. Richter produced [[Vashti Bunyan]]'s 2005 album ''[[Lookaftering]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boomkat.com/article.cfm?id=10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913051312/http://www.boomkat.com/article.cfm?id=10 |archivedate=13 September 2010 |title=The Richter Scale |author=Adam Park |publisher=Boomkat |date=11 October 2006 |accessdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> and [[Kelli Ali]]'s 2008 album ''[[Rocking Horse (album)|Rocking Horse]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/artist/e91466e9-e518-4b02-9198-a6c338694c9d |title=Biography Kelli Ali |publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=21 October 2011 |location=London}}</ref><ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/max-richter-puts-electronic-stamp-on-vivaldis-four-seasons/story-fn9n8gph-1227129370448?nk=e184e9848266cf944990b33914aa45cc] [[The Australian]], 22 November 2014</ref><ref>Who's Who (UK) Published by [[A & C Black|A&C Black Limited]], 2016</ref> ==Solo work== Richter’s solo albums mine the intersection between his personal history and socio-political events. They are characterised by continual and critical engagement with literary sources, earlier music, and the border between classical and experimental music cultures. ===''Memoryhouse'' (2002)=== Considered a “landmark work of contemporary classical music",<ref name="The Independent">{{cite news|last1=Gill|first1=Any|title=Album reviews: John Sheppard, Max Richter, Les Vents Francais|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-reviews-john-sheppard-max-richter-les-vents-francais-9082637.html|accessdate=23 July 2015|publisher=The Independent}}</ref> Max Richter's solo debut ''[[Memoryhouse (album)|Memoryhouse]]'', an experimental album of "documentary music" recorded with the [[BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]], explores real and imaginary stories and histories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/release.php?id=299 |title=Max Richter Memoryhouse |accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref> Several of the tracks, "Sarajevo", "November", "Arbenita" and "Last Days", deal with the aftermath of the Kosovo conflict, while others are of childhood memories e.g. Laika's Journey. It combines ambient sounds, voices (including that of John Cage), and poetry readings from the work of Marina Tsvetaeva. BBC Music described the album as "a masterpiece in neoclassical composition."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vrzb |title=Max Richter Recording The Blue Notebooks/}}</ref> ''Memoryhouse'' was first played live by Richter at the Barbican Centre on 24 January 2014 to coincide with a vinyl re-release of the album. Pitchfork gave the re-release an 8.7 rating, commenting on its extensive influence "In 2002, Richter’s ability to weave subtle electronics against the grand BBC Philharmonic Orchestra helped suggest new possibilities and locate fresh audiences that composers such as [[Nico Muhly]] and [[Jacaszek|Michał Jacaszek]] have since pursued. As you listen to new work by [[Julianna Barwick]] or [[Jóhann Jóhannsson]], thank Richter; just as [[Sigur Rós]] did with its widescreen rock, Richter showed that crossover wasn't necessarily an artistic curse".<ref>{{cite web|last=Currin|first=Grayson|title=Max Richter : Memoryhouse|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18864-max-richter-memoryhouse/|work=Album Review|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref> ===''The Blue Notebooks'' (2004)=== On his second album ''[[The Blue Notebooks]]'', released in 2004, actress [[Tilda Swinton]] reads from Kafka's ''Blue Octavo Notebooks'' and the work of Czeslaw Milosz.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan05/articles/ritcher.htm |title=Max Richter Recording The Blue Notebooks |publisher=Sound on Sound |author=Paul Tingen |date=January 2005 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref> Richter has stated that The Blue Notebooks is a protest album about the Iraq War, as well as a meditation on his own troubled childhood. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Richter|first1=Max|title=Millions of us knew the Iraq War would be a catastrophe. Why didn't Tony Blair?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/08/iraq-war-tony-blair-creativity-chilcot-inquiry|website=Guardian|publisher=Guardian|accessdate=7 February 2017}}</ref>Pitchfork described the album as "Not only the finest record of the last six months, but one of the most affecting and universal contemporary classical records in recent memory."