Jascha Richter is a Danish

Denmark

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 singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist

Keyboardist

A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...

 of the soft rock

Soft rock

Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...

 band, Michael Learns to Rock

Michael Learns to Rock

Michael Learns to Rock are a Danish pop-soft rock band that performs songs in English. Formed in 1988, the band has sold over 11 million records worldwide, mainly in Asia, and in addition, another 6 million or more paid downloads for their single "Take Me To Your Heart" which was awarded "Most...

. He has composed and sung most of MLTR's songs. Some of his best known songs include "25 Minutes", "The Actor

The Actor (song)

"The Actor" is a single by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. The song was contained in their self-titled first album Michael Learns to Rock which released in 1991. The band has played the song regularly in their Asian tours.-Chart performance:...

", "Sleeping Child

Sleeping Child (song)

"Sleeping Child" is a single by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was on their 1993 album Colours.-Chart performance:Although the song itself did not reach the charts, the album Colours had some success, reaching number 43 in Sweden....

", "That's Why (You Go Away)", "Complicated Heart", "Someday", "Wild Women", "Out Of The Blue"and "Paint My Love".

Early life

Richter was born on 24 June 1963. He spent the first year of his life in New Hampshire, USA, before his family decided to move back to Denmark, where they settled in Århus. As a child Richter began to play both flute

Flute

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 and cello

Cello

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, then piano

Piano

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. He was raised with classical music, but in his early teenage years he started playing and composing pop music. Growing up he listened to Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

, Supertramp

Supertramp

Supertramp are a British rock band formed in 1969 under the name Daddy before renaming to Supertramp in early 1970. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they have since incorporated a combination of traditional rock and art rock into their music...

 and the Bee Gees

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

 among others. Richter is known as the brain behind the Danish pop group Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR), that through twenty years have gained worldwide success.

Richter has also released two solo albums; Planet Blue

Planet Blue

Planet Blue is the debut solo album by Danish singer-songwriter Jascha Richter.-Track listing:#"Planet Blue"#"El Niño"#"Religion"#"Refugee"#"Give Me Your Hand"#"Interlude"#"Too Close To Me"#"Forever"#"Exercise In Love"...

in 2002 and Where I Belong

Where I Belong (Jascha Richter album)

Where I Belong is the second solo album by Danish singer-songwriter Jascha Richter.- Track listing :#"Without Your Love"#"Some Things"#"My Saviour"#"Bang Bang Bang"#"Keep My Love Alive"#"Sleepwalking"#"This Heart Of Mine"...

in 2006.

Solo albums

• Planet Blue
  Planet Blue
  Planet Blue is the debut solo album by Danish singer-songwriter Jascha Richter.-Track listing:#"Planet Blue"#"El Niño"#"Religion"#"Refugee"#"Give Me Your Hand"#"Interlude"#"Too Close To Me"#"Forever"#"Exercise In Love"...
  
  (2002)
• Where I Belong
  Where I Belong (Jascha Richter album)
  Where I Belong is the second solo album by Danish singer-songwriter Jascha Richter.- Track listing :#"Without Your Love"#"Some Things"#"My Saviour"#"Bang Bang Bang"#"Keep My Love Alive"#"Sleepwalking"#"This Heart Of Mine"...
  
  (2006)

External links

• Jascha Richter on last.fm
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• Jascha Richter on MLTR Universe (fansite)