== Biografia ==
Maliszewski was born in [[Mohyliv-Podilskyi]], [[RussianImpero Empirerusso dopo il 1870|Impero russo]] (now [[UkraineUcraina]]). He graduated from [[SaintConservatorio Petersburgdi ConservatorySan Pietroburgo]], in the class of [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]].<ref>Some sources suggest that Witold Maliszewski also studied with [[Alexander Glazunov]]</ref> He was a member of [[Belyayev circle]]. In 1913 he became a founder and the first director of the Odessa Conservatory, which gave the world a number of outstanding musicians, such as [[David Oistrakh]], [[Emil Gilels]] and [[Yakov Zak]].
After the [[OctoberRivoluzione Revolutionrussa del 1905|Russianrivoluzione revolutionrussa]], because of the imminent threat of persecuzione [[BolshevikBolscevismo|bolscevica]] persecution, Maliszewski immigrated to Poland in 1921. In 1925–1927 he was teaching at the [[FryderykUniversità Chopindella UniversityMusica ofFryderyk Music in Warsaw|Chopin Music School]] and was the Director of the [[Warsaw Music Society]]. In 1927 he served as Chairman of the First International [[FredericConcorso Chopinpianistico Pianointernazionale CompetitionFryderyk Chopin]]. From 1931 to 1934 Maliszewski was the Director of the Music Department at the [[Polish Ministry of Education]]. From 1931 to 1939 he was a Professor at the [[Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw|Warsaw Conservatory]]. He died in [[Zalesie, Warsaw West County|Zalesie]] near Warsaw.
Maliszewski's style was largely shaped by Russian musical traditions. His symphonies belong to the non-programmatic ([[Alexander Glazunov|Glazunov]]'s) type, and only the Fourth symphony in D Major op. 21 contain elements of Polish dances.<ref name="Campbell"/><ref name="Boleslawska">{{cite book |last1=Boleslawska-Lewandowska |first1=Beata |title=Symphony and symphonic thinking in Polish music after 1956 |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1409464709 |pages=51–52}}</ref>
In [[SovietUnione UnionSovietica]] Maliszewski's name was prohibited, and in 1950 the conservatory which he founded in Odessa was given name of [[Antonina Nezhdanova]], who had no links with the institution.<ref>[http://gazeta.zn.ua/SOCIETY/yubiley_odesskoy_konservatorii_v_semeynom_razreze_izvestnoe_muzykalnoe_zavedenie_otmetilo_svoe_90-le.html Anniversary of the Odessa Conservatory in the family dimension.]</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=October 2019}}
His students include [[Witold Lutosławski]], [[Mykola Vilinsky]], [[Shimon Shteynberg]], [[Boleslaw Woytowicz]], Feliks[[Felix Roderyk ŁabuńskiLabunski]], Feliks Rybicki.
==Opere scelte==
===Teatro===
* ''Syrena'' (The Mermaid), Opera-Ballet in 4 acts, Op. 24; libretto by [[Ludomir Michał Rogowski]] (1927)
* ''Boruta'', Ballet (1929)
===Concerti===
* ''Fantazja kujawska'' ([[Kuyavia]]n Fantasy) for piano and orchestra (1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmfclassic.pl/muzyka/encyklopediab,maliszewski-witold,2245.html|title=RMF Classic|accessdate=August 18, 2011}}{{dead link|date=October 2019}}</ref>
* Concerto in B{{music|flat}}si minorbemolle minore for piano and orchestra, Op. 29 (1938)
===Musica da camera===
* Quintet in D minor for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos, Op. 3 (1904)
* String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 6 (1905)
* String Quartet No. 3 in E{{music|flat}}mi majorbemolle maggiore, Op. 15 (1914)
* Quatre morceaux for violin & piano, Op. 20 (1923)
===Pianoforte===
* Six Piano Pieces, Op. 4 (1904)
* ''Prélude et fugue fantastiques'' in B{{music|flat}}si minorbemolle minore, Op. 16 (1913)
===Coro===
=== Incisioni d'archivio ===
*1952 : Fantazja kujawska ([[Wladyslaw Kedra]], [[Polish Radio Orchestra of Bydgoszcz]], cond. [[Arnold Rezler]])
*1959 : Piano Concerto ([[Jakub Kalecki]], [[Jerzy Gert]])
*Piano Concerto ([[Andrzej Stefański]], [[Polish Radio National SO]])
=== Incisioni commerciali ===
*2014 : [http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0285.html Works for Violin and Piano – Acte Préalable AP0285 [http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0285.html]
*2014 : Chamber Music vol. 1 – Acte Préalable AP0327 [http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0327.html Chamber Music vol. 1 – Acte Préalable AP0327]
*2015 : Complete Works for Piano – Acte Préalable AP0320 [http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0320.html Complete Works for Piano – Acte Préalable AP0320]
*2017 : Chamber Music vol. 2 – Acte Préalable AP0376 [http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0376.html Chamber Music vol. 2 – Acte Préalable AP0376]
==Bibliografia==
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