Julia Stilman-Lasansky
Ada Julia Stilman-Lasansky was an Argentine composer who moved to the United States in 1964.
Stilman-Lasansky was born in Buenos Aires, where she studied piano with Roberto Castro and composition with Gilardo Gilardi. After moving to the United States, she earned a M.M. and D.M.A. at the University of Maryland, then pursued further studies at Yale University. Stilman-Lasansky’s teachers included Leon Kirchner, Lawrence Moss, Krysztof Penderecki, and Morton Subotnick.
Stilman-Lasansky received a Phi Kappa Phi award in 1972 and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1974. The NEA commissioned her Cantata No. 4. Stilman-Lasansky was a member of the American Society of University Composers. She lived in Maryland for many years, and died in Paris in 2007.
Stilman-Lasansky’s compositions included:
Chamber
Orchestral and Choral
- The Facets of Diamond Love
- *Cantata No. 1 El Oro Intio
- *Cantata No. 2 Cantares de la Madre Joven
- *Cantata No. 3 Barcarola
- *Cantata No. 4 Magic Rituals of the Golden Dawn
- *Cantata No. 5 Magic Rituals
Piano
- ''Sonata Visiones Primera''
Solo vocal
- songs