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