German-born violinist Hartmut Richter is a soloist and chamber musician,  giving regular concerts in Europe and North America. Recent performances and tours have taken him around England and Scotland, France, Slovakia, Canada and Germany. He has performed live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune and German TV channel NDR. He is active in several ensembles including the Veles Ensemble string trio, the Richter-Housden Duo (violin/guitar) and the Richter-Ardelean Piano Duo. Hartmut has recorded CDs on NAXOS with music by Stephen Dodgson, released in August 2017, and on Toccata Classics: Egon Wellesz – Chamber Music (February 2023) and Steve Elcock (December 2018) with the Veles Ensemble

Hartmut studied at the Hanover Academy of Music, Germany, under Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Atila Aydintan and Ina Kertscher, before completing his studies with a soloist diploma at the Nuremberg Academy of Music under Lydia Dubrovskaya. Richter won several first prizes in German national competitions including Jugend Musiziert and the Mozart Competition Hildesheim, and has received scholarships for international masterclasses working with renowned professors including Herman Krebbers, Robert Szreder, Rosa Fain, Kurt Sassmannshaus and Christian Altenburger.

Apart from his performing career, Hartmut is a composer, producer and sound engineer and a dedicated violin teacher and frequently holds music workshops internationally. Hartmut plays a copy of the Hart (Ex-Francescatti) Stradivarius violin (1727), made by Christian Erichson, Hanover.

Click here for an extended biography

Hartmut Richter was born in Hanover, Germany and started playing the violin at the age of six. In 1994 he became a student of Professor Krzysztof Wegrzyn at the Hanover Academy of Music where he later completed his Diploma of Music under Professors Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Atila Aydintan and Ina Kertscher. He completed his studies under Prof. Lydia Dubrovskaya in Nuremberg where he received his Soloist/Artist Diploma in 2011.

Hartmut has worked with numerous professors in various Masterclasses, including, amongst others, Zenon Brzewski, Helen Brunner, Robert Szreder, Rosa Fain, Kurt Sassmannshaus, Herman Krebbers and Christian Altenburger. Early in his career he started giving international concerts and won several first prizes at the German national competition “Jugend musiziert”. He is a first prize winner of the Mozart Competition Hildesheim 2000 and received a special award of the German Mozart Society. He had his live TV debut in 1999 when he performed on the NDR evening show “DAS!”. Since then he has been giving soloist concerts regularly and has been engaging in numerous chamber music projects.

Apart from his violin career, Hartmut is a composer of classical and contemporary music and a dedicated multi-instrumentalist. Some of the projects and compositions will be uploaded to this website in the future.


” Wellesz’s chamber music, idiomatically played by the Veles Ensemble(…)“
  Egon Wellesz – Chamber Music | CD review in “picks of the week”

Guardian, February 2023

” The performances are marvellous. “
Steve Elcock – Chamber Music Volume One | CD review

Gramophone, April 2019


Recordings:

New CD on Toccata Classics released in February 2023! The Veles Ensemble with chamber music by Austrian/British composer and musicologist Egon Wellesz.


CD on Toccata Classics! The Veles Ensemble with music by Steve Elcock.
You can read a little about the recording sessions here:
here.


A CD recorded together with the Mela Guitar Quartet, Eden-Stell Guitar Duo and others featuring music by Stephen Dodgson has been released on NAXOS in August 2017.


Upcoming Concerts


Past concerts:

  • Sun
    19
    May
    2024
    13:00The Stables, Causeway, Cromarty, IV11 8XS Scotland

    with the Veles Ensemble

  • Wed
    13
    Mar
    2024
    13:00Milton Keynes - Open University

    with the Veles Ensemble
    more info soon

  • Wed
    24
    Jan
    2024
    London, St Margaret Pattens, Rood Ln, EC3M1HS Eastcheap

    The Veles Ensemble, hailed by the Guardian and Gramophone for their recent CD releases, presents a short (ca. 1h) and exciting evening concert with Beethoven’s string trio Op.9 No.2, a virtuosic trio concertant by Paganini’s teacher Alessandro Rolla and an intreaguing and witty mid 20th century string trio by composer and Holocaust victim Józef Koffler.

  • Thu
    28
    Sep
    2023
    19:00Austrian Cultural Forum London

    9:00Austrian Cultural Forum London
    Egon Wellesz Chamber Music CD presentation

    https://www.acflondon.org/events/evening-concert-veles-ensemble-presents-egon-wellesz-cd-presentation/

  • Mon
    27
    Feb
    2023
    19:30Holywell Music Room, Wadham College Holywell Street Oxford OX1 3SD

    Oxford University, Wadham College
    Holywell Music Room, Wadham College Holywell Street Oxford OX1 3SD
    More info at the Oxford University website.

