Jascha Richter (born 24 June 1963) is a Danish-American 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 include "
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 in New Hampshire, United States, before his family decided to move back to Denmark, where they settled in
Århus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...
. He holds both Danish and American citizenship. 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
Supertramp were an English rock band that formed in London in 1969. Marked by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson (vocals, keyboards, and guitars) and Rick Davies (vocals and keyboards), they are distinguished for blending p ...
and
Bee Gees among others.
Career
Richter is known as the brain behind the Danish
soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock, who have enjoyed success since the early 1990s, particularly in Asia.
They scored number one
chart hit
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include re ...
s in Norway and Denmark with "
The Actor" and "
That's Why (You Go Away)", respectively.
Richter has also released two solo albums; ''Planet Blue'' in 2002 and ''Where I Belong'' in 2006. An extended play titled ''Dannevang'' was released in 2021.
Discography
Solo albums
* ''Planet Blue'' (2002)
* ''Where I Belong'' (2006)
Extended plays
* ''Dannevang'' (2021)
Compilation albums
* ''Grænseløs Greatest'' (1999)
References
External links
Jascha Richter on Instagram
1963 births
Living people
21st-century Danish male singers
Danish pop musicians
Danish rock musicians
English-language singers from Denmark
Danish male singer-songwriters
Soft rock musicians
Ballad musicians
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