Background
Panufnik, Andrzej was born on September 24, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland. Arrived in England, 1954, naturalized, 1961. Son of Tomasz and Matylda (Thonnes) Panufnik.
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Panufnik, Andrzej was born on September 24, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland. Arrived in England, 1954, naturalized, 1961. Son of Tomasz and Matylda (Thonnes) Panufnik.
Ed with Felix Weingartner, Warsaw State Conservatory & State Academy Music, Vienna. Ed (honorary), R.A.M., 1984. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), 1985.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Frederic Chopin Academy Music, Warsaw, 1991.
Conductor Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra, 1945—1946. Director Warwaw Phil. Orchestra, 1946—1947.
Vice president Polish Composers' Union, 1948—1954. Vice chairman International Music Council United Nations Educational, 1950—1953. Museum director Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 1957—1959.
Visiting conductor leading European N. & S. American Orchestras, 1947—1991. Commissions Boston Symphony Orchestra (Centenary), London Symphony Orchestra (3 commissions), Royal Philharmonic Southern, London, Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Centenary), Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Mistislav Rostropovitch.
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(Copyright date is 1967.)
Composer: Piano Trio, 1934, Five Polish Peasant Songs, 1940, Tragic Overture, 1942, Nocturne, 1947, Lullaby, 1947, Twelve Miniature Studies, 1947, Sinfonia Rustica, 1948, Hommage a Chopin, 1949, Old Polish Suite, 1950, Concerto in Modo Antico, 1951, Heroic Overture, 1952, Rhapsody, 1956, Sinfonia Elegiaca, 1957, Polonia - Suite, 1959, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1962, Landscape, 1962, Autumn Music, 1962, review, 1965, 1969, Sinfonia Sacra, 1963, Two Lyric Pieces, 1963, Song to the Virgin Mary, 1964, Jagiellonian Triptych, 1966, Katyn Epitaph, 1967, Reflections for Piano, 1968, The Universal Prayer, 1968-1969, Thames Pageant, 1969, Concerto for Violin and Strings, 1971, Triangles, 1972, Winter Solstice, 1972, Sinfonia Concertante, 1973, Sinfonia di Sfere, 1974-1975, String Quartet Northern 1, 1976, Dreamscape, 1977, Sinfonia Mistica, 1977, Metasinfonia, 1978, Concerto Festivo, 1979, Concertino, 1980, String Quartet Northern 2, 1980, Paean for Queen Elizabeth, 1980, Sinfonia Votiva, 1981, A Procession for Peace, 1982-1983, Arbor Cosmica, 1983, Pentasonata, 1984, Bassoon Concerto, 1985, Symphony Northern 9, 1986, String Sextet, 1987, Symphony Northern 10, 1988, Harmony, 1989, String Quartet Northern 3, 1990, Cello Concerto, 1991, Ballet Music: Elegy, 1967, Cain and Abel, 1968, Miss Julie, 1970, Homage to Chopin, 1980, Adieu, 1980, Polonia, 1980, Dances of the Golden Hall, 1982. Author: Composing Myself, 1987.
Council Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, Composers’ Guild of Great Britain.
Married Camilla Jessel in 1963.