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Brad Richter
At the Poncan Theatre in Ponca City, Oklahoma (2011)
Background information
Birth name	Bradley Nathan Richter
Born	(1969-08-09) August 9, 1969 (age 55)
Website	bradrichter-guitar.com

Bradley Nathan Richter (born August 9, 1969) is an American classical guitarist.

Education and background

Richter was born in Enid, Oklahoma in 1969. At the age of 18, Richter was awarded the Presidential Scholarship to the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago where he began performing, composing, and eventually teaching professionally. After completing his undergraduate degrees in performance and composition, Richter accepted a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London where he studied with guitarist Carlos Bonell.

Career highlights

After completing his master's degree at the Royal College of Music in London, Richter has performed throughout North America and Europe as a soloist and in duos with artists such as Grammy-winner David Finckel of the Emerson String Quartet, Royal College of Music Professor Carlos Bonell, and Viktor Uzur (cello) as the Richter Uzur Duo. Festival appearances have included The Aspen Music Festival, The London International Guitar Festival and the Walnut Valley Festival, where he won the National Finger-picking Championship in 1999.

Richter is also an accomplished composer. In addition to his collections of concert music for solo guitar (published by Mel Bay and GSP), Richter is an avid composer of chamber music. He is a winner of the International Composers Guild Competition, and he wrote and performed a score for the Emmy award-winning PBS television series, The Desert Speaks. Richter is regularly featured on NPR's Performance Today as a soloist and with the Richter Uzur Duo.

Residency and outreach

Richter has taught at the Sherwood Conservatory of Music in Chicago and the University of Arizona and given workshops around the United States since 1995. Most notably he is the co-founder and Executive Director of Lead Guitar, a nonprofit organization that establishes guitar programs in schools with large populations of at-risk kids. In 2013 Lead Guitar became part of the University of Arizona where Richter is now the Director of Arts Outreach for the College of Fine Arts.

Selected works

References

1. Stephen Rekas (11 February 2011). Master Anthology of Fingerstyle Guitar Solos. Mel Bay Publications. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-1-61065-143-1. Brad Richter was born in Enid, Oklahoma Where he enjoyed much time outdoors, developing a love for music as he grew up. He bought his first guitar at age 12 with money he earned mowing lawns and earnestly began teaching himself to ...
2. "Lead Guitar - What We Do".
3. "Art of the Recital". Chicago Reader. 3 March 1994.
4. "'Fractal Reflections': Enid guitarist opens Salon Series". Tulsa World. 25 September 2002.
5. Edward Reichel (16 October 2005). "Richter's 'Whisper' has innovation, virtuosity". DeseretNews.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
6. "An Interview with Brad Richter Musician Interviews & Biographies". guitarramagazine.com. 19 July 2022.
7. Weber: The Contemporary West. Vol. 24. College of Arts & Humanities, Weber State University. 2007. pp. 134–.

Further reading

• "Fractal Reflections, Brad Richter. Harmon Records". Arizona Daily Star.
• "'String Theory': quantum leap of cello, guitar". Arizona Daily Star.
• "The Guitar Hour: Brad Richter". Spokane Public Radio. – 49 minute radio interview (page includes link to listen to interview)
• "Guitarist's works alluring, majestic". Deseret News. (subscription required)
• "Classical guitarist plays for students; public performance slated for Friday". Kingman Daily Miner.
• "Musician Appointed to Teach Guitar". The Herald. (subscription required)
• "Guitarist seeks 'conversation'". Deseret News. (subscription required)
• "Richter's 'Whisper' has innovation, virtuosity". Deseret News. (subscription required)
• "Guitarist Richter is home for CD release". Arizona Daily Star.
• "Lauded guitarist Richter to perform". Arizona Daily Star (subscription required).

External links

• Official website

• American classical guitarists
• American male guitarists
• 1969 births
• Living people
• Alumni of the Royal College of Music
• Guitarists from Oklahoma
• 20th-century American guitarists
• Musicians from Enid, Oklahoma
• 20th-century American male musicians