Another year, another group of Panufnik composers, bringing the total who have taken part since 2005 to the remarkable number of 117. They will work towards writing a piece for the LSO’s orchestral workshop in March 2026. Here we are at the induction day in the Mendelssohn Room of St John’s Waterloo – the first time we have not been in LSO St Luke’s, which is closed for refurbishment. In front: Zhenyan Li, Elif Nur Karlıdağ, CM, Camilla Panufnik, Miles Walter, Marcello Palazzo, above: Kit McCarthy, Amy Crankshaw, Christian Mason