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6917-the-blue-notebooks/| title = Max Richter: The Blue Notebooks| author = Mark Pytlik| date = July 1, 2004| accessdate = January 28, 2015| publisher = pitchfork.com}}</ref> To mark the 10th anniversary of its release, Richter created a track by track commentary for [[Drowned in Sound]], in which he described the album as a series of interconnected dreams and an exploration of the chasm between lived experience and imagination.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cleeve|first1=Sam|title=Max Richter on The Blue Notebooks: A Track-by-Track Guide|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148277-max-richter-on-the-blue-notebooks--a-10th-anniversary-track-by-track-guide|website=[[Drowned in Sound]]|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> The second track ''On the Nature of Daylight'' is used in both the opening and closing sequences of the sci-fi film [[Arrival (film) | Arrival]].<ref>http://www.indiewire.com/2016/11/arrival-soundtrack-listen-johann-johannsson-score-1201745666/</ref> ===''Songs from Before'' (2006)=== In 2006, he released his third solo album, ''[[Songs from Before (Max Richter album)|Songs from Before]]'', which features [[Robert Wyatt]] reading texts by [[Haruki Murakami]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.puremusic.com/71max.html |title=SONGS FROM BEFORE • Max Richter |publisher=Puremusic |accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref> ===''24 Postcards in Full Colour'' (2008)=== Richter released his fourth solo album ''[[24 Postcards in Full Colour]]'', a collection of 24 classically composed miniatures for [[ringtone]]s, in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4621 |title=Max Richter – "Berlin By Overnight" (24 Postcards in Full Colour) |date=22 October 2008 |author=Michael Crumsho |publisher=Dusted Magazine |accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref> The pieces are a series of variations on the basic material, scored for strings, piano, and electronics. ===''Infra'' (2010)=== Richter's 2010 album, ''[[Infra (album)|Infra]]'', is an extension of his 25-minute score for a ballet choreographed by [[Wayne McGregor]] and staged at the [[Royal Opera House]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/royal-ballet-royal-opera-house-londonbrrambert-dance-company-sadlers-wells-london-1020245.html |location=London |work=The Independent |first=Jenny |last=Gilbert |date=16 November 2008 |title=Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London Rambert Dance Company, Sadler's Wells, London}}</ref> ''Infra'' is composed of music written for piano, electronics and string quintet, the full performance score, as well as material that subsequently developed from the construction of the album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Walby |first=Sam |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15534/reviews/4140557 |title=Album Review: Max Richter – Infra / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound |publisher=Drownedinsound.com |date=21 July 2010 |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> Pitchfork described the album as "achingly gorgeous"<ref>{{cite news| url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14452-infra/ }}</ref> and The Independent newspaper characterised Infra as "a journey in 13 episodes, emerging from a blur of static and finding its way in a repeated phrase that grows in loveliness."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-max-richter-infra-fat-cat-records-2046930.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Claudia | last=Pritchard | title=Album: Max Richter, Infra (Fat Cat Records) | date=8 August 2010}}</ref> ===''Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons'' (2012)=== Richter’s recomposed version of [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]]'s [[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|''The Four Seasons'']], ''[[Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons]]'', was premiered in the UK at the [[Barbican Centre]] on 31 October 2012, performed by the [[Britten Sinfonia]], conducted by André de Ridder and with violinist [[Daniel Hope (violinist)|Daniel Hope]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=13711 |title=Max Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed |date=31 October 2012 |accessdate=10 December 2012}}</ref> Although Richter said that he had discarded 75% of Vivaldi's original material,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTapNp-31rU |title=Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons |deadurl=no |accessdate=27 December 2012}}</ref> the parts he does use are phased and looped, emphasising his grounding in [[postmodern]] and [[minimalist music]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://notesonnotes.org/2012/11/28/recomposed-or-refragmented/ |title=Recomposed or refragmented? |date=28 November 2012 |author=Tania Halban |accessdate=1 February 2013}}</ref> The album topped the [[iTunes]] classical chart in the UK, Germany and the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klassikakzente.de/aktuell/uebersicht/news/article:210836/chart-erfolg-fuer-max-richters-vivaldi-recomposed-in-den-usa |title=RECOMPOSED &#124; Chart-Erfolg für Max Richters "Vivaldi Recomposed" in den USA &#124; News |publisher=Klassikakzente.de |date= |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> The US launch concert in New York at [[(Le) Poisson Rouge|Le Poisson Rouge]] was recorded by [[NPR]] and streamed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Max Richter In Concert: Reimagining Vivaldi|url=http://www.npr.org/event/music/171307782/max-richter-in-concert-reimagining-vivaldi|accessdate=26 July 2016|date=7 February 2013}}</ref> ===''Sleep'' (2015)=== Richter has described his 2015 album ''[[Sleep (Max Richter album)|Sleep]]'' as an eight-hour-long cradle song. It was released in downloadable form and on CD and vinyl as a one-hour excerpt entitled ''from Sleep''. The work was strongly influenced by Gustav Mahler's symphonic works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.de/SLEEP-Limited-Edition-Max-Richter/dp/B00ZJQ3FMA#productDescription_secondary_view_div_1442955298597|title=Description &#124; Beschreibung von Max Richters Sleep|accessdate=22 September 2015}}</ref> The entire composition was performed on September 27, 2015, from midnight to 8:00 A.M. as the climax of the "Science and Music" weekend on [[BBC 3]].<ref>[http://www.sinfinimusic.com/uk/features/news/bbc-radio-3-wellcome-trust-why-music-weekend-max-richter-sleep-september-2015 Sinfini Music - Latest: Music and the brain]</ref> The performance broke several records, including the longest live broadcast of a single musical composition in the history of the network.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/music-to-sleep-by The New Yorker: Music to Sleep By]</ref> ==Film and television work== Max Richter has created numerous film and television soundtracks over the years. He composed the score to [[Ari Folman]]'s [[Golden Globe]]-winning film ''[[Waltz with Bashir]]'' in 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/02/richters-scale-scoring-waltz-with-bashir.html |title=Richter's Scale: Scoring 'Waltz With Bashir' &#124; Art Beat &#124; PBS NewsHour |publisher=PBS |date=5 February 2009 |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> supplanting the standard orchestral soundtrack with synth-based sounds and winning him the [[European Film Award for Best Composer]]. He also scored the independent feature film ''[[Henry May Long]]'', starring [[Randy Sharp]] and [[Brian Barnhart]], in 2008 and wrote the music for Feo Aladag's film ''Die Fremde'' (with additional music by Stéphane Moucha).<ref>http://www.discogs.com/Max-Richter-Stéphane-Moucha-Die-Fremde-Original-Soundtrack/release/2412419</ref> In 2010 [[Dinah Washington]]'s ''[[This Bitter Earth]]'' was remixed with Richter's ''[[On the Nature of Daylight]]'' for the [[Martin Scorsese]] film ''[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newcityfilm.com/2010/02/17/a-life-in-the-mind-with-shutter-island-scorsese-goes-for-baroque-review/ |title=A Life in the Mind: With "Shutter Island," Scorsese goes for baroque (review) |publisher=Newcity Film |date=17 February 2010 |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> In July 2010, ''[[On the Nature of Daylight]]'' and ''Vladimir's Blues'' featured throughout the [[BBC Two]] two-part drama ''Dive'', which was co-written by [[BAFTA]]-winning Dominic Savage and Simon Stevens. ''On the Nature of Daylight'' was also featured in an episode of HBO's television series ''[[Luck (TV series)|Luck]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/luck/episodes/01/04-episode-04/music.html |title=Luck: Season 1 Episode 4: Music |publisher=HBO |date= |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> Four tracks—"Europe, After the Rain", "The Twins (Prague)", "Fragment", and "Embers"—were used in the six-part 2005 BBC documentary ''Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution'' produced by Laurence Rees.