(1915-1997) Russian pianist

The life of Svyatoslav Teofilovich Richter bears little resemblance to the biographies of other artists. He followed a very special path to success. The future pianist spent his childhood in Odessa. His father, Teofil Danilovich, taught at the conservatory and was a famous musician in the city. At one time, he graduated from the Vienna Academy of Music, and it was he who gave his son his first piano lessons when the boy was only five years old.

However, the father could not constantly study with his son, since he was forced to devote all his time to classes with students. Therefore, from the age of nine or ten, Svyatoslav was practically left to his own devices. Only for a short time did he take lessons from the pianist A. Atl, one of his father’s students. And the boy used this freedom of action in a very original way: he began to play all the notes that were in the house. He was especially interested in opera claviers. Gradually, Richter learned to play any music from sight and became a qualified accompanist.

From the age of fifteen he already helps his father, and soon begins to work independently: he becomes an accompanist in a music group at the Sailor's House. After graduating from school, he worked for several years as an accompanist at the Odessa Philharmonic. At this time, Svyatoslav traveled with concert teams, accompanying various musicians, and gained experience.

In 1932, he went to work at the Odessa Opera House and became an assistant to conductor S. Stolerman. Svyatoslav Richter helps him at rehearsals and in working with singers, gradually expanding his own repertoire. In May 1934, the pianist gave the first clavierabend - solo concert- in the Odessa House of Engineers, performing works by Frederic Chopin. The concert took place with great success, but at that time the young man had not yet thought about studying music professionally.

Only five years later, in the spring of 1937, Svyatoslav Richter finally went to Moscow to enter the conservatory. This was quite a bold step, since the young performer had no music education. The outstanding pianist of our time, G. Neuhaus, heard him at the entrance exam. From that day on, Richter became his favorite student.

Neuhaus accepted Svyatoslav Richter into his class, but never taught him in the conventional sense of the word. As Neuhaus himself later wrote, there was nothing to teach Richter - it was only necessary to develop his talent. Richter retained a reverent attitude towards his first teacher throughout his life. It is interesting that, having played almost all the world's piano classics, he never included Beethoven's Fifth Concerto in the program, believing that he could not play it better than his teacher.

In November 1940 the first public speaking Richter in Moscow. At this first concert in the Small Hall of the Conservatory, he performed with his teacher. A few days later he gave his own solo concert in Great hall conservatory, and from that time began his long life as a performing musician.

During the war, Svyatoslav Teofilovich Richter was in Moscow. At the slightest opportunity, he performed in concerts. And he never stopped studying for a day. Since June 1942 it has resumed concert activities and literally begins to “shower” the audience with new programs. At the same time, his tours to various cities begin. Over the last two war years, he traveled almost the entire country. He even took the state exam at the conservatory in the form of a concert in the Great Hall of the conservatory. After this speech, the commission decided to engrave Richter’s name in gold letters on a marble plaque in the foyer of the Small Hall of the Conservatory.

In 1945, Svyatoslav Richter became the winner of the All-Union competition of performing musicians. It is curious that for a long time he did not want to announce his participation in it. The fact is that Richter always considered the concepts of music and competition to be incompatible. But he began to participate in the competition in order to strengthen the teaching reputation of his teacher G. Neuhaus. Subsequently, he did not participate in any competitions. In addition, he always refused to chair the jury of many international competitions.

IN post-war years Svyatoslav Teofilovich Richter continues to tour constantly, and his fame as a performer is growing. In 1950 he went to the first foreign tours to Czechoslovakia. Then come trips to other countries. Only after this does the management “release” Richter to Finland. His concerts are, as always, a triumph, and in the same year the pianist makes a big tour of the USA and Canada. And crowded concert halls applaud him everywhere.

The secret of Richter’s rapid rise should be seen not only in the fact that he had a unique breadth of repertoire (he played Bach and Debussy, Prokofiev and Chopin with equal success), but also in the fact that he created a unique and complete image from any piece of music. Any music performed by him sounded as if he had composed it in front of the viewer.

