Julia Stilman-Lasansky

Ada Julia Stilman-Lasansky[1] (February 3, 1935 - March 29, 2007)[2] was an Argentine 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:

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  3. ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
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  5. ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  6. ^ Arts, National Council on the Arts Task Force on Hispanic American (1979). Report of the Task Force on Hispanic American Arts to the National Council on the Arts, August 11, 1979. Task Force.
  7. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-0-0.
  8. ^ Stilman-Lasansky, Julia (1977). "American Society of University Composers Proceedings 1976-77" (PDF). libraries.uta.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-22.