COMPOSER

Andrzej Panufnik

1914 - 1991

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Sir Andrzej Panufnik (pronounced: [ˈand͡ʐɛj paˈnufnik]; 24 September 1914 – 27 October 1991) was a Polish composer and conductor. He became established as one of the leading Polish composers, and as a conductor he was instrumental in the re-establishment of the Warsaw Philharmonic orchestra after World War II. He also served as Principal Conductor of the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra. After his increasing frustration with the extra-musical demands made on him by the country's regime, he defected to the United Kingdom in 1954, and took up British citizenship. In 1957, he was appointed chief conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a post he relinquished after two years to devote all his time to composition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrzej Panufnik is the 659th most popular composer (up from 777th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 648th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Polish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Andrzej Panufnik ranks 659 out of 1,451. Before him are Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Herms Niel, François Sudre, Heinz Holliger, Ildebrando Pizzetti, and Boris Blacher. After him are Anton Walter, Agustín Lara, Charles Lecocq, Georg Joseph Vogler, Stevan Mokranjac, and Paul Wranitzky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Andrzej Panufnik ranks 142. Before him are Richard Basehart, Infante Gonzalo of Spain, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Yahya Khan, Sarla Thakral, and Felice Borel. After him are Anatole Abragam, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Gino Colaussi, Michael Grant, Yuri Levitan, and Paul Tortelier. Among people deceased in 1991, Andrzej Panufnik ranks 91. Before him are Ho Jong-suk, Berenice Abbott, Kevin Peter Hall, Vasko Popa, Edmond Jabès, and Alex North. After him are Yasushi Inoue, Schubert Gambetta, Mikheil Meskhi, Gino Colaussi, Richard Thorpe, and Carmine Coppola.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Andrzej Panufnik ranks 552 out of 1,694. Before him are Ryszard Siwiec (1909), Ernst Kantorowicz (1895), Beata Tyszkiewicz (1938), Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762), Robert Remak (1815), and Krystyna Skarbek (1908). After him are Bronisław Geremek (1932), Max Simon (1899), John Albert Vasa (1612), Otto Lasch (1893), Jerzy Dudek (1973), and Florian Znaniecki (1882).

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Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Andrzej Panufnik ranks 21. Before him are Johann Adam Hiller (1728), Alexandre Tansman (1897), Johann Schobert (1720), Franz Waxman (1906), Wolfgang Schmieder (1901), and Karol Lipiński (1790). After him are Zbigniew Preisner (1955), Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727), Josef Tal (1910), Krzysztof Komeda (1931), Carl Schuricht (1880), and Salomon Jadassohn (1831).

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