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Robert Sirota
Robert Sirota (born October 13, 1949) is an American composer based in New York City and Searsmont, Maine. Sirota has written solo instrumental, vocal, chamber, orchestral, operatic, and liturgical
Robert Sirota (born October 13, 1949) is an American composer based in New York City and Searsmont, Maine. Sirota has written solo instrumental, vocal, chamber, orchestral, operatic, and liturgical works. He is the father of American violists Nadia Sirota and Jonah Sirota, and husband to organist and Episcopal priest Victoria Sirota. Dating back to 1994, Robert Sirota’s work can be found on nine studio albums recorded by an assortment of musicians including: Dinosaur Annex Ensemble, the Chiara String Quartet, and the American String Quartet. Most recently, Sirota’s 2020 work for cello and piano, Family Portraits, was recorded by the Fischer Duo for their album 2020 Visions, released on Navona Records on August 26, 2022. Education and career Born in New York, Sirota received his earliest compositional training at The Juilliard School. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree in piano and composition from Oberlin Conservatory, studying with Joseph Wood and Richard Hoffman. Sirota received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which allowed him to study abroad in Paris, where his principal teacher was Nadia Boulanger. Sirota went on to study with Earl Kim and Leon Kirchner, earning his Ph.D. i
- Era
- Post-War
- Lived
- 1949–present
- From
- United States
- Born in
- New York City
- Known as
- composer, academic administrator, university teacher