Jascha Richter

Jascha Richter
Born	(1963-06-24) 24 June 1963
Genres	Soft rock, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, keyboard, guitar, flute, cello
Associated acts	Michael Learns to Rock

Jascha Richter (born 24 June 1963) is a Danish singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the soft rock band, Michael Learns to Rock where he composes and sings most of their songs. Some of his best known songs includes, "25 Minutes", "The Actor", "Sleeping Child", "That's Why (You Go Away)", "Take Me To Your Heart", "Complicated Heart", "Someday", "Wild Women", "Out of the Blue", "You Took My Heart Away" 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 started playing the flute and cello and then the piano. He was raised with classical music, however, in his early teenage years he started to play and compose pop music. Growing up, he listened to Elton John, Supertramp and Bee Gees among others. Richter is known as the brain behind the Danish pop group Michael Learns to Rock.

Richter has also released two solo albums; Planet Blue in 2002 and Where I Belong in 2006.

Discography

Solo albums

• Planet Blue (2002)
• Where I Belong (2006)

Compilation albums

• Grænseløs Greatest (1999)

External links

• Official website
• MLTR on iTunes
• Jascha Richter on Facebook
• MLTR on Twitter
• MLTR on YouTube
• MLTR on Google Plus
• MLTR on Instagram
• MLTR Universe – Fansite