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0941057/</ref> Richter also wrote the soundtrack to Peter Richardson's documentary, ''[[How to Die in Oregon]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://criterioncast.com/2011/03/26/joshua-reviews-peter-richardsons-how-to-die-in-oregon-sxsw-2011-review/ |title=Joshua Reviews Peter Richardson's How To Die in Oregon [SXSW 2011 Review&#93; |publisher=CriterionCast |date=26 March 2011 |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> and the score to ''[[Impardonnables]]'' (2011) directed by [[André Téchiné]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arte.tv/de/3911890,CmC=3913052.html |title="Unforgivable" von André Téchiné &#124; Cannes 2011 &#124; Film &#124; de – ARTE |publisher=Arte.tv |date= |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> An excerpt of the song ''Sarajevo'' from his 2002 album ''[[Memoryhouse (album)|Memoryhouse]]'' was used in the international trailer for the [[Ridley Scott]] film ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]''. The track, ''November'', from the same album, was featured in the international trailer for [[Terrence Malick]]'s 2012 film, ''[[To the Wonder]]'', and in the trailer for [[Clint Eastwood]]'s 2011 film, ''[[J. Edgar]]''. Films featuring Richter's music released in 2011 include French drama ''[[Sarah's Key|Elle s'appelait Sarah]]'' by [[Gilles Paquet-Brenner]], and David MacKenzie's romantic thriller ''[[Perfect Sense]]''. In 2012 he composed the scores for [[Cate Shortland]]'s 2012 Australian-German war thriller ''[[Lore (film)|Lore]]'' and ''[[Disconnect (film)|Disconnect]]'', directed by Henry Alex Rubin. Richter latest project is the score to Ari Folman's new film ''[[The Congress (2013 Film)|The Congress]]'', which was released in 2013. Richter is also the composer of the original soundtrack for the [[HBO]] series ''[[The Leftovers (TV series)|The Leftovers]]'' created by [[Damon Lindelof]] and [[Tom Perrotta]], which was premiered in June 2014. Some of the compositions are included in the albums ''Memoryhouse'' and ''The Blue Notebooks''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Max Richter to Score HBO's The Leftovers|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/02/05/max-richter-to-score-hbos-the-leftovers/|website=www.filmmusicreporter.com}}</ref> In 2016, Richter composed the score to ''Nosedive'', an episode of [[Charlie Brooker]]'s [[Black Mirror]]. His piece ''On the Nature of Daylight'' opens and closes [[Denis Villeneuve]]'s film ''[[Arrival (film)|Arrival]]''. He wrote the score to Luke Scott's debut feature ''Morgan'', and the score to ''[[Miss Sloane]]''. He composed all the music in [[BBC One]]'s drama [[Taboo (2017 TV series)|Taboo]].<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-04/what-is-taboos-theme-song</ref> ==Ballet, opera and stage works== Richter wrote the score to ''[[Infra (album)|Infra]]'' as part of a Royal Ballet-commissioned collaboration with dancer [[Wayne McGregor]] and artist [[Julian Opie]]. The production was staged at the [[Royal Opera House]] in London in 2008. In 2011, Richter composed a chamber opera based on [[neuroscientist]] [[David Eagleman]]'s book ''[[Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives]]''. The opera was choreographed by Wayne McGregor and premiered at the Royal Opera House Linbury Studio Theatre in 2012. The piece received positive reviews, with London's Evening Standard saying "[it] fits together rather beautifully".<ref>{{cite web|author=Kieron Quirke |url=http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/sum-royal-opera-house--review-7784730.html/ |title=Sum, Royal Opera House – review – Music – Going Out – London Evening Standard |publisher=Standard.co.uk |date=24 May 2012 |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> Their collaboration continued in April 2014 with Wayne McGregor's 'Kairos'; a ballet set to Richter's recomposition of the Four Seasons and part of a collaborative program involving three different choreographers titled 'Notations' with Ballett Zürich.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dance Festival Steps|url=http://www.steps.ch/Programme/Agenda-Detail?uniqueId=161072_161074_2014042420140424|work=Notations|publisher=Migros Culture Percentage}}</ref> In April 2014 it was also announced that Richter and McGregor will collaborate again together on a new full-length ballet for summer 2015, as part of the 2014–15 Royal Opera House season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sulcas|first=Rosalyn|title=Virginia Woolf Ballet and New Philip Glass Work Highlight Royal Opera House Season|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/virginia-woolf-ballet-and-new-philip-glass-work-highlight-royal-opera-house-season/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref> In 2012/13, Richter contributed music to The National Theatre of Scotland's production of Macbeth, starring Alan Cumming. The play opened at New York's Lincoln Centre and subsequently moved to Broadway.