Unlike other pianists, Svyatoslav Richter knew how to lose himself in the music he performed. It fully revealed his genius. The maestro himself said when journalists approached him with a request for an interview (and he was very, very reluctant to contact the press): “My interviews are my concerts.” And the musician considered performing in front of the public a sacred duty.

For many years, next to Svyatoslav Richter was his wife, singer Nina Lvovna Dorliak. She once performed in her own concerts, but left the stage and became a famous music teacher. Richter himself never had students. He probably just didn’t have the time, or maybe the reason is that genius cannot be taught.

The versatility of his talent, reminiscent of the geniuses of the Renaissance, was also reflected in Richter’s passion for painting. All his life he collected paintings and even painted in oils himself. The Museum of Private Collections houses several original works by Richter. As for the main collection, most of it has also been transferred to the museum. It must also be said that in the sixties and seventies Svyatoslav Richter arranged in his house art exhibitions representatives of informal movements. The expositions of E. Akhvlediani and V. Shukhaev turned out to be especially interesting.

Svyatoslav Teofilovich Richter was the organizer and permanent participant of regular summer music festivals in France, as well as the famous December evenings in the Moscow Museum fine arts them. Alexander Pushkin, in whose Italian courtyard in August 1997 Moscow said goodbye to the greatest pianist XX century.

Svyatoslav Richter, one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, was born on March 20, 1915 in the city of Zhitomir Russian Empire(currently Ukraine).
His name is inscribed in the history of music as the name of a pianist who not only masterfully performed classical musical works, but also created their author’s interpretations, which in turn became classics.

Svyatoslav Richter. short biography

1915 - born into the family of a German pianist and composer, teacher at the Odessa Conservatory, Theophilus Richter, and Russian noblewoman Anna Moskaleva.

1930-1932 - Svyatoslav Richter worked as a pianist-accompanist at the Odessa Sailor's House, and after that at the Odessa Philharmonic.

1934 - first solo concert Richter, on which the pianist performed works by Chopin, after which he received a position as an accompanist at the Odessa Opera House.

1937-1947 - studied at the Moscow Conservatory in the piano class of Heinrich Neuhaus, was expelled after refusing to study general education subjects, but was subsequently reinstated, receiving a diploma in 1947.

1940 - first performance Svyatoslav Richter in Moscow, in the Small Hall of the Conservatory - Richter played Sergei Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata, for the first time since Prokofiev himself.

1960 - tour in the USA, Grammy Award (the first Soviet pianist to be awarded a Grammy).

1960-1980 - numerous tours in different countries, more than 70 concerts a year.

1990s - lived in Paris.

1997 - passed away.

Svyatoslav Richter - virtuoso pianist and master of piano interpretation

Execution Svyatoslav Richter It is distinguished by ease and technical perfection, the author's approach to the work, and a subtle musical sense.

Quite a few studio recordings survive Richter, however, there are many regular recordings from concerts, including quite a few that can be listened to and seen on Youtube. The recordings, at first glance, give the impression of being deeply amateur and even of poor quality, and the reason for this is the darkness on stage during the performances Richter, when the lamp illuminated only the notes on the piano stand. According to the pianist, this gave the audience the opportunity to concentrate on the music without being distracted by minor moments.

in the photo: portrait Svyatoslav Richter

Svyatoslav Richter together with the legendary director of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow came up with music Festival“December Evenings”, which has been held at the museum since 1981. A special feature of the festival is the holding of concerts and art exhibitions united by one theme in the halls of the museum.

“He loved cinema very much,” recalls Irina Antonova, president of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. - He knew cinema very well. I have a letter where he writes from Paris: “Something unusual happened this month. I saw 40 films.” That is, there were days when he went to the cinema twice. He visited theaters a lot. He was always seen in theaters.”