  • Sat
    04
    Feb
    2023
    19:30The Parade, Fort William PH33 6BA

    The Veles Ensemble - string trio concert

    Duncansburgh church
    The Parade
    Fort William PH33 6BA

  • Fri
    03
    Feb
    2023
    20:00Cuillin Hills Hotel Portree, Isle of Skye, IV51 9QU

    The Veles Ensemble - string trio concert

    Cuillin Hills Hotel
    Portree, Isle of Skye, IV51 9QU

  • Thu
    02
    Feb
    2023
    19:00Poolewe Village Hall, Londubh Poolewe, Ross-shire IV22 2LD

    The Veles Ensemble - string trio concert

    Poolewe Village Hall, Londubh Poolewe, Ross-shire IV22 2LD
    West Coast Arts, Scotland
    Poolewe Village Hall, Londubh
    Poolewe, Ross-shire IV22 2LD

  • Mon
    02
    May
    2022

    19:30East End Café, All Saints Church, Kingston KT1 1JP

    The VelesEnsemble with Peter Cigleris
    East End Café, All Saints Church, Kingston
    Programme:
    Bernard Henrik Crusell Quartet No. 2 in Eb Op. 4
    Alan Rawsthorne Quartet
    W. A. Mozart kv 404a No 1. (J.S. Bach, Das Wohltemperierte Clavier I No. 8,BWV 853)
    Franz Schubert Trio No 1. in B-flat major, D471
    Rezso Kokai - Quartetto

    DOORS AND BAR OPEN 6:45 PM.
    SINGLE TICKET £15 – STUDENT £5.

    https://kingstonchamberconcerts.org/event/veles-ensemble/

  • Sun
    21
    Nov
    2021
    16:00Harwich, tba

    tba

  • Sat
    09
    Oct
    2021
    15:00 St Mary's Church, Beaminster, DT8 3BA

    with the Veles Ensemble

    Programme
    ‘From the classics to the 20th century. The journey of the string trio.’
    Boccherini String Trio Op.47 No.1
    Beethoven String Trio Op.9 No.1 G major
    Kodaly Intermezzo
    Dohnanyi Serenade Op. 10 in C major”

  • Fri
    08
    Nov
    2019
    Sun
    10
    Nov
    2019
    France tba

    with the Veles Ensemble

  • Fri
    11
    Oct
    2019

    19:30Southwark Cathedral

    Bach Double Concerto and other works with the Piccadilly Sinfonietta.

  • Wed
    18
    Sep
    2019
    19:00Levoca, Slovakia

    with the Veles Ensemble string trio: http://lblfestival.eu/

  • Sat
    14
    Sep
    2019
    tbatba

    with the Veles Ensemble string trio.

  • Wed
    03
    Jul
    2019
    13:00Open University, Milton Keynes

    with the Veles Ensemble string trio

  • Fri
    28
    Jun
    2019
    13:00St Margaret Pattens Church Rood Ln, London EC3M 1HS

    with the Veles Ensemble string trio.
    Our AirBnB concert series. Lunchtime special.

  • Sun
    23
    Jun
    2019
    15:30Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green

    with the Veles Ensemble

  • Sun
    10
    Feb
    2019
    16:00Alexandra Park School, London

    Music by Beethoven, Brahms and Bach.
    Hartmut Richter vioin,
    Stephen Baron piano.

  • Fri
    21
    Dec
    2018
  • Thu
    13
    Dec
    2018
    19:00St Albans Centre, Leigh Place, Baldwin’s Gardens, London EC1N 7AB

    Toccata Classics presents: Steve Elcock's chamber music CD release event and concert.
    With the Veles Ensemble.

  • Thu
    29
    Nov
    2018
    19:00St Margaret Pattens Church Rood Ln, London EC3M 1HS

    Secret Chamber Music - Christmas special.
    The Veles Ensemble string trio perform Beethoven Op. 9 No. 2 and other classics as well as a set of Christmas specials.

    Tickets through AirBnB at https://airbnb.com/experiences/232043

  • Wed
    26
    Sep
    2018
    19:30Saint Margaret Pattens Church Eastcheap London EC3M 1HS

    Veles Ensemble & Ahmed Mukhtar
    Tickets and more information here.

    The Veles Ensemble will open this evening of contrast with a true classic: Beethoven's String Trio Op. 9 No. 1 in G-major. The trios Op.9 - published in 1798 - are often considered to be one of Beethoven's most important early works. The G-major's powerful and even symphonic qualities, wide melodic lines, contrasts and the breathtaking vigour of the finale leave no doubt about its historic significance.
    It is followed by Zoltan Kodály's Intermezzo, a wonderfully fresh and light scherzo, written by the then 23 year young composer while finishing a dissertation on the Hungarian folk song at the Budapest academy. Not surprisingly, it combines the spirit of the Hungarian folk song (but without the clyché!) with the depth and sophisticated textures reminiscent of Dohnányi, whose Serenade for string trio served as a model for this short and entertaining delight.