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/theater/reviews/macbeth-with-alan-cumming-at-the-barrymore-theater.html?pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | first=Charles | last=Isherwood | title='Macbeth,' With Alan Cumming at the Barrymore Theater | date=21 April 2013}}</ref> The company had previously used Richter's 'Last Days' in their acclaimed production of [[Black Watch (play)|Black Watch.]] ==Other collaborations== In 2010, Richter's soundscape ''The Anthropocene'' formed part of Darren Almond's film installation at the White Cube gallery in London. The composer has also collaborated with digital art collective Random International on two projects, contributing scores to the installations ''Future Self'' (2012),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.designboom.com/art/random-international-future-self-at-made-space-berlin/ |title=rAndom international: future self at MADE space, berlin |publisher=Designboom.com |date= |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> staged at the MADE space in Berlin, and ''Rain Room'' (2012/13) at London's Barbican Centre<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/oct/03/random-international-rain-barbican/ | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Oliver | last=Wainwright | title=Art (visual arts only),Art and design,Barbican,Culture,Science,UK news | date=3 October 2012}}</ref> and MOMA, New York.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/moma-rain-room-random-international_n_3416692.html/ | work=Huffington Post | first=Katherine | last=Brooks | title=WATCH: Inside The Rain Room | date=11 June 2013}}</ref> ==Solo discography== ;Studio albums {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center" !align="center"|Album !align="center"|Year |- |''[[Memoryhouse (album)|Memoryhouse]]'' |[[2002 in music|2002]] |- |''[[The Blue Notebooks]]'' |[[2004 in music|2004]] |- |''[[Songs from Before (Max Richter album)|Songs from Before]]'' |[[2006 in music|2006]] |- |''[[24 Postcards in Full Colour]]'' |[[2008 in music|2008]] |- |''[[Infra (album)|Infra]]'' |[[2010 in music|2010]] |- |''[[Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons]]'' |[[2012 in music|2012]] |- |''[[Sleep (Max Richter album)|Sleep]]'' |[[2015 in music|2015]] |- |''[[Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works]]'' |[[2017 in music|2017]] |} ==Film scores== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Film !! Year !! Director !! Notes |- | ''Gender Trouble'' || 2003 || Roz Mortimer || |- | ''Geheime Geschichten'' || 2003 || Christine Wiegand || |- | ''[[Soundproof (film)|Soundproof]]'' || 2006 || Edmund Coulthard || |- | ''Work'' || 2006 || Jim Hosking || |- | ''Butterfly'' || 2007 || Tracey Gardiner || |- | ''[[Hope (2007 film)|Hope]]'' || 2007 || Stanislaw Mucha || <!--|- | ''Darwin – Notes From A Genius'' || 2008 || Jeremy Bristow || --> |- | ''Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me'' || 2008 || John Alexander || |- | ''Henry May Long'' || 2008 || Randy Sharp || |- | ''[[Waltz with Bashir]]''<br />(''Vals Im Bashir'') || 2008 || [[Ari Folman]] || Won "Best Composer" at the 21st Annual European Awards |- | ''[[Lost and Found (book)|Lost and Found]]'' || 2008 || Philip Hunt || |- | ''Penelope''<br />(''Penelopa'') || 2009 || Ben Ferris || |- | ''La vie sauvage des animaux domestiques''<br />(''Die wilde Farm'') || 2009 || Dominique Garing & Frédéric Goupil || |- | ''[[The Front Line (2009 film)|The Front Line]]''<br />(''La prima linea'') || 2009 || [[Renato De Maria]] || |- | ''[[Lila, Lila|My Words, My Lies – My Love]]''<br />(''Lila, Lila'') || 2009 || Alain Gsponer || |- | ''[[When We Leave]]''<br />(''Die Fremde'') || 2010 || [[Feo Aladag|Feo Aladağ]] || With Stéphane Moucha |- | ''My Trip to Al-Qaeda'' || 2010 || [[Alex Gibney]] || |- | ''[[Womb (film)|Womb]]'' || 2010 || [[Benedek Fliegauf]] || |- | ''[[Sarah's Key]]''<br />(''Elle s'appelait Sarah'') || 2010 || Gilles Paquet-Brenner || |- | ''The Gift'' || 2010 || Andrew Griffin || With [[Hildur Guðnadóttir]] |- | ''[[How to Die in Oregon]]'' || 2010 || [[Peter Richardson (filmmaker)|Peter D. Richardson]] || |- | ''[[Perfect Sense]]'' || 2011 || [[David