A piano once given as a gift Richter, stands now at Pushkin Museum. At one time, a heavy instrument did not fit through the doorway of the pianist’s apartment. It was possible to use a crane, but in the end they made it easier - Richter I donated it to the museum, since I still played there often.

The musical genius Svyatoslav Richter did not grow up with scales and etudes. His most powerful “fortissimo” and bewitching “pianissimo” are a gift from God, which at one fine moment declared itself.

Richter's first teacher was his father. Teofil Danilovich, a graduate of the Vienna Academy of Music, gave his first lessons to his son at the age of five. This was not a standard piano course. Just the basics.

Then Richter studied himself - from the works of the greats. I just played all the notes that were in the house. For example, he loved Chopin. Having learned to sight read masterfully, after graduating from school he worked as an accompanist at the Odessa Philharmonic. At the age of 19 he gave his first solo concert and only at 22 he decided to enter the Moscow Conservatory. Richter was considered self-taught... and accepted.

"I think he genius musician“,” the venerable Heinrich Neuhaus said about the beginning pianist, “after Beethoven’s Twenty-eighth Sonata, the young man played several of his works and sight-read. And everyone present wanted him to play again and again...”

And he played. Because there was nothing left to teach Richter. Neuhaus simply developed the talent of his favorite student.

The young virtuoso played almost all the piano classics, except for Beethoven's Fifth Concerto. In this work, he recognized in advance the performing superiority of his teacher. Richter has already completed his studies famous performer. His state exam was a concert in the Great Hall of the Conservatory. And along with the diploma, the musician was awarded a “golden line” on a marble plaque in the foyer of the Small Hall.

At home - victory at the All-Union Performers Competition. In the West - a Grammy for Brahms' Second Piano Concerto.

This is the first time a Soviet musician has received this prestigious award. Richter toured a lot. He preferred chamber halls to huge halls. Soffits - darkness, in which a ray of light picks out only the notes, so as not to distract the viewer from the main thing - the music.

More than seventy concerts a year. The widest repertoire: from baroque to works of contemporaries.

“Last night I listened to Prokofiev. Richter played. It's a miracle. I still can't come to my senses. No words (in any order) can even remotely convey what it was. This almost couldn’t happen.”

Anna Akhmatova

Even during the period of the unofficial ban on Prokofiev’s music, Richter performed his works. Including the Ninth Sonata, which great composer dedicated to the great pianist.

Svyatoslav Richter. Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Budapest. 1954

“I have something interesting for you,” S. Prokofiev once said to Richter, and showed him sketches of the Ninth Sonata. This will be your sonata... Just don’t think, it won’t be effective... Not to amaze the Great Hall.” But Richter still amazed... With his talent.

He was multifaceted. One of the pianist's first hobbies since childhood was painting. Already being famous musician, he took lessons from his friend Robert Falk, an artist at the intersection of modernism and avant-garde.

The result was Richter's airy pastels and December Evenings - a harmonious combination of fine art and music.

The pianist entrusted his unique collection of paintings and graphics to the Pushkin Museum. Many of the paintings were given to the pianist by his artist friends.

Universal recognition often weighed heavily on Richter. Despite worldwide fame, famous musician remained a modest person. Having traveled all over Earth, the most beautiful places considered Oka and Zvenigorod. I loved fried potatoes. And he didn’t like the increased attention of journalists: “My interviews are my concerts.” And the maximum allowable praise for oneself: “It seems that this time something worked out...”

Richter Svyatoslav Teofilovich

Richter Svyatoslav Teofilovich

The greatest Soviet pianist of the twentieth century. A lot has been written about this outstanding pianist. And there is a huge amount of material about him on the Internet. There is no point in copying material. I only offer short review. For a more complete picture of the biography and creative path pianist, I offer a selection of my favorite articles about Richter that I found on the Internet. By following the links and reading the articles, you can get the most complete picture of the pianist.

