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Max Richter — composer

Max Richter

Max Richter is one of the most influential composers of the 21st century — pioneer of the neoclassical sound. Hear his music performed live.

Born in 1966, the German-British composer broke through with The Blue Notebooks and the eight-hour lullaby Sleep, and reached millions with his luminous "On the Nature of Daylight", heard in films from Arrival to Shutter Island. His Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi's Four Seasons reimagines Vivaldi's masterpiece for a new century — familiar yet transformed, pulsing and cinematic. Richter's music is built for live performance: spare piano lines, shimmering strings and slow-building emotion that fills a darkened room.

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Upcoming concerts of Max Richter's music

Concerts near you first

27 June 19:00 Florence — Museo de' Medici Get tickets
— Elsewhere in Europe —
26 June 19:00 Geneve — Auditorium Sacré-Cœur, Église du Sacré-Cœur Get tickets 11 July 18:30 London — Kensington United Reformed Church Get tickets 11 July 19:30 Edinburgh — Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh Get tickets 18 July 18:30 Stoke-on-Trent — Stoke Minster Get tickets 1 August 18:30 Manchester — The Stoller Hall, Manchester Get tickets 8 August 19:00 Lucerne — Kirchensaal Der Maihof - Parish of St. Joseph, Luzern Get tickets 8 August 19:30 Durham — Durham Cathedral Get tickets 21 August 19:30 Luton — St Mary's Luton Parish Church Get tickets 22 August 18:30 Brighton — St. George's Church, Brighton Get tickets 22 August 19:00 Bern — Yehudi Menuhin Forum Bern, Bern Get tickets 22 August 19:30 Cardiff — Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff Get tickets 22 August 20:00 Dordrecht — Grote Kerk, Dordrecht Get tickets 23 August 16:00 Amsterdam — Posthoornkerk, Amsterdam Get tickets 28 August 20:00 Breda — Grote Kerk, Breda Get tickets 29 August 20:00 Gouda  — Sint-Janskerk, Gouda Get tickets

What is Max Richter's best work?

  • Waltz with Bashir
  • Lost and Found
  • My Words, My Lies — My Love
  • Sarah's Key
  • Escobar: Paradise Lost
  • The Last Days on Mars

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