Mackenzie (director)|David Mackenzie]] || |- | ''[[Unforgivable (2011 film)|Unforgivable]]'' || 2011 || [[André Téchiné]] || |- | ''Nach der Stille'' || 2011 || Stephanie Bürger, Jule Ott<br />& Manal Abdallah || With Sven Kaiser |- | ''[[Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster]]'' || 2011 || Nathan Morlando || |- | ''[[Jiro Dreams of Sushi]]'' || 2011 || [[David Gelb]] || With [[Jiro Ono (chef)|Jiro Ono]] |- | ''[[The Patience Stone (film)|The Patience Stone/Syngue Sabour]]'' || 2012 || [[Atiq Rahimi]] || |- | ''Spanien'' || 2012 || [[Anja Salomonowitz]] || |- | ''[[Lore (film)|Lore]]'' || 2012 || [[Cate Shortland]] || |- | ''[[Wadjda]]'' || 2012 || [[Haifaa Al-Mansour]] || |- | ''[[Disconnect (film)|Disconnect]]'' || 2012 || [[Henry-Alex Rubin]] || |- | ''[[The Nun (2013 film)|The Nun]]'' || 2013 || [[Guillaume Nicloux]] || |- | ''[[The Congress (2013 film)|The Congress]]'' || 2013 || [[Ari Folman]] || |- | ''[[The Lunchbox]]'' || 2013 || [[Ritesh Batra]] || |- | ''[[The Last Days on Mars]]'' || 2013 || [[Ruairí Robinson]] || |- | ''[[The Mark of the Angels – Miserere]]'' || 2013 || [[Sylvain White]] || |- | ''[[Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall]]'' || 2013 || [[Edgar Barens]] || |- | ''[[The Green Prince (film)|The Green Prince]]'' || 2014 || Nadav Schirman || |- | ''[[96 hours]]'' || 2014 || Frédéric Schoendoerffer || |- | ''[[Escobar: Paradise Lost]]'' || 2014 || [[Andrea Di Stefano]] || |- | ''[[Testament of Youth (film)|Testament of Youth]]'' || 2014 || James Kent || |- | ''[[The Leftovers (TV series)|The Leftovers]]'' (TV series) || 2014 || [[Damon Lindelof]], [[Tom Perrotta]] (Showrunners) || |- | ''[[Into the Forest]]'' || 2015 || [[Patricia Rozema]] || |- | ''[[Morgan (2016 film)|Morgan]]'' || 2016 || [[Luke Scott (director)|Luke Scott]] || |- | ''[[Black Mirror]]'' (TV series) || 2016 || [[Joe Wright]] ||Episode "[[Nosedive]]" |- | ''[[Arrival (film)|Arrival]]'' || 2016 || [[Denis Villeneuve]] || |- |[[Miss Sloane(film)|Miss Sloane]] || 2016 || [[John Madden]] |} ==Awards and nominations== {{BLP unsourced section|date=November 2015}} * 2008: [[European Film Award]] – Best Composer, ''Waltz with Bashir'' * 2008: [[Cinema Eye Honors]] – Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition, ''Waltz with Bashir'' * 2008: [[Annie Award]] – Music in an Animated Feature Production, ''Waltz with Bashir'' (Nomination) * 2008: [[International Film Music Critics Association Awards]] – Breakout Composer of the Year, ''Waltz with Bashir'' (Nomination) * 2010: [[Preis der deutschen Filmkritik]] – Beste Musik, ''Die Fremde'' * 2012: [[2012 Stockholm International Film Festival|Stockholm International Film Festival]] – Best Music Score, ''Lore'' * 2012: [[Bayerischer Filmpreis]] – Filmmusik, ''Lore'' * 2013: [[ECHO Klassik]] -'Klassik ohne Grenzen', ''[[Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons]]'' ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{External links|date=December 2013}} * [http://www.maxrichtermusic.com/en/index.php Official website] * {{IMDb name|2068037}} * [http://fat-cat.co.uk/site/artists/max-richter FatCat Records Artist page] * [http://www.tokafi.com/news/max-richter-infra/ Review of ''Infra'' in Tokafi Magazine] * [http://www.nowness.com/day/2010/7/14/776/max-richters-infra Review of ''Infra'' in Nowness magazine] * [http://www.standard.co.uk/arts/music/sum-royal-opera-house--review-7784730.html Review of ''Sum''] London Evening Standard, 24 May 2012 * [http://www.dumbofeather.com/conversation/max-richter-is-a-composer/ Max Richter is a Composer] Dumbo Feather magazine, 2012 {{European Film Award for Best Composer}} {{Max Richter}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Richter, Max}} [[Category:21st-century classical composers]] [[Category:European Film Awards winners (people)]] [[Category:Postminimalist composers]] [[Category:Experimental composers]] [[Category:English film score composers]] [[Category:Male film score composers]] [[Category:German film score composers]] [[Category:German male composers]] [[Category:German composers]] [[Category:English pianists]] [[Category:German pianists]] [[Category:German emigrants to England]] [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:Deutsche Grammophon artists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]] [[Category:People educated at Bedford Modern School]] [[Category:20th-century German musicians]] [[Category:20th-century English musicians]] [[Category:People from Bedford]] [[Category:People from Hamelin]] [[Category:English composers]] [[Category:English male composers]]'