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resulted in high-profile commissions premiered
by the conductor Valery Gergiev and the World
Orchestra for Peace in Jerusalem and at the
2018 Last Night of the BBC Proms. As well as
the Proms, 2018 included a co-commissioned
oratorio Faithful Journey – a Mass for Poland for
the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra,
marking Poland’s centenary as an independent
state. 2019 included a new commission for two
conductors and two choirs, premiered by Marin
Alsop and Valentina Peleggi with the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra and 2022 will see the
world premiere of Ever Us for ten choirs and
orchestra commissioned by the Rundfunkchor
Berlin for their 2020 Beethoven anniversary
celebrations and Dalia a new people’s opera for
the Garsington Opera Festival. Her works are
published by Peters Edition and recorded on
many labels including Signum, Warner Classics,
Chandos and EMI Classics.
Roxanna Panufnik studied at the Royal
Academy of Music and, since then, has written
a wide range of pieces – opera, ballet, choral
works, orchestral and chamber compositions,
and music for film and television – which are
performed worldwide. Her mixed heritage
has inspired a great love of music from a huge
variety of cultures and different faiths, whose
influence she uses liberally throughout her
pieces. Her mission to build musical bridges
between the three Abrahamic faiths has
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