Max Richter is one of the most influential and acclaimed composers of all time. His fusion of classical technique and electronic technology, heard across genre-defining solo albums and countless scores for film, dance, art, and fashion, has won him legions of fans around the world and blazed a trail for a generation of musicians. Please note: the NSO does not perform on this program.

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Max Richter

Kennedy Center

Max Richter is one of the most influential and acclaimed composers of all time. His fusion of classical technique and electronic technology, heard across genre-defining solo albums and countless scores for film, dance, art and fashion, has won him legions of fans around the world and blazed a trail for a generation of musicians. Over the last two decades, Richter has brought his distinctly humane and emotive sensibility to a series of ambitious projects – among them, a reimagining of Vivaldi’s violin concertos, the landmark nine-hour album Sleep and his score for Wayne McGregor’s ballet Woolf Works – along with the acclaimed collection The Blue Notebooks and a string of influential solo records. After spending many years grappling with big ideas and thorny social and political questions, the making of In A Landscape has opened up another, greener world for Richter. Making music remains, above all, “a way to make a kind of alternate reality,” a constructed world “where everything is in its place.”

Jam presents Max Richter

Symphony Center

Max Richter is one of the most influential and acclaimed composers of all time. His fusion of classical technique and electronic technology, heard across genre-defining solo albums and countless scores for film, dance, art and fashion, has won him legions of fans around the world and blazed a trail for a generation of musicians. For his upcoming world tour, Richter joins forces with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble to perform music from his latest album release, In A Landscape, and his earlier album, The Blue Notebooks (2004).

Laura Lutzke

Events

Upcoming events

May 2, 2025

Max Richter · National Symphony Orchestra

May 6, 2025

Jam presents Max Richter · Chicago Symphony Orchestra

May 10, 2025

Max Richter with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble · Seattle Symphony

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in The Blue Notebooks by Richter

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Violin in In A Landscape by Richter

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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