"There is no denying Lastovicka's skill and potential .... there is a real sense of power and refined craft."   -Fanfare Magazine

Chris Lastovicka designs music dealing primarily with psychological and metaphysical subjects.

Her new work Terra Nullius will be premiered at the
Corcoran in 2011 by Trio Quelque Chose. An excerpt from her opera Crossing the Horizon was performed by
New York City Opera at their VOX 2007 festival; the opera
was also a finalist in Opera Vista's 2009 international
chamber opera competition (Houston). She is the winner of
the 2008 Melodia Women's Choir (NYC) Commission
Competition. Her music has been performed at the Boston
Early Music Festival, Merce Cunningham Studio, and in
Spoleto, Italy. Her electronic work Spring was commissioned
by Robin Becker Dance (NYC) for the company's 15-year
anniversary.

Lastovicka released her first album of chamber music
Fortune Has Turned in 2005. Her Láska for oboe d'amore and harpsichord is released on Classic Concert Records (Austria).

Her music will be featured in Fay Lindsay-Jones Story, the upcoming film by Greg Emetaz.

Lastovicka is the recipient of a Presser Award, a Hatz Award, a CAP Award from American Music Center, and grants from NYSCA and NYFA. At age 14, she became the youngest winner in the history of Chicago's Gruenstein Memorial National Organ Competition. At 15, she won the Otto B. Schoepfle National Organ Competition.

She studied composition with Samuel Adler, Frederick Bianchi, Joel Hoffman, and Allen Sapp; orchestration with Dominick Argento; and organ with Roberta Gary.

She attended the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music on full scholarship and graduated summa cum laude. She was raised in Hartsville, SC. She lives in Philmont, NY with her partner Robin.