She studied at the faculties of composition and harp at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After graduating, Roxanna worked for the BBC shows, Young Musician of the Year and Proms. She took part in Record Review at BBC Radio 3. In 1993 she developed an episode for this station’s series entitled Composer of the week. It was devoted to her father – Andrzej Panufnik.
Roxanna Panufnik started composing at the age of three. She finished her first ‘legitimate‘ piece at the age of 12. When she was 16, she composed Requiem, which was performed at Chichester Cathedral.
Her adult works have been performed in the majority of Britain’s concert halls as well as in many others in Europe, Asia, USA and Australia and were published by the most significant recording labels, such as Black Box, Warner Classics, Mr Sam Records, Hyperion, Teldec, Signum Calssics, and EMI.
On commission from Wielki Theatre – National Opera in Warsaw, she composed a chamber opera - The Music Programme. Its premiere, directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski, was staged on April 7th 2000. Roxanna Panufnik also composed for Holders Season on Barbados (opera Inkle and Yarico – 1996); John Studzinski Foundation for Westminster Cathedral Choir (Westminster Mass for solo soprano, mixed choir, two harps, chimes and strings – 1997); Royal Academy of Arts (Spring for mixed choir, organs and a piano – 1997); Brunel University (The Upside Down Sailor for narrator, flute or piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons and two horns - 1998); Warwick & Leamington Festival for Nigela Cliffe'a i Schidlof String Quartet (Private Joe for baritone and string quartet - 2000); Farnham Festival for South West Surrey Concert Band (Suite Memories for symphonic brass band - 2000); Autumn in Malvern Festival & Music at Oxford for Catherine Beynon (Powers & Dominions, concertino for harp i orchestra- 2001); Summer Music Society of Dorset for Douglas Boyda and Vellinger String Quartet (Letters from Burma for oboe and string quartet - 2004); Savannah Music Festival in Georgia, USA for Daniel Hope (Abraham. Concerto for violin and orchestra - 2004), and Choral Arts Society in Philadelphia, USA (Love Abide for solo alto, solo baritone, mixed choir, organs, harp and strings – 2006).
