This Paradise

An afternoon with Roxanna Panufnik and festival musicians

Katy Hamilton interviewer

James Turnbull oboe
Treske Ensemble
Rosamond Thomas mezzo-soprano
Michael Pandya piano

Roxanna Panufnik Second Home
Roxanna Panufnik Virtue
Roxanna Panufnik Love Sought
Roxanna Panufnik Letters from Burma

Few composers combine such a wide range of influences with the warmth and elegance of festival composer in residence Roxanna Panufnik. Full of curiosity about other countries, cultures and faiths, her music is a melting pot, fusing different traditions into a style that has made her one of the most successful of all contemporary composers, loved by audiences and performed regularly all over the world. Join Roxanna Panufnik for an afternoon celebrating her music. The composer will be in conversation with Katy Hamilton, and festival musicians perform some of her most haunting and memorable chamber music.

‘a gifted composer with a fast-growing reputation for heart, spunk and individuality …distinctive in voice, serious, bold and appealing.’ – The Observer