1. Biographical sketch for the 100th anniversary of the pianist’s birth: S. Richter
2. Igor Izgarshev: “The Unknown Richter”
3. Analysis creative biography: G. Tsypin Svyatoslav Richter (1990)
4. In 2012, the memoirs of S. Richter’s close friend Vera Prokhorova, “Four Friends Against the Background of a Century,” were published. Unfortunately, you can purchase the book at this moment not possible - not available in any online store (data as of January 2017). And she’s not in in electronic format, because reprinting is prohibited by the copyright holder. But you can search in bookstores in your city or leave a request in the online store to be notified when the book is available for sale.

So, a short biographical overview: Svyatoslav Richter. National artist USSR (1961). Hero Socialist Labor(1975). Laureate of Lenin (1961), Stalin (1950) and State awards RSFSR named after Glinka (1987) and Russia (1996). The first winner of the Grammy Award in the USSR (1960).

Svyatoslav Richter was born into the family of pianist, organist and composer Teofil Danilovich Richter (1872-1941), a teacher at the Odessa Conservatory and organist of the city church; mother - Anna Pavlovna Moskaleva (1892-1963), after mother von Reinke, from Russian nobles German origin. During Civil War the family was separated, Richter lived in the family of his aunt Tamara Pavlovna, from whom he inherited a love of painting, which became his first creative hobby.

In 1922, the family moved to Odessa, where Richter began studying piano and composition. Richter recalled that in childhood and in teenage years He was greatly influenced by his father, who was his first teacher and whose play young Svyatoslav constantly listened to. Some sources indicate that Richter was largely self-taught, however this more likely refers to the fact that he did not take a standard piano course, playing scales, exercises and etudes. The first piece that Svyatoslav began to play was a nocturne by F. Chopin. During this time he also writes several theater plays, interested opera house and has plans to become a conductor. From 1930 to 1932, Richter worked as a pianist-accompanist at the Odessa Sailor's House, then at the Odessa Philharmonic. Richter's first solo concert, composed of Chopin's works, took place in 1934, and soon he received a position as an accompanist at the Odessa Opera House.

His hopes of becoming a conductor were dashed; in 1937, Richter entered the Moscow Conservatory in the piano class of Heinrich Neuhaus, but in the fall he was expelled from it (after refusing to study general education subjects) and went back to Odessa. Soon, however, at the insistence of Neuhaus, Richter returned to Moscow and re-entered the conservatory, receiving his diploma only in 1947. The pianist's Moscow debut took place on November 26, 1940, when in the Small Hall of the Conservatory he performed Sergei Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata - for the first time since the author. A month later, Richter performed with the orchestra for the first time.

During the Great Patriotic War, Richter remained in Moscow. In August 1941, his father, who lived in Odessa, was arrested Soviet authorities on false charges of treason, and in October, even before the occupation of the city German army, shot. In 1962, he was rehabilitated. After the liberation of the city from occupation, Richter’s mother left the city along with the retreating German troops and settled in Germany. Richter himself considered her dead for many years. During the war, Richter was active in concerts, performed in Moscow, toured other cities of the USSR, played in besieged Leningrad. The pianist performed for the first time a number of new works, including the Seventh piano sonata Sergei Prokofiev.

Richter’s great friend and mentor was Anna Ivanovna Troyanovskaya (1885-1977), in her house on Skatertny Lane he practiced on the famous Medtner piano. In 1943, Richter first met singer Nina Dorliak, who later became his wife. Richter and Dorliac often performed together in concerts.

After the war, Richter gained wide fame by winning the Third All-Union Competition for Musicians (the first prize was shared between him and Viktor Merzhanov), and became one of the leading Soviet pianists.

