Richard Horowitz is internationally known for creating a unique sonic language that fuses together his roots in classical, jazz and electronic music with the intensity of ancient Asian and Middle Eastern music. He plays keyboards, percussion and the ney, an obliquely blown reed flute - one of the oldest and most human sounding wind instruments. Since the late sixties his compositions have been inspired by the ritual drama of ancient music and by the shadings, motifs and overtones of instruments and voices from the oldest cultures.

Richard has scored many feature films, receiving Golden Globe and Los Angeles Film Critics awards for his work on “The Sheltering Sky” directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other scores include Oliver Stone's “Any Given Sunday” (BMI Award), Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, “Three Seasons” directed by Tony Bui and produced by Harvey Keitel, Jason Kliot and Joana Vincente, and “Lakota Woman” directed by Frank Pierson produced by Jane Fonda. He recently completed the score for the film “Les Amants de Mogador” starring Max Von Sydow and is producing Cheky Karyo's first recording for Universal Music France.

Additional credits include: Founding artistic director of the Gnaoua Music Festival in Essaouira Morocco; recorded and performed with internationally renowned vocalist Sussan Deyhim, including "Majoun" (Sony Classical); he has also worked with David Byrne, Duncan Sheik, Branford Marsalis, Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright, and Bill Laswell.