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    Roxanna Panufnik (b.1968)

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    21 of the greatest women composers in classical music

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    20. Roxanna Panufnik (b.1968)

    Daughter of the Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik, Roxanna has written a wide range of pieces including opera, ballet, music theatre, choral works, chamber compositions and music for film and TV which are regularly performed all over the world. Among her most widely performed works is 'Westminster Mass', commissioned for Westminster Cathedral Choir on the occasion of Cardinal Hume's 75th birthday.

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