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Profile of Andrzej Panufnik
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Andrzej Panufnik |
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24th September 1914 |
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Warsaw, Poland |
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Sir Andrzej Panufnik (September 24, 1914 - October 27, 1991) was a Polish composer, pianist, and a conductor of classical music. His daughter is also composer, Roxanna Panufnik.
He was born in Warsaw. He migrated to Britain escaping from Poland in 1954, because the performance and the publication of the work had been prohibited by People's Republic of Poland till 1977.
On 1991, Panufnik was created a Knight by Queen Elizabeth II. He died in Twickenham, Greater London.
He wrote 10 symphonies, 3 string quartets, and a number of concerti and other compositions.
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