“Pantcheff’s choral music has an absolutely distinctive, strongly mystical, language…”
“…Richard Pantcheff’s justly successful career as a composer of uplifting choral church music.”
Richard Pantcheff
“Pantcheff has not forgotten tradition but breathed new life into it.”
Composer
About
Richard Pantcheff is internationally renowned as one of the finest contemporary composers of Choral, Organ, Chamber and Instrumental music. He is resident in Oxford, England, where he is the newly the appointed Director of Music at The City Church, Oxford. From 2012-2019 he was Director of Music at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, where he remains as Composer in Residence. He is a Patron of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, at which his works have been premiered and broadcast regularly over the last thirteen years. All of his music has been published, and features regularly in major international music festivals, as well as in concerts, recitals, and church services worldwide.
There are currently twenty-one commercially-released CDs and EPs in the catalogue featuring his music, with several more awaiting release. Many of these are devoted solely to his music.
Richard Pantcheff's music is published mostly by Universal Edition and Composers Edition.
Two recording companies have each released a series of Richard Pantcheff's music: Orchid Classics and Prima Facie.
Listen
Click below to listen to excerpts of Richard’s music. Further details and full tracks can be found on the Discography page.
Selected Works
In Print
Richard’s music is available from the following publishers
