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.
Stilman-Lasansky’s compositions included:
Chamber
- Cello Quartet10
- Cuadrados y Angulos (trumpet, sax, piano and timpani; text by Alfonsina Storni)11
Orchestral and Choral
- The Facets of Diamond Love (cycle of 5 cantatas)14
- Cantata No. 1 El Oro Intio (bass and orchestra; text by Amado Nervo)15
- Cantata No. 2 Cantares de la Madre Joven (seven female soloists and orchestra; text by Rabindranath Tagore)1617
- Cantata No. 3 Barcarola (chorus18 and orchestra; text by Pablo Neruda)1920
- Cantata No. 4 Magic Rituals of the Golden Dawn (text by William Butler Yeats)2122
- 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")23
Piano
- Sonata Visiones Primera24
Solo vocal
- songs25
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