  • Sun
    23
    Sep
    2018
    16:00Toine (09230 Montardit) Route D 235 vers Lasserre, France

    CONCERT de TOINE

    Réservation des places :
    05 61 04 65 52
    ou par mail : bernhard.wocke(AT)gmail.com

    Bach: Sonate si bémol mineur
    Mozart: Sonate la majeur k.305
    Beethoven: Sonate mi bémol majeur op.12.no.3
    Schubert: Sonate la majeur

  • Fri
    21
    Sep
    2018
    Mon
    24
    Sep
    2018
    France

    Workshop Tour, Southern France

  • Fri
    24
    Aug
    2018
    19:00Sandy Cove, NS, Canada

    Cove Music with Ellen Gibling (harp).

  • Thu
    12
    Jul
    2018
    tbaSt Margaret Pattens Church Rood Ln, London EC3M 1HS

    more info soon

  • Wed
    13
    Jun
    2018
    20:00Holy Trinity Parish Church, Stroud Green

    Stroud Green Festival

    Tango with Mozart

    The Veles Ensemble presents an evening of classical string trio music with a twist of Piazzolla's fiery South American tango. The concert features Mozart's famous Divertimento for string trio K.563 - a landmark in the chamber music repertoire, completed shortly after his last three symphonies.
    more information


    Date: Wednesday 13th June 2018, 8pm – 9.30pm
    Location: Holy Trinity Parish Church, Stroud Green

     

    Veles Ensemble

    Hartmut Richter - violin

    Ralitsa Naydenova - viola

    Evva Mizerska - cello

    Tickets:

    £12/£8 Online from http://velesensemble.com/tickets/

    £15/£10 at the door

    Programme:

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Divertimento in E-flat major, K. 563

    Luigi Boccherini - String Trio Op. 14 No. 4

    Franz Schubert - String Trio in B-flat major, D471

    Astor Piazzolla - Libertango

  • Thu
    17
    May
    2018
    tbaHampton Court House

    String Trio Concert

  • Sat
    10
    Mar
    2018
    tbaCanterbury, Kent, UK

    Violin-Piano Duo

     

    more info soon

  • Sat
    10
    Feb
    2018
    19:30Ely Cathedral, Ely - Cambridgeshire

    With pianist Warren Mailley-Smith and Veles Ensemble.

    http://www.elycathedral.org/events/sparkling-valentines-concert-by-candlelight

    Programme

    Mendelssohn - Song Without Words no. 1
    Liszt - Liebestraume no. 3
    Chopin - Nocturne in D flat major
    Gershwin/Wild - Embraceable You
    Debussy - Clair de Lune
    Rachmaninov - Flight of the Bumblebee
    Mozart - Piano Concerto K414 in A major
    Pachelbel - Canon in D
    Bach - Suite (1st movement)
    Elgar - Salut d'amour
    Beethoven - Romance in G
    Mozart - Voi che sapete
    Puccini - O Mio Babino caro
    Puccini - Si mi chiamano Mimi
    Delibes - Flower Duet
    Piazolla - Oblivion (Tango)
    Piazolla - Libertango

  • Sat
    27
    Jan
    2018
    lunchtime Faversham, Kent, UK

    more info soon

  • Sat
    09
    Dec
    2017
    19:30St. James's Piccadilly, London

    Saturday 9 December, 7:30 pm

    with the Veles Ensemble and Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)

    PROGRAMME:
    Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata in C minor op 13
    Brahms - Rhapsody no. 2 in G minor
    Chopin - Grand Waltz Brillante in E flat Op 18
    Mendelssohn - Rondo Capriccioso
    Liszt - Rigoletto Paraphrase

    INTERVAL

    Pachelbel - Canon in D - string quartet
    Saint Saens - The Swan - cello solo
    Monti - Czardas - violin solo
    Mozart - Piano Concerto K414
    Puccini - Si, mi chiamano Mimi
    Adam - O Holy Night

    BOX OFFICE DETAILS:
    Tickets - Unreserved £25, Concessions £15
    Open - Monday-Saturday 10.00-17.00
    Tel - 0207 7661100
    Website - http://www.smitf.org/piccadillychristmas
    Email - BoxOffice@smitf.org

  • Wed
    06
    Dec
    2017
    19:15St Margaret Pattens Church Rood Ln, London EC3M 1HS

    Join the Veles Ensemble for a night of exciting and varied string trio music: Mozart’s legendary Divertimento K563, Schubert’s B-flat major string trio, Egon Wellesz’ dynamic 20th sound world and a few special Christmas arrangements in the beautiful setting of St Margaret Pattens Church.

