Ada Julia Stilman-Lasansky[1] (February 3, 1935 - March 29, 2007)[2] was an Argentinian composer[3] who moved to the United States in 1964.[4]
Stilman-Lasansky was born in Buenos Aires,[5] 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,[6] Krysztof Penderecki, and Morton Subotnick.[7]
Stilman-Lasansky received a Phi Kappa Phi award in 1972 and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1974. The NEA commissioned her Cantata No. 4. Stilman-Lasansky was a member of the American Society of University Composers.[8] She lived in Maryland for many years, and died in Paris in 2007.[2]
Stilman-Lasansky’s compositions included:
Sonata Visiones Primera[7]
songs[14]