What is Hans Richter?
[[File:Hans Richter by Barraud c1880s.jpg|right|thumb|Hans Richter]] '''Hans Richter''' (born as '''Raab''' (now Györ) 4 April 1843; died [[Bayreuth]] 5 December 1916) was an [[Austro-Hungarian Empire|Austro-Hungarian]] [[conducting|conductor]]. His name was originally '''János Richter'''. Richter came from a musical family and studied [[violin]], [[horn (musical instrument)|horn]] and [[music theory]] at the [[Vienna Conservatory]]. He became famous for his conducting of the music of [[Richard Wagner]], [[Anton Bruckner]], [[Johannes Brahms]] [[Béla Bartók|and Béla Bartók]]. Richter helped Wagner to prepare the printed musical scores of ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'' and the four operas in the cycle ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''. He conducted a lot in [[Vienna]] and at the [[Bayreuth Opera House]] which Wagner had built for the performance of his own operas. Later he became very popular in [[England]] and lived in [[Manchester]]. He was conductor of the [[Hallé Orchestra]] and director of the [[Birmingham Music Festival]]. He conducted German operas at [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]] and in 1909 he conducted Wagner’s [[Der Ring des Nibelungen|Ring cycle]] which was being performed in [[English language|English]] for the first time. When he retired he lived in Bayreuth until his death. Richter helped the English audiences to get to know the music of Wagner, [[Dvořák]] and [[Elgar]]. Elgar dedicated his ''First Symphony'' to Hans Richter, describing him as a “true artist and true friend”. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Richter, Hans}} [[Category:1843 births]] [[Category:1916 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian conductors]] [[Category:Hungarian conductors]]