Richard has been a piano professor at the Royal Northern College of Music since 2011 and has nearly 30 years of teaching experience at institutions such as the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Trinity College, London. He has taught on courses such as the Chetham’s International Summer School and Cadenza International Summer School and gives masterclasses across the world in China, Singapore and Malaysia. 
Richard has enjoyed a diverse career as a solo and chamber pianist. He has performed concertos with many orchestras around the world, including the Philharmonia Orchestra at London’s Barbican Centre, and given solo recitals in more than a dozen countries. He has released CDs with Austrian Gramophone, Naxos and Ty Cerdd. Chamber music is central to Richard’s life. He was awarded the accompanist prize at the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition in 1998. As pianist with the Salzburg Hyperion Ensemble he has performed throughout Europe and America, and has also joined the Dorian Wind Quintet on 3 US tours. Richard performed frequently with the Trio d’Archi di Praga, and joined the Czech Nonet for extensive tours during their 85th anniversary season. He has performed at most of the UK’s leading chamber venues, including the Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room.