    Programme:

    W. A. Mozart, Divertimento K563 in E-flat major
    Franz Schubert, String Trio in B-flat major D471
    Egon Wellesz, String Trio Op.86
    6 December 2017, 7.15 pm
    (doors open at 6:50 pm)
    St Margaret Pattens
    Rood Lane
    London
    EC3M 1HS

    Tickets £10
    students £8, children under 14 £5
    Tickets at the door and from
    www.velesensemble.com/tickets

     

  • Fri
    03
    Nov
    2017
    19:30St. James's Piccadilly, London

    Works by Stephen Dodgson from our new CD.

    Amazon link

  • Sat
    15
    Jul
    2017
    19:00Heampstead Garden Suburb Free Church Central Square, NW11 7AG

  • Wed
    14
    Jun
    2017
    19:00Holy Trinity Parish Church, Stroud Green

    As part of the Crouch End Festival and Stroud Green Festival, the Veles Ensemble presents music from Austria and Hungary. The concert will explore musical ties between these two countries of very different cultural backgrounds, yet connected historically. From Haydn to Wellesz through Kodaly and Schubert, the evening promises to be an intriguing mix of well-loved classics with a Hungarian folk music inspired twist.

    Joseph Haydn - String Trio Op.53 No.3 (Hob. XVI:42) in D-major
    Egon Wellesz - Vier Stücke (Four Pieces) Op.105
    Zoltán Kodály - Intermezzo
    Franz Schubert - String Trio D.581 in B-flat major

    Tickets:
    £12/£8 Online from http://velesensemble.com/tickets/
    £15/£10 at the door

  • Fri
    05
    May
    2017
    19:00Lauderdale House, Highgate, London

    Join us in the historic Lauderdale House to hear music on violin and guitar. An evening of contrast: from Manuel de Falla‘s fiery Spanish songs to Schubert‘s romantic Ständchen as well as the Australian composer Phillip Houghton‘s mysterious and wild contemporary piece 'Night Music'. We are also giving the first performance of Hartmut Richter‘s Sonata for Violin and Guitar.

     

  • Sat
    08
    Apr
    2017
    11:00St Michael’s Parish Church, Sittingbourne

    St Michael’s Parish Church, High Street, Sittingbourne, ME10 4PG

  • Wed
    01
    Mar
    2017
    19:00St Margaret Pattens Church Rood Ln, London EC3M 1HS

  • Sat
    11
    Feb
    2017
    16:00London, Alexandra Park School, Bidwell Gardens, London N11 2AZ

    more info:

    http://hartmutrichter.com/1303/lift-winter-blues-sat-11thsun-12th-february-2017/

  • Tue
    13
    Dec
    2016
    lunchtime tba

    more info soon

  • Sun
    11
    Dec
    2016
    20:00Arthouse, Crouch End, London

     

    VELES-2016-Dec-11

    Tickets £15/£12 concession from

    http://www.arthousecrouchend.co.uk/programme/?programme_id=3284002

     

    Arthouse Crouch End

    159A Tottenham Lande

    London N8 9BT

  • Sat
    26
    Nov
    2016
    19:00London, Highgate, United Reform Church, N6 6BJ

    winter-leaflet_origMoeran: Sinfonietta
    Williams: The Lark Ascending
    ​Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow

  • Sat
    12
    Nov
    2016
    19:30pmSt Cyprian's, Clarence Gate Glentworth St, NW1 6AX

    The Lark Acending  by R.V. Williams with the new Chimera Chamber Orchestra. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1794708384083868/

    12nov2016-chimera-concert

  • Tue
    25
    Oct
    2016
    20:00London, Queen's Club

    A special evening concert for members of the Queen’s Tennis Club and their guests, together with the amazing Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo. Programme to include Schubert, Paganini and Piazzolla.

  • Thu
    29
    Sep
    2016

News:

22 June 2023: Our trio’s (Veles Ensemble) new CD with music by Egon Wellesz was presented on Austrian radio ORF, it is available (auf Deutsch) to stream for a few more days here:

https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20230620/722879/Oesterreichischer-Expressionismus-im-Exil


Masterclass and Concert @ Oxford University on 27th February 2023 with the Veles Ensemble. More info: Masterclass with the Veles Ensemble | Faculty of Music (ox.ac.uk)


Videos

Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending, with the Chimera Chamber Orchestra in London

Luigi Boccherini, String Trio Op. 14 No. 4 with the Veles Ensemble | Summer 2022



Live video from our Naxos CD release concert at St. James’s Piccadilly, London. Divertissement by Stephen Dodgson.


Live video of the Veles Ensemble string trio performing Beethoven’s Trio Op.9 No.3. http://velesensemble.com/2017/01/13/85/