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Witold Roman Lutosławski (Polish: [ˈvitɔld lutɔˈswafski] ⓘ; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music , he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szymanowski , and possibly the greatest Polish composer since Chopin ". [1]
The greatest density of symphony orchestras in the world can be found in Germany, and so it is not surprising that Witold Lutosławski appeared most often in concerts there. Over the period 1964–1993, he appeared as a conductor in the two Germanies more than sixty times, in nineteen cities.
Witold Lutosławski was an outstanding Polish composer of the 20th century who attempted to create a new musical language by incorporating elements of folk songs, 12-tone serialism, atonal counterpoint, and controlled improvisations reminiscent of aleatory (chance, see aleatory music) compositions.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 7, 1994 · Witold Lutosławski studied piano and violin, and, starting in 1927, composition and music theory with Witold Maliszewski (a former pupil of Rimski-Korsakov) at the Warsaw Conservatory and in Hamburg.
Feb 7, 1994 · Witold Lutosławski—one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century—began to study violin in Warsaw in 1926 and, a year later, as a part-time student he entered the Warsaw Conservatory where Karol Szymanowski was both professor and director.
Witold Lutosławski is the greatest Polish composer of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest music artists of the previous century.
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Biography. Witold Lutosławski was born in Warsaw in 1913. He embarked upon part-time studies in piano and composition at the Warsaw Conservatory in his late teens. After being captured by German soldiers while on military service during World War II, Lutosławski performed piano duets in Warsaw cafes with friend and fellow composer Andrzej ...
