Jascha Richter was born on 24 June 1963 in Concord, New Hampshire, before his family decided to move back to Denmark, where they settled in Aarhus. He holds both Danish and American citizenship. As a child, Richter started playing the flute and cello and then the piano. He was raised with classical music; however, in his early teenage years he started to play and compose pop music. Growing up, he listened to Elton John, Supertramp and Bee Gees among others.
