Max Richter, one of Britain’s leading contemporary composers, has written SLEEP - an eight hour long piece which is genuinely intended to send the listener to sleep... Here, DiS hosts an exclusive ...

As the almost-full moon rose over Alexandra Palace, hundreds of people in soft clothes were drawn to its Great Hall like moths to a flame. For two nights only, the venue was transformed into a giant ...

The composer has performed his all-night event in New York and Austin, now he’s bringing it to Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on July 27-28 for the first-ever outdoor performance presented by The ...

Frederic Kiernan has previously received funding from the former Australian Government Department of Education and Training as well as the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the ...

Richter is a remarkable musician and, alongside his experimental albums, has also been responsible for some of the most moving film scores of recent years, such as Dennis Villeneuve’s Arrival and ...

After premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Max Richter’s Sleep — a documentary about the composer’s epic eight-hour overnight concerts that encouraged its attendees to sleep during the ...

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - People since time immemorial have been dozing off in concert halls. Now British composer Max Richter has written an eight-hour-long piece called "SLEEP" which he says is ...

Leave it to British composer Max Richter to find a way to apply the language of classical music to today’s most compelling human concerns. “All Human Beings,” released today, is the first track off ...