Philip Lasser

Philip Lasser (born August 4, 1963) is an American composer of contemporary classical music, music theorist, and pianist. He is a member of the faculty at the Juilliard School in New York City since 1994. Life and career Philip Lasser was born in New York City on August 4, 1963, and began taking piano lessons at only the age of five. At age sixteen, he entered the Ecole d’Arts Americaines in the Palace of Fontainebleau, France. He studied at Harvard University and, following receipt of a Bachelor’s degree, he lived in Paris from 1985 to 1988. In 1988 Lasser entered Columbia University for a Master’s degree in Composition, then entered Juilliard, receiving a degree in Doctor of Musical Arts. He wrote an academic work on the contrapuntal analysis of music entitled The Spiraling Tapestry, published by Rassel Editions. His piece Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J. S. Bach has been recorded by pianist Simone Dinnerstein on the Telarc record label. Lasser is president of the European American Musical Alliance. As director of EAMA’s Summer Music Programs in Paris in Cassis, France, and at the Yaddo Colony. Partial list of compositions ;Orchestral * So Says the Wind for string orchestra (