Richard was born 1983 in Duisburg, Germany. From 2004 to 2010 he studied communication sciences at the University of Aachen in Germany and the University of Cádiz in Spain. He has been working as composer for more than 40 projects in Europe and the USA since 2006. His movies are shown regularly on international festivals - the latest at the 'Shorts at moonlight' festival in Frankfurt. His advertisement projects include corporate spots for AXA insurances and the State Ministry for Environment Rheinland-Pfalz. In 2009 Richard was nominated for the European Film Music Prize at Soundtrack Cologne. He joined master classes and workshops of Marcel Barsotti (Pope Joane) and Christian Halten (co-composer for Hans Zimmer's 'The ring II' and Klaus Badelt's 'Cat Woman').