SIROONI, Alice

Anahid Alice Sirooni was an American composer and pianist who toured and recorded commercially. She earned a diploma in piano from the Juilliard School in 1939 and a postgraduate diploma in 1942. Sirooni made her debut as a pianist in a recital at Town Hall in New York City on February 27, 1945. Sirooni toured throughout the Eastern United States and appeared on TV and radio with soprano Ruth Bishop and tenor Bruce Amory as the Amory Bishop Sirooni Trio. She also presented recitals with violinist Herbert Baumel. Sirooni recorded LPs for Concert Classics, a division of RME. She also contributed exercises on “Finger Independence” and “Repeated Notes” to the collection Technical Control for the Modern Pianist by Albert De Vito.