A CHAT with RODOLFO RICHTER You Were Born in Brazil, Have a German Last Name, and Are Now Based in the UK
British/Brazilian violinist Rodolfo Richter appears as soloist and director with, among others, Academia Montis Regalis (Italy), Bach Collegium San Diego (US), Barokkanerne (Norway), B’Rock (Belgium), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, English Concert, and Academy of Ancient Music (UK) in concert halls around the world, including such prestigious venues as London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, Sydney’s City Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, and New York’s Alice Tully and Carnegie Halls. He is also very active as a chamber musician, and is a member of the acclaimed Palladian Ensemble. Rodolfo has recorded Vivaldi solo concertos, Bach and Telemann triple concertos, Bach Brandenburg Concertos with AAM, Handel Trio Sonatas op. 2 and op. 5, Petersen Violin Sonatas, Vivaldi Four Seasons, a CD of sonatas by Tartini and Veracini, and the first recording of the complete sonatas by Erlebach. Future recording plans include the premiere recording of Guretzkyi’s violin concerto, as well as sonatas and concertos by Bach. Rodolfo was trained as a modern violinist with Moysés de Castro, Klaus Wüsthoff, and Pinchas Zukerman, and studied composition with Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and Pierre Boulez. He later specialized in the baroque violin with Monica Huggett at the Royal Academy of Music. He was a prizewinner at the prestigious International Early Music Competition for Ensembles in Bruges (2000), and won first prize at the Antonio Vivaldi International Violin Competition (2001). Rodolfo Richter is concertmaster of the Academy of Ancient Music and B’Rock, professor of baroque violin at the Royal College of Music in London, and director of the Early Music Course and Festival at the Oficina de Música de Curitiba in Brazil.
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