Witold Lutosławski (* January 25th 1913, Warsaw - † February 7th 1994, Warsaw), was a Compositeur and Leader Polish.

Biography

He studied the music with Warsaw. During the Second world war, he was prisoner of the Germans before escaping. He played like Pianiste in coffees to earn his living. Its first works were of tonal inspiration and were rejected by the Stalinisme under the pretext of “formalism”.

Initially influenced by Karol Szymanowski for its symphonic Variations (1939), it takes as a starting point the popular music of Mazovie for its Concerto for orchestra ordered by the leader Witold Rowicki which creates it in 1954. Its exploitation of the popular music points out that of Béla Bartók, to which it pays homage in 1954 with a funeral Musique .

In the Years 1950, it was tested with the Sérialisme, with its funeral music then with the random Musique with its Venetian Jeux . Posterior works are primarily orchestral, and it recorded them as leader. An integral of its orchestral works was recorded under the direction of Antoni Wit. Lutosławski also writes for voice, often starting from French poems: Three poems of Henri Michaux , Spaces of the night according to Robert Desnos.

It dedicated a certain number of its compositions to the largest interpreters of its time: Mstislav Rostropovitch, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Paul Sacher, AsSophie Mutter,…

He was prize winner of the Prix Ernst von Siemens in 1983, of the Grawemeyer Price in 1985, and the Prix of Kyoto in 1993.

Principal works

• symphonic Variations 1938
• Variations on a topic of Paganini for two pianos , 1941
• Trio for winds , 1945
• popular Melodies for piano , 1945
• Christmas carols Polish , 1946
• Symphony nº 1 , 1947
• Songs of children , 1949
• Opening , 1949
• Small continuation for orchestra (Mala suita) , 1951
• Silesian Triptych for soprano and orchestrates (Tryptyk slaski) , 1951
• Bucoliques for piano , 1952
• Concerto for orchestra , 1950 - 1954
• Préludes (Preludia taneczne) , 1954 -5
• Five melodies , 1956 -7
• funeral Musique for string orchestra (Muzyka żałobna) , 1958
• Five melodies for voice and orchestra , 1958
• Three postludes , 1958 -60
• Venetian Jeux (Gry weneckie) , 1961
• Three Poems of Henri Michaux for choruses and orchestra , 1963
• String quartet , 1964
• Words woven for toothing-stone, piano, cords and tenor , 1965
• Symphony nº 2 , 1966 -7
• Book for orchestra , 1968
• Concerto for violoncello , 1970
• Preludes and running away for cords , 1972
• Variation “Sacher” for violoncello , 1975
• Spaces of the Sleep for baritone and orchestra , 1975
• Semi-party for orchestra , 1976
• Novelette , 1978 -9
• Epitaph for oboe and piano
• double concerto for oboe and toothing-stone , 1979 -80
• Symphony nº 3 , 1974 -83
• Chain 1 for chamber orchestra , 1983
• Chain 2 for chamber orchestra , 1985
• Chain 3 for chamber orchestra , 1986
• Concerto for piano , 1988
• Partita for chamber orchestra and violin , 1988
• Chantefleurs and Chantefables for soprano and orchestra , 1991
• Symphony nº 4 , 1993

See too

External bonds

• Witold Lutosławski on the media library of IRCAM
• Discography
• Witold Lutosławski on Polish Music Center0.
• Witold Lutosławski on Culture.pl

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