Julia Stilman-Lasansky

Ada Julia Stilman-Lasansky (February 3, 1935 – March 29, 2007) 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 (NEA) 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.

Orchestral and Choral

The Facets of Diamond Love (cycle of 5 cantatas) Cantata No. 1 El Oro Intio (bass and orchestra; text by Amado Nervo) Cantata No. 4 Magic Rituals of the Golden Dawn (text by William Butler Yeats) Cantata No. 5 Magic Rituals (circa 1997) (setting of "A deep sworn vow" by William Butler Yeats and the first strophe of the Old French "Le lai des amants")

Piano

Sonata Visiones Primera