Richter's concerts in the USSR and Eastern Bloc countries were very popular, but he was not allowed to perform in the West for many years. This was due to the fact that Richter maintained friendly relations with disgraced cultural figures, including Boris Pasternak and Sergei Prokofiev. During the years of the unofficial ban on performing the composer’s music, the pianist often played his works, and in 1952, for the first and only time in his life, he acted as a conductor, conducting the premiere of the Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (solo: Mstislav Rostropovich). Prokofiev's ninth sonata is dedicated to Richter and was performed by him for the first time.

Richter's concerts in New York and other American cities in 1960 became a real sensation, followed by numerous recordings, many of which are still considered standard. In the same year, the musician was awarded a Grammy Award (he became the first Soviet performer, awarded this award) for the performance of the Second piano concert Brahms.

In 1952, Richter played the role of Franz Liszt in G. Alexandrov’s film “The Composer Glinka.”

In 1960-1980, Richter continued his active concert activity, giving more than seventy concerts a year. He toured a lot different countries, preferring to play in intimate rooms rather than in large ones concert halls. The pianist recorded relatively little in the studio, but the a large number of"live" recordings from concerts.

Richter's unusually wide repertoire covered works from Baroque music to 20th-century composers, and he often performed entire cycles of works, such as Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. A prominent place in his work was occupied by the works of Haydn, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Prokofiev. Richter's performance is distinguished by technical perfection, a deeply individual approach to the work, and a sense of time and style. Considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.

Richter is the founder of a number of music festivals, including the annual summer festival Musical Celebrations in Touraine (held since 1964 in a medieval barn in Mele near Tours, France), the famous “December Evenings” at the Pushkin Museum (since 1981), within which he performed with leading musicians of our time, including violinist Oleg Kagan, violist Yuri Bashmet, cellists Mstislav Rostropovich and Natalya Gutman. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Richter never taught.

IN last years During his life, Richter often canceled concerts due to illness, but continued to perform. During the performance, at his request, there was complete darkness on the stage, and only the notes on the piano stand were illuminated by a lamp. According to the pianist, this gave the audience the opportunity to concentrate on the music without being distracted by minor moments. In recent years he lived in Paris, and shortly before his death, on July 6, 1997, he returned to Russia. Last concert pianist competition took place in 1995 in Lübeck. Svyatoslav Richter died on August 1, 1997 in the Central Clinical Hospital from a heart attack. Buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

Information about Svyatoslav Richter is taken from Wikipedia.

Video “Richter the Unconquered (in two parts)”:

Svyatoslav Teofilovich Richter(March 20, 1915, Zhitomir - August 1, 1997, Moscow) - one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, whose virtuoso technique was combined with a huge repertoire and depth of interpretation. Founder of a number of music festivals, including “December Evenings” at the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin.

Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). People's Artist of the USSR (1961). Laureate of the Lenin (1961), Stalin (1950) and State Prizes of the RSFSR named after Glinka (1987) and Russia (1996). The first winner of the Grammy Award in the USSR (1960).

Svyatoslav Richter was born into the family of pianist, organist and composer Teofil Danilovich Richter (1872-1941), a teacher at the Odessa Conservatory and organist of the city church; mother - Anna Pavlovna Moskaleva (1892-1963), after mother von Reinke, from Russian nobles of German origin. During the Civil War, the family was separated, Richter lived in the family of his aunt Tamara Pavlovna, from whom he inherited a love of painting, which became his first creative hobby.

In 1916, the family moved to Odessa, where Richter began studying piano and composition. Richter recalled that in childhood and adolescence he was greatly influenced by his father, who was his first teacher and whose play young Svyatoslav constantly listened to. Some sources indicate that Richter was largely self-taught, however this more likely refers to the fact that he did not take a standard piano course, playing scales, exercises and etudes. The first piece that Svyatoslav began to play was a nocturne by F. Chopin. During this time, he also wrote several theater plays, became interested in opera, and harbored plans to become a conductor. From 1930 to 1932, Richter worked as a pianist-accompanist at the Odessa Sailor's House, then at the Odessa Philharmonic. Richter's first solo concert, composed of Chopin's works, took place in 1934, and soon he received a position as an accompanist at the Odessa Opera House.

