In this challenging time, I’ve composed VOICES as a place to reflect on the world we have made, and on the world we want to make. Listen to VOICES HERE.

Mercy, written ten years ago for Hilary Hahn, and played here so beautifully by Mari Samuelsen, was the starting point for the whole of VOICES. Over the years of working on the project, the music has taken many forms, nearly all of them put to one side, but the music of Mercy has always been a sort of pole star, guiding the rest of the piece. Yulia’s stunning film places the question of mercy and compassion firmly into our everyday world. We are all in this together.  -m

Listen to Mercy HERE
VOICES is out in its entirety on July 31st.

The video for the first released track from my upcoming album VOICES is now live.
This project has been 10 years in the making. In this time of great challenges, VOICES is a place to reflect on the world we have made, and on the world we want to make.
Readings are from the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights. Video by Yulia Mahr.

Listen to the first tracks from the album HERE 
VOICES is out in its entirety on July 31st.

While we are waiting for VOICES, Deutsche Grammophon have produced a beautiful new app version of SLEEP. The app allows you to curate your own journey through the music, and is free to download HERE.

‘Origins’ – VOICES out July 31st from Decca Records.
Listen and pre-order HERE

My score for Waltz with Bashir from 2008 is available once again via Deutsche Grammophon. Ari’s film is a true masterpiece, and it was a privilege to be a part of it. -m
Listen HERE.

Max Richter’s ‘Journey (CP1919)’ – commissioned especially for the Aurora Orchestra’s project and album ‘Music of the Spheres’ is inspired by the discovery of the first pulsar star, CP1919. Richter’s ‘Journey’, uses rhythms governed by the same ratios used by ancient astronomers to describe the orbits of the planets and – inspired by Aurora’s “by heart” projects – Richter created it to be performed by players from memory. ‘Journey (CP1919)’ Listen HERE from Deutsche Grammophon.

The American-Italian drama My Brilliant Friend returns to HBO with the long-awaited second season –The Story of a New Name, based on the second book of Elena Ferrante’s bestselling book series, The Neapolitan Novels. 

Following the success of Max Richter’s first season soundtrack, Deutsche Grammophon has released the soundtrack to the second season, available HERE.

Now that more and more of us are required to isolate at home, many people are finding they have time to play the piano, so I’m going to be making some of my sheet music available for free download HERE. The first piece is A Catalogue of Afternoons, and will be available for the next two weeks.
Feel free to post and tag any videos of your playing, and please stay safe!
-Max
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