Nico Max Richter was the son of Izaak Richter and Sara Manheim. At his parents’ insistence, he studied medicine, but music was his passion. During his school years at a HBS [modern-style grammar school], he composed his first pieces. In time, he became a noted composer. His career came to a premature finish in 1942. He was deported to Dachau, where he remained until the end of the war. Nico return…