Max Richter trained in composition and piano at Edinburgh University, at the Royal Academy of Music, and with Luciano Berio in Florence.

On completing his studies, Max co-founded the iconoclastic classical ensemble Piano Circus, where he stayed for ten years, commissioning and performing works by Arvo Pärt, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe and Steve Reich.

In the late 90s he worked with a number of electronic artists, notably Future Sound of London on their album 'Dead Cities". He subsequently collaborated with FSOL over a period of two years, also contributing to the albums "The Isness" and "The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness". Max also collaborated with Mercury Prize winner Roni Size, on "In the Mode".

In June 2002, Max released his debut solo album, "memoryhouse", recorded with The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. This was followed in March 2004 by FatCat's release of "The Blue Notebooks", with featured readings by Tilda Swinton.

In 2005 Max produced Vashti Bunyan's outstanding comeback album "Lookaftering".

2006 saw the release of "Songs From Before" based on Haruki Murakami texts read by Robert Wyatt. That same year, Max began performing "from The Art of Mirrors", an evolving score to previously unseen Super 8mm films of Derek Jarman.

Max's more recent work continues to stretch the notions of what Classical music is.  ‘24 Postcards In Full Colour’, released in August 2008, is an experimental work made up of 24 composed ringtones.

Max works widely in film music, installation and the theatre, most recently on INFRA, made with Wayne MacGregor and Julian Opie for The Royal Ballet, London. The Ballet was the subject of a BBC 'making of' documentary.

Max was named 2008 European Composer Of The Year for his score to Ari Folman's Waltz With Bashir, for which he was also nominated for the Prix France Musique.

E-Mail:
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Credits:
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2019:
Companion (Deuter Spec)
Hokko Life (game by Wonderscope Games)
Feria d'Arles (game by Tom Simpson)
Family Trip (dir. Danting Chan)
Pull Over (dir. Benoit Ganesan)
Romeo und Julia (audio book for Sony)
Shyne (dir. Alexander Georgieff)
Close Your Eyes (dir. Lucy Graham)
The Day You Long For (dir. Benoit Ganesan)
Go Make Memories (dir. Carl Mason)
Offshore at Southampton (dir. Danting Chan)
A Strip Away (Wisdom spec)
Unleash your Passion (Hyundai spec)
Seagull (dir. Saddiq Abubakar)
In The Night Garden Toy Play (by Wildbrain)

2018:
The August Club (dir. Daniel James Richardson)
Desert Rose (dir. Alexander Georgiev)
Mambo Nat5 (production for DoktorFroid)
Fly Baden (image film by Fantomfilm)
Jägerin (dir. Sandra Schröder)
Flynns Erwachen (short film by LeFloid)
A Live Broadcast (dir. Mario Antonio Liptaj)
Upper Deckers (short film by Tim Ferrari)
Camp Fett Weg (comedy series by Space Frogs)
Die Pförtner (short film by Mirko Hans)

2017:
Kaltmieter (short film by Mirko Hans)
Crossing Souls (game by Fourattic)
Dreaming of a Cure (film by Carl Mason)
Bastion (trailer by Carl Mason)
Oceanmaker (entry for Marvin Hamlisch Contest)
Kinderspiel (short film by Linus Günther)
Note Boy (game by Trite Games)

2016:
Xscape (corporate by Carl Mason)
Schmutz (short film by Paul Emmerich)
Anna (short film by Linus Günther)
Black Bullet (short film by Carl Mason)
First Response (short film by Carl Mason)
No Boundaries (short film by Jonas Jarecki)
Sanddorn - Episode 3 (short film by Jonas Jarecki)
Darwing (game by Trite Games)

2015:
Love in the City (short film by Carl Mason)
NICHTS (short film by Auke Huys)
Of Carrots And Blood (game by Trite Games)
Return Null 2 (game by Michael Lückgen)
Rollenspiele (short film by Linus Günther)
Cloud Rescue Rangers (game by Trite Games)

2014 and before:
Scurvy Pete (game by Trite Games)
Return Null (game by Michael Lückgen)
Terasology (game by Moving Blocks)
Coinman (short film by Mirko Hans)

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