Julia Stilman-Lasansky
Ada Julia Stilman-Lasansky (February 3, 1935 - March 29, 2007) was an Argentinian 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: Piano. "Sonata Visiones Primera" Vocal. songs