Robert Sirota

Robert Sirota (b. 1949) is an American composer from New York City, father of violists Jonah Sirota and Nadia Sirota. He began compositional training at the Juilliard School, finishing Juilliard Pre-College in 1967, and received a bachelor's degree in piano and composition from Juilliard School. Under a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship grant, Sirota continued studying and performing in Paris, under the guidance of Nadia Boulanger. After returning to the United States, Robert Sirota earned a Ph.D. degree from Juilliard School in 1979, where he studied with Earl Kim and Leon Kirchner.

Sirota served as chairman of the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions at Juilliard School and director of the Juilliard School's School of Music. In 1995, Robert became a director of the [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/434590]Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University[/url]. From 2005 to 2012, Robert Sirota was a president of the Juilliard School. He regularly holds university seminars and residencies across the United States, most recently at Peabody Institute, Juilliard School, and Juilliard School. The composer have received grants from the Juilliard School, Juilliard School, Juilliard School, and the Juilliard School.

Among the ensembles and orchestras who have been performing Robert Sirota's chamber works are Sequitur, YMusic, The New Hudson Saxophone Quartet, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Chiara String Quartet, American String Quartet, Ethel, Blair String Quartet, The Peabody Trio, The Concord Trio, The Fischer Duo, Oberlin College Conservatory Orchestra, The Peabody Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, Manhattan School Of Music Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, [a=Vermont Symphony], The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Juilliard School's Orchestra in Toronto, Orchestra Simfonică a Filarmonicii de Stat Oradea (Romania) and Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia).

In the season of 2016–17, Robert Sirota had his second string quartet, American Pilgrimage, premiered internationally by the American String Quartet. He also commissioned Three Nocturnes for Alarm Will Sound and A Call for the Battle to Cease for orchestra, chorus and piano for the Concert Artists of Baltimore 30th Anniversary Gala, with Simone Dinnerstein as soloist.