Aleksander Lasoń

Aleksander Lasoń (born 10 November 1951) is a Polish composer and teacher. He was born in Siemianowice Śląskie.He studied composition under professor Józef Świder's at The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. He is professor at the University of Silesia and at the Academy of Music in Katowice.He has received numerous awards and commissions, including The Beethoven Prize of the City of Bonn in 1980 for his Symphony No. 2, Concertante for piano and orchestra; he received three coveted awards at the UNESCO's International Tribune of Composers in Paris: in 1980, he was awarded first place for his Symphony No. 1 for brass instruments, percussion and two pianos, in 1988—his String Quartet No. 2 and in 1997—his Concerto Festivo for violin and orchestra, were distinguished.