HAVPCD365 – Richard Pantcheff
HAVPCD365 – Richard Pantcheff
Richard Pantcheff is internationally-renowned as a composer of the highest quality contemporary music. His output is predominantly for voices and instruments, and comprises numerous choral works, a song cycle, Sonatas, a Requiem, part songs, and a large number of works for Organ. His work is performed across the globe.
He commenced his musical career as Head Chorister of Ripon Cathedral, at the time of the Cathedral’s 1300th anniversary celebrations. During his time as a music scholar at Senior School, he corresponded frequently with Benjamin Britten, who acted as a mentor to him. He went on to read Music at Christ Church, Oxford, studying composition under Simon Preston and Francis Grier.
Richard Pantcheff’s compositions have been commissioned, performed, published, and distributed all over the world. They are frequently broadcast on national radio and TV stations, most recently across the US, the UK, Norway, Germany, the Caribbean, Canada, and South Africa. His music has received much critical acclaim, and been performed at many of the world’s best-known music festivals.
