User:Pianomike69

Dutch/German Michael was born in 1969 to a Dutch mother and German father, given up at birth, put in an orphanage and later adopted in Berlin, Germany in 1971 by the Richter family. He moved to the U.S. with his newly adopted parents in 1972. He began his musical studies in piano at age seven which continued for much of his younger years. His biological mother still lives in Utrecht and bio father lives in Berlin, since remarried. Michael is in contact after meeting them both at the age of 30. Composing his first minuet at the age of 7, he knew why he was alive. The adoption was the best thing that happened to him. It gave him the chance to do the otherwise impossible, to follow his dreams. • At the age of 18 he attended Full Sail center for the recording arts and graduated in 1989. About 3 months later he left for Germany. There he explored and knocked on doors, but none opened. Then on a cold and wintry day one door did open. A composer/producer by the name of Erik Ohl gave him an engineering job in his recording studio (Frankfurt, Germany). There he worked as a mastering engineer for Mr. Ohl for very little pay, but at night he could use the studio to work on his own compositions. It was a very inspirational year for him being that he could witness the fall of the Berlin wall and many other changes in the region. He eventually mastered 8 albums in a 2-year period and then moved back to the U.S. Erik Ohl has become a many-time Golden Bambie award nomanee. Michael has traveled the world and has sold thousands of albums to fans from the US to Asia, but still waiting for his big come out break as a composer and performer. Michael has lived in Mexico, Germany, Holland, Dubai and Canada. Read More About Michael at www.michaelrichter.us Michael Richter