Alcides Emigdio Lanza CM (2 June 1929 – 17 July 2024) was an Argentine-born Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator.
All of these enabled him to pursue further training in the United States with such teachers as Olivier Messiaen, Riccardo Malipiero, Aaron Copland, Bruno Maderna, and Yvonne Loriod.
[1] Among his notable pupils are composers Peter Allen, Eli-Eri Moura, Nicole Rodrigue, and John Burke.
In 1972 Lanza became the director of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), remaining in that role for only a short time.
In June 2003, the Canada Council for the Arts named Alcides Lanza as a winner of the 2003 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award, recognizing his career accomplishments as a composer.