Witold Lutosławski

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Witold Lutosławski was a prominent 20th-century Polish composer known for his innovative orchestral works and use of controlled aleatoricism.

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Witold Lutosławski canonical 10
Lutosławski 1

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instanceOf Polish composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition ⓘ
Order of Polonia Restituta ⓘ
Order of the White Eagle ⓘ
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal ⓘ
Sonning Music Prize ⓘ
birthCountry Poland ⓘ
birthDate 1913-01-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Warsaw ⓘ
citizenship Poland ⓘ
deathDate 1994-02-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Warsaw ⓘ
educatedAt Warsaw Conservatory ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Lutosławski ⓘ
linked to: Witold Lutosławski
fieldOfWork music composition ⓘ
orchestration ⓘ
genre contemporary classical music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
givenName Witold ⓘ
influenced Krzysztof Penderecki ⓘ
Thomas Adès ⓘ
influencedBy Béla Bartók ⓘ
Claude Debussy ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
knownFor innovative orchestral works ⓘ
use of controlled aleatoricism ⓘ
languageOfWorks English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
movement 20th-century classical music ⓘ
name Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
nationality Polish ⓘ
notableWork Cello Concerto ⓘ
Chain 1 ⓘ
Chain 2 ⓘ
Chain 3 ⓘ
Concerto for Orchestra ⓘ
Dance Preludes ⓘ
Les espaces du sommeil ⓘ
Livre pour orchestre ⓘ
Musique funèbre ⓘ
Paganini Variations ⓘ
Paroles tissées ⓘ
Partita for violin and orchestra ⓘ
Piano Concerto ⓘ
Symphony No. 1 ⓘ
Symphony No. 2 ⓘ
Symphony No. 3 ⓘ
Symphony No. 4 ⓘ
Venetian Games ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
residence Warsaw ⓘ
spouse Danuta Bogusławska ⓘ
usedTechnique advanced orchestration ⓘ
controlled aleatoricism ⓘ
twelve-tone-inspired pitch organization ⓘ

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Anne-Sophie Mutter → commissionedWorkFrom → Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
Boosey & Hawkes → hasNotableComposer → Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
Béla Bartók → influenced → Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 → influenced → Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
Witold Lutosławski → name → Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
Witold Lutosławski → familyName → Lutosławski ⓘ
linked to: Witold Lutosławski
Paul Sacher → commissionedWorkFrom → Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
Karol Szymanowski → influenced → Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki → influencedBy → Witold Lutosławski ⓘ