Witold Lutosławski

Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994) · Poland · On the map · Musicians · Died at 81

Witold Roman Lutosławski 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".

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1994Died7 February 19941993Kyoto Prize in Arts and PhilosophyAward1992Honorary Doctor of the University of Strasbourg-IIAward1987Honorary Doctorate from the University of CambridgeAward1986Royal Philharmonic Society Gold MedalAward1985Grawemeyer Award for Music CompositionAward1984Honorary Doctor of the Jagiellonian University of KrakowAward1983Ernst von Siemens Music PrizeAwardHonorary Doctor of Durham UniversityAward1973Honorary Doctor of the University of WarsawAwardWihuri Sibelius PrizeAward1971Maurice Ravel PrizeAward1967Herder PrizeAwardLéonie Sonning Music PrizeAward1913Born25 January 1913

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Awards

Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy1993

Honorary Doctor of the University of Strasbourg-II1992

Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambridge1987

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal1986

Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition1985

Honorary Doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow1984

Honorary Doctor of Durham University1983

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize1983

Honorary Doctor of the University of Warsaw1973

Wihuri Sibelius Prize1973

Maurice Ravel Prize1971

Herder Prize1967

Léonie Sonning Music Prize1967

Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Order of the White Eagle

Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

Order of the Builders of People's Poland

Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland

Work Flag Order, 1st class

Work Flag Order, 2nd class

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music

About this person

His compositions - of which he was a notable conductor - include representatives of most traditional genres, aside from opera: symphonies, concertos, orchestral song cycles, other orchestral works, and chamber works. Among his best known works are his four symphonies, the Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941), the Concerto for Orchestra (1954), and his cello concerto (1970).

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Poland