Alexander Richter was born in Jena, Germany and began making his first steps as a musician at the age of 9, in what was then the Fanfare Orchester Carl Zeiss, Jena.\u00a0 While he had modest success with the recorder (a wooden flute), he enjoyed greater progress after switching to the trumpet.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
He won numerous prizes at\u00a0 festivals and contests for young musicians and consequently decided to pursue a music degree from the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Theater \u201cFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy\u201d in Leipzig, Germany, where he studied with Peter Michael Kr\u00e4mer and Tobias Willner (Staatskapelle Dresden).\u00a0 For his performance exams, he studied with Erich Rinner (M\u00fcnchener Philharmoniker) at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium Innsbruck (Austria) and later as a private student of Bo Nilsson in Malm\u00f6 Sweden.\u00a0 During this time, he performed as a member of the Erasmus Brass Ensemble, solo trumpet of the Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra,\u00a0 with the Internationalen Jugend Orchesterakademie Bayreuth and the European Philharmonic Orchestera.<\/p>\n
Throughout his studies, he maintained contact with the Fanfare Orchester Carl Zeiss, which eventually became the Brass Band BlechKLANG, working with them to ensure continued progress of the performers and the group.\u00a0 In 2005, in addition to his position as the solo trumpet of the Philharmonishces Orchester Plauen-Zwickau, he assumed direction of the Brass Band BlechKLANG, and has been largely responsible for their progress.\u00a0 In 2008, he led the band to first place, 3rd Division at the first German Brass Band Championships and into the 2nd division.<\/p>\n
Alexander is very active and popular as a teacher, lecturer and guest conductor.\u00a0 He has worked extensively with many different symphonic and brass bands, but his main focus remains the Orchesterschule KLANGwelt, a music school in Jena for youth and interested adults that he helped establish in association with the Brass Band BlechKLANG.\u00a0 Wherever he may find himself teaching, however, he always works hard to equip the rising generation with the tools necessary for continued growth as musicians.\u00a0 In his position as Vice-President and Chair of the newly established German Brass Band Association, Alexander has worked to establish functional and stable programs to continue the advancement of the brass band scene in Germany.<\/p>\n