Petter Richter Born 20.08.76 in Oslo, Norway.

Started his musical studies at the age of 7 with the cello. Started studying the guitar at the age of 14 first with various local teachers, and later with Erik Stenstadvold at the Norwegian State Academy of music in Oslo. He has also stuidied with Franz Halasz in Augsburg, Germany and with Pablo Marquez in Strasbourg, France. Petter Richter has participated in many masterclasses with the likes of David Starobin, the Assad brothers, Roland Dyens, Oscar Ghiglia, Leo Brouwer, John Williams, and Nigel North. He plays regularly chamber music with musicians like violinist Henning Kraggerud (best known for his two highly acclaimed recordings "Grieg-Violin Sonatas" and "Norwegian violin favorites" (on NAXOS) and singer Marita Kvarvik Sølberg (1st prize winner of Queen Sonja International singing competition).

He has won several prizes in international guitar competitions in many european countrys (Norway, France, Portugal, Spain), and has played concerts all over Europe and in Libanon.

He has also comissioned and performed works by a great number of composers including Dagfinn Rosnes, Maja Solveig Ratkje, Kristin Andersen, Rob Waring etc prizes

Prizes of Petter Richter:

• 1st Prize winner of the 1997 guitar competition in Skjeberg, Norway. (The youngest winner in the history of the contest)
• 1st Prize winner of the 2001 international guitar competiton in Rennes, France. "I predict that Petter Richter has great career in front of him" (Jury forman Yvon Demillac) 2002:
• 2nd Prize in the 1. international "Augustin Barrios" competition in Lambesc, France. 2003:
• 2nd Prize in the 3. international guitar competition "Los Realejos" in Tenerife, Spain. The first guitarist ever to receive the "RWE-DEA Scholarship Programme in Music".