His hopes of becoming a conductor were dashed; in 1937, Richter entered the Moscow Conservatory in the piano class of Heinrich Neuhaus, but in the fall he was expelled from it (after refusing to study general education subjects) and went back to Odessa. Soon, however, at the insistence of Neuhaus, Richter returned to Moscow and re-entered the conservatory, receiving his diploma only in 1947. The pianist's Moscow debut took place on November 26, 1940, when in the Small Hall of the Conservatory he performed Sergei Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata - for the first time since the author. A month later, Richter performed with the orchestra for the first time.

With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War Richter remains in Moscow. His father, who was in Odessa, was arrested by the Soviet authorities and soon shot, like many other Germans, and his mother, after the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation, left the city along with the retreating troops and settled in Germany. Richter himself considered her dead for many years. During the war, Richter was active in concerts, performed in Moscow, toured other cities of the USSR, and played in besieged Leningrad. The pianist performed for the first time a number of new works, including Sergei Prokofiev's Seventh Piano Sonata.

Richter’s great friend and mentor was Anna Ivanovna Troyanovskaya (1885-1977), in her house on Skatertny Lane he practiced on the famous Medtner piano. In 1943, Richter first met singer Nina Dorliak, who later became his wife. Richter and Dorliac often performed together in concerts. Despite the marriage, talk about Richter’s homosexuality never ceased among musicians. The musician himself preferred not to comment on his personal life.

After the war, Richter gained wide fame by winning the Third All-Union Competition for Musicians (the first prize was shared between him and Viktor Merzhanov), and became one of the leading Soviet pianists. Richter's concerts in the USSR and Eastern Bloc countries were very popular, but he was not allowed to perform in the West for many years. This was due to the fact that Richter maintained friendly relations with disgraced cultural figures, including Boris Pasternak and Sergei Prokofiev. During the years of the unofficial ban on performing the composer’s music, the pianist often played his works, and in 1952, for the first and only time in his life, he acted as a conductor, conducting the premiere of the Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (solo: Mstislav Rostropovich). Prokofiev's ninth sonata is dedicated to Richter and was performed by him for the first time.

Richter's concerts in New York and other American cities in 1960 became a real sensation, followed by numerous recordings, many of which are still considered standard. In the same year, the musician was awarded a Grammy Award (he became the first Soviet performer to receive this award) for his performance of Brahms' Second Piano Concerto.

In 1952, Richter played the role of Franz Liszt in G. Alexandrov’s film “The Composer Glinka.”

In 1960-1980, Richter continued his active concert activity, giving more than seventy concerts a year. He toured extensively in different countries, preferring to play in intimate venues rather than in large concert halls. The pianist recorded relatively little in the studio, but a large number of “live” recordings from concerts have been preserved.

S. T. Richter in Kharkov (1966, photo by Yu. Shcherbinin)

Richter's unusually wide repertoire covered works from Baroque music to 20th-century composers, and he often performed entire cycles of works, such as Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. A prominent place in his work was occupied by the works of Haydn, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Prokofiev. Richter's performance is distinguished by technical perfection, a deeply individual approach to the work, and a sense of time and style. Considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.

Richter is the founder of a number of music festivals, including the annual summer festival Musical festivals in Touraine (held since 1964 in a medieval barn in Mel near Tours, France), the famous “December Evenings” in the Pushkin Museum (since 1981), during which he performed with leading musicians of our time, including the violinist Oleg Kagan, violist Yuri Bashmet, cellists Mstislav Rostropovich and Natalya Gutman. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Richter never taught.

In the last years of his life, Richter often canceled concerts due to illness, but continued to perform. During the performance, at his request, there was complete darkness on the stage, and only the notes on the piano stand were illuminated by a lamp. According to the pianist, this gave the audience the opportunity to concentrate on the music without being distracted by minor moments.

