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Witold Lutosławski

Polish composer and conductor of 20th-century classical music.

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Witold Lutosławski

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Born on 25 January 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, Witold Roman Lutosławski worked as both a composer and conductor.[1][2]

Making and release

Lutosławski gained a diploma for piano performance in 1936 and a diploma for composition in 1937.[3] Their repertoire included the first incarnation of Lutosławski's Variations on a Theme by Paganini.[4] His Concerto for Orchestra of 1954 established Lutosławski as an important composer of art music.[5] Witold Maliszewski, who had studied under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, was the sole composition teacher Lutosławski ever had.[3]

During World War II, Lutosławski and Andrzej Panufnik created a piano duo and gave performances in Warsaw cafés.[4] The first performance of Lutosławski's First Symphony took place in 1948, with Fitelberg conducting.[6] For the 1963 Music Biennale Zagreb, Lutosławski created Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux in response to a commission.[7] The University of Louisville's first Grawemeyer Prize was awarded to Lutosławski in 1985 for his Third Symphony.[8]

What the cited sources add

The Pour le Mérite account states that Lutosławski studied piano as a child, then violin, and wrote his first composition at age nine.[9] Pour le Mérite notes that his aleatory polyphony first appeared in the orchestral piece Jeux Vénitiens in 1961.[9] The Recording Academy lists Lutosławski as a nominee in the Best Contemporary Composition category for Chain 2, Partita, Piano Concerto, and Symphony No. 4.[10] Pour le Mérite states that Lutosławski's Konzert für Orchester (1954) was the first piece to be performed again in 1959 during the relative thaw under Gomulka.[9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Witold Lutosławski" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bodman Rae 2001 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Witold Lutosławski" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Steinberg 2000, p. 244; Stucky 1981, p. 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Witold Lutosławski" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stucky 1981, p. 1; Bodman Rae 1999, p. 1–8; Bodman Rae 1999, p. 1–8; Bodman Rae 1999, p. 1–8 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Witold Lutosławski" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Witold Lutosławski – Guide to Warsaw: Mazowiecka 12. NIFC 2013.; Bodman Rae 1999, p. 1–8; Witold Lutosławski – Guide to Warsaw: Królewska 11 („SiM"); Szpitalna 5 („Lira"); Mazowiecka 5 (Aria, U Aktorek). NIFC 2013; Stucky 1981, p. 1; Stucky 1981, p. 1; Stucky 1981, p. 1; , for an account of Panufnik and Lutosławski's duo in German-occupied Warsaw.; Bodman Rae 1999, p. 1–8 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Witold Lutosławski" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stucky 1981, p. 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Witold Lutosławski" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stucky 1981, p. 1; Stucky 1981, p. 1; Bodman Rae 1999, p. 1–8; Stucky 1981, p. 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Witold Lutosławski" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bodman Rae 1999, p. 1–8; Bodman Rae 1999, p. 1–8; Stucky 1981, p. 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Witold Lutosławski" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1985 – Witold Lutoslawski", Grawemeyer Awards, 15 March 1985; Bohlman 2018, p. 273 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. "Witold Lutosławski", Pour le Mérite. facts only, no text reused. orden-pourlemerite.de
  10. "Witold Lutosławski", The Recording Academy, 23 November 2020. facts only, no text reused. grammy.com

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