Max Richter Tickets

British-German composer Max Richter stands as one of the defining figures of modern classical music. Renowned for his fusion of orchestral elegance and electronic experimentation, Richter has spent over two decades crafting soundscapes that explore memory, emotion, and the human condition. His music balances the deeply personal with the profoundly political, transforming private reflection into collective experience and redefining what contemporary classical music can be.

Before embarking on his solo career, Richter co-founded the minimalist ensemble Piano Circus and collaborated with pioneering electronic artists such as The Future Sound of London. These early explorations in both structure and sound shaped his signature approach — a seamless blend of classical composition, ambient textures, and emotional minimalism.

In 2002, he released his debut album Memoryhouse, recorded with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. It was a daring and cinematic project he called “documentary music,” combining orchestral movements, poetry, and field recordings to reflect on European history and human fragility. Though it failed commercially at first, Memoryhouse became a creative turning point, freeing Richter from conventional expectations and setting the stage for his breakthrough.

That breakthrough arrived in 2004 with The Blue Notebooks, an album that has since become a cornerstone of 21st-century classical music. Inspired by Kafka and narrated by Tilda Swinton, its mix of piano, strings, and ambient elements reflected on war, literature, and loss. Tracks like “On the Nature of Daylight” have since appeared in films such as Arrival, Shutter Island, and The Last of Us, introducing Richter’s work to millions worldwide. With over three billion streams, his music continues to resonate across genres and generations.

From there, Richter’s influence only expanded. His compositions have scored award-winning films and series, including Waltz With Bashir, Ad Astra, and The Leftovers, and his work has been performed at major cultural institutions and global events. In 2012, he reimagined Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons for a new era on Recomposed By Max Richter, looping baroque melodies through a modern lens. Three years later, he unveiled Sleep — an eight-hour opus combining strings, piano, electronics, and voice. Described by Richter as “a protest against the mechanisation of life,” Sleep offered a rare antidote to modern chaos and went on to become one of the most streamed classical albums of all time.

In 2024, Richter returned with his ninth studio album, In A Landscape, a luminous and introspective work that revisits themes from The Blue Notebooks while looking forward. Blending acoustic and electronic elements with natural field recordings, the album invites listeners into a meditative space where imagination and sound meet. In A Landscape also anchors Richter’s first-ever world tour — a global performance journey that brings his post-classical sound to life in an immersive, multi-sensory experience.