Aleksander Lasoń (born 1951) - composer, conductor and music teacher. In 1970-74 he studied at the State Higher School of Music (now the Music Academy) in Katowice at the Faculty of Jazz, and, subsequently, composition with Józef Świder (an honours degree in 1979). Winner of the 4th Piano Improvisation Contest in 1972. In 1976 he won the Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition for Composers with his Symphony No. 1 for wind instruments, percussion and two pianos (1975), and in 1978 - a prize in the composers' competition organized as part of the "Young Musicians for the Young City" Festival in Stalowa Wola. In 1980 he received the 2nd prize in the Young Composers' Competition of the Polish Composers' Union for his Mountains for symphony orchestra (1979-80). In the same year, he was granted the Beethoven Prize of the City of Bonn for Symphony No. 2 "Concertante" for piano and orchestra (1977-79). During the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris, Aleksander Lasoń received three coveted awards: in 1980 - Symphony No. 1 was selected; in 1988 - his String Quartet No. 2 (1987) and in 1997 - his Concerto festivo for violin and orchestra (1993-95) were recommended. For his artistic achievements, he was honoured with the "Silesian Polyhymnia" Award (1985), the S. Wyspiański Artistic Award (1986), The "Exclusiv" Prize of Tonos Music Publishers in Darmstadt (1988-91) and the Witold Lutosławski Scholarship-Award in 1987 and 1989. He was also granted prizes by the cities of Mikołów (1999), Bytom (2000) and Tarnowskie Góry (2001). In 2002 he won the Polish Composers’ Union Award.

Aleksander Lasoń was active as a pianist-improviser before concentrating on composition and conducting. In 1996 he was the initiator of the New Music Orchestra in residence at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. The orchestra's aim is to promote most recent compositions, as well as 20th-century classics. The orchestra consists of the graduates, lecturers and talented students. Since 1975, Lasoń has also been an active teacher. He is a professor at the Music Academy in Katowice, as well as at the Cieszyn branch of the Silesian University. In January 2000, the academic title of Professor of Musical Arts was conferred upon him. In 1986-89 he was vice-president of the International Society for Contemporary Music, Polish Section, and in 1990-93 - president of the Katowice branch of the Polish Composers' Union.