Theophil Richter’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Soviet composer (1872-1941)
Was Musician 
Educator 
Composer 
Organist 
Pianist 
Music educator 
From Russia 
Type Academia 
Music 
Gender male
Birth 17 April 1872, Zhytomyr, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Death 6 October 1941, Odessa, Ukraine
(aged 69 years)
Star sign Aries

Theophil Danilowitsch Richter, russisch Теофил Данилович Рихтер, (17./ 29. April 1872 in Schitomir; † 6. Oktober 1941 in Odessa) war ein russlanddeutscher Musiker, Pädagoge und Komponist.

Leben

Theophil Richters Eltern waren Deutsche, die nach 1861 von Zar Alexander II. in der heutigen Ukraine angesiedelt wurden. Er studierte von 1893 bis 1900 am Wiener Konservatorium Klavier und Komposition. Richter studierte in Wien auch bei Robert Fuchs, dort war er mit dem Komponisten Franz Schreker befreundet. Er heiratete die Russin Anna Moskaljowa aus Schitomir. Am 20. März 1915 wurde ihr gemeinsamer Sohn Swjatoslaw Richter geboren. Dieser bezeichnet seinen Vater als seinen einzigen Lehrer neben Heinrich Neuhaus und Richard Wagner.

Im Jahr 1916 zog Theophil Richter mit seiner Familie nach Odessa, wo er Organist an der lutherischen St. Pauls-Kirche wurde. Parallel unterrichtete er am Konservatorium Klavier und spielte im Orchester der Oper.

Nach dem deutschen Überfall auf die Sowjetunion 1941 wurde er der Kollaboration mit den Deutschen beschuldigt, zum Tode verurteilt und kurz vor der deutschen Besetzung Odessas am 6. Oktober 1941 in Odessa hingerichtet.

Kompositionen

Von Theophil Richter sind ein Streichquartett in F-Dur und einige kleinere Klavierstücke überliefert.

Literatur

  • Jan Brachmann: Schockstarre Ohren für diesen Heiligen. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung vom 20. März 2015
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