Eckhart  Richter  received his  Bachelor and Master of Music  degree at  the  Yale  University  School  of  Music  and  his  Doctorate  of  Music  at  the  Florida  State  University  School  of  Music .  His  principal  cello  teacher,  Luigi  Silva  introduced  him  to  early  cello  music  and  his  principal  theory  and  composition  teacher was  Paul  Hindemith. Five of his articles on this composer have been published in the Hindemith Jahrbuch and his article, "Paul Hindemith as Director of the Yale Collegium Musicum" in the Spring 1978 issue of College Music SYMPOSIUM. A  former  member  of  the  Houston  and  National  Symphony  Orchestra,  he  has  appeared  as soloist  and  chamber  music  player  on  the  U.S.  Public  Broadcasting  and  Educational  Televisions  Network  and  toured  throughout  the  United  States  and  Europe.  For  eleven  summers  he  was  a  cello  teacher,  chamber  music  coach  and  Associate  Musical  Director  at  the  Kinhaven  Music  School  in  Vermont.  He  was  on  the  music  faculty  of  Converse  College  School  of  Music,  Missisiippi  State  College  for  Women,  the  University  of  Georgia,  Emory  University  where   he  directed  the  Emory  Consort,  and  Georgia  State  University  from  where  he  retired  in  1995.  He has also been a member  of  the  Atlanta  Baroque  Orchestra and is still a member  of  the  Atlanta  Symphony  Chorus  since  1988.