Composer Max Richter turned to Elizabethan-era instruments and a women’s choir to help find “Hamnet’s” emotional tone.

"I'm always trying to instill the sense that the music is inhabiting you and you're inhabiting the music," Richter adds. "And ...

Composer Max Richter tells IndieWire about mixing one of his most famous pieces and his original score that also brings you ...

Chloé Zhao constructed tender epics out of prolonged time spent at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Much like her ...

One of the most influential composers of his generation, Max Richter stands as a pivotal figure on the contemporary music scene. His works cross boundaries and genres, encompassing solo artist albums, ...

To some, the use of Max Richter’s best-known song at the end of Hamnet is like a cheat code. To the composer himself, it’s something else entirely.

Following up on his deeply resonating album Voices (Decca, 2020) which found its inspiration in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and centred on the messages it sent in these problematic, ...

We revisit Max Richter's Tiny Desk Concert from 2020. Half way through this performance of Max Richter's achingly beautiful On The Nature Of Daylight, I looked around our NPR Music office and saw ...

Max Richter’s music likely has reached you, even if you don’t know his name. The composer — born in Germany, raised in England — has released 10 albums over the past 20 years, which earned him a ...

Following up on his deeply resonating album Voices (Decca, 2020) which found its inspiration in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and centred on the messages it sent in these problematic, ...

You may not know Max Richter’s name, but he’s been subliminally making you cry for years. Having composed or provided soundtrack for projects including “Arrival,” “My Brilliant Friend,” and, most ...

Frederic Kiernan has previously received funding from the former Australian Government Department of Education and Training as well as the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the ...