Florian Richter

Florian Richter received his first violin lessons at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Music and Theatre in Leipzig as a junior student with Prof. Klaus Hertel. In 2000, he switched to the viola before continuing his studies in 2001 at the ‘Schloss Belvedere’ Music High School in Weimar in the class of Prof Erich Krüger.

From 2004 to 2014, the multiple national prizewinner at ‘Jugend musiziert’ studied at the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar with Prof. Ditte Leser and Prof. Erich Krüger, completing his studies with a concert exam. He also received important musical impulses in masterclasses with Prof Alfred Lipka, Prof Dietmar Hallmann, Prof Hartmut Rohde, Prof Martin Spangenberg and Prof Norbert Brainin, among others.

Florian Richter was a scholarship holder of the Hans and Eugenia Jütting Foundation, the German Foundation for Musical Life and the Carl Flesch Academy. As a soloist, he has performed under the direction of Johannes Klumpp, Helmuth Rilling, Stefan Solyom, Michael Sanderling, Marek Janowski and other renowned conductors.

From 2010 to 2012, Florian Richter was principal violist with the Staatskapelle Weimar, and from 2012 to 2017 he held the same position with the Stuttgart State Orchestra. Since 2017, Florian Richter has been principal violist with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.

From 2017 to 2024, Florian Richter accepted a post at the Nuremberg University of Music, where he served as Professor of Viola, before moving to the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar in 2024.