Thierry Lancino has been awarded the prestigious commission from the Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress (2007) for which he writes a Requiem including an original text by Pascal Quignard, (Goncourt Prize 2002). The world premiere of the Requiem is with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in Paris, salle Pleyel (January 2010).

Thierry Lancino was appointed Pensionnaire of the Académie de France à Rome (1988-90) at the Villa Médicis (formerly the historical Prix de Rome) which honors composers for their entire body of literature. After residencies in the universities of Colgate, Stanford and San Diego where he acquired expertise in new technologies, Pierre Boulez invited him to join the artistic team of his Paris Institute at the Pompidou Center (IRCAM). This collaboration resulted in commissions and recordings.

Recently, Lancino has focused on large orchestral writing which includes his Violin Concerto (2005) for the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and The Death of Virgil an orchestral suite for the Orchestre National de France (2000). In 2005 he wrote ONXA, a chamber work for mezzo soprano and strings which will be given its U.S. premiere at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (2008). His Cinq Caprices for violin and piano will be heard at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (2008). His upcoming projects along with the Requiem include a choral work for the Jeune Choeur de Paris, music director Laurence Equilbey (Opera Comique, 2009).

Amongst numerous commissions and performances from ensembles worldwide, Thierry Lancino has been given awards from the Beaumarchais Foundation, Prix Medicis hors les murs, Prix des Jeunes Compositeurs Européens, Sacem. He can be heard on recordings by Wergo, Ades/MFA, Triton, K167. After completing university, Lancino studied at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMP). He presently resides in New York City.