Ástríður Alda Sigurðardóttir achieved her Recital Diploma at the Reykjavík College of Music under the guidance of Anna Þorgímsdóttir. Between 2000 and 2003 she studied with Reiko Neriki at Indiana University but has also attended many master classes and private classes in piano and chamber music with artists such as Geörgy Sebök, Ludwig Hoffmann, Janos Starker, Jürgen Schröder and Olaf Dressler. Ástríður has performed widely, both as soloist or with other musicians. She has released the solo album CHOPIN (2010), PORTRAