Immanuel Richter (1974) received his training at the Zurich Conservatory with Claude Rippas, where he completed all his diplomas (teaching, orchestral and concert diplomas) with honours. He won several prizes at various competitions in his youth. He attended masterclasses with Hakan Hardenberger, Pierre Thibaud, Allen Vizzutti and Maurice André, among others. Immanuel Richter has worked as a solo trumpeter in various orchestras (Zurich Opera Orchestra, St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana). For 3 years he was principal trumpet of the ‘orchestra dell teatro alla Scala’ in Milan, where he played under conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Maazel, Georges Prêtre, Daniele Gatti, Riccardo Chailly, Gustavo Dudamel and many others. In summer 2009, he joined the Basel Symphony Orchestra as principal trumpet. Numerous appearances as a soloist and chamber musician.
He has been a trumpet lecturer at the Lucerne School of Music since 2008 and will also teach as a professor at the Zurich University of the Arts from summer 2025.