In recent years he lived in Paris, and shortly before his death, on July 6, 1997, he returned to Russia. The pianist's last concert took place in 1995 in Lübeck.

Svyatoslav Richter died on August 1, 1997 in the Central Clinical Hospital from a heart attack. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.

Family

Was married to opera singer Ninoy Dorliak. Author and film critic Inga Karetnikova in her memoirs points out that this marriage was fictitious.

Awards and titles

• Laureate of the III All-Union Competition of Performing Musicians (1945, 1st prize).
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1955).
• People's Artist of the USSR (01/13/1961).
• Hero of Socialist Labor (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 20, 1975, Order of Lenin and Hammer and Sickle medal) - for outstanding services in the development of the Soviet musical art and on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.
• Three Orders of Lenin (03/19/1965, 03/20/1975, 03/20/1985).
• Order October revolution (14.11.1980) - behind great job on preparation and holding of the Games of the XXII Olympiad.
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III degree (Russia, 03/17/1995) - for services to the state and outstanding contribution to the development of world musical culture.
• Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (France, 1985).
• Gold Badge of the Order of Merit of the Polish People's Republic (Poland, 1983).
• Grand Cross with star and shoulder sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany, 1995).
• Order of Peace and Friendship of Peoples (Hungary, 1985).
• Lenin Prize (1961) - .
• Stalin Prize first degree (1950) - for concert and performing activities.
• State Prize of the RSFSR named after M. I. Glinka (1987) - behind concert programs 1986, performed in the cities of Siberia and the Far East.
• State Prize Russian Federation (1996) - for the International Music Festival “December Evenings” at the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A. S. Pushkin (1981-1995).
• Grammy Award (1960).
• Robert Schumann Prize (1968).
• Leonie Sonning Award (1986).
• Franco Abbiati Prize (1986).
• Triumph Award (1993).
• Prize "Golden Disc" of the company "Melodiya" - for the recording of P. I. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1.
• Honorary Doctor of Oxford University (1992).
• Honorary Doctor of the University of Strasbourg (1977).
• Honorary citizen of the city of Tarusa ( Kaluga region, 1994).
• Full member of the Academy of Creativity (Moscow).
• Inducted into the Gramophone Magazine Hall of Fame.

Memory

Postage stamp of Ukraine, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of S. Richter. 2015

• On March 22, 2011, a memorial plaque to Richter was installed in Zhitomir.
• On May 20, 2016, the street in Zhitomir where Svyatoslav Richter lived was renamed in his honor.
• For the 100th anniversary of the musician, the leadership of the city of Zhitomir and the region promise to open a monument and museum on the street where he lived.
• In January 1999, the opening took place in Moscow on Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in building 2/6 Memorial apartment Svyatoslav Richter - department State Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin, a museum with which Svyatoslav Teofilovich had a long friendship.
• International Piano Competition named after Svyatoslav Richter.
• “An offering to Svyatoslav Richter” is an annual project that traditionally takes place in the Great Hall of the Conservatory. In this way, the Richter Foundation honors the memory of the pianist and fulfills his promise to attract attention to the most interesting performers.
• In the city of Tarusa, where the pianist loved to spend time at his dacha, a festival is held annually classical music, organized by the Svyatoslav Richter Foundation, musicians from all over the world come to the forum.
• Monuments to Richter are installed in Polish city Bydgoszcz and in Ukrainian Yagotin.
• In June 2015, a street in the Southern Administrative District of Moscow was named after Richter.
• In the southern administrative district of Moscow, the Children's Art School named after the pianist (with his personal permission) was named after him. S. T. Richter, see the school website. The pianist performed there more than once, and also donated some personal belongings and photographs to the school museum.
• On February 2, 2015, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation issued a silver coin dedicated to S. T. Richter in the series of commemorative coins “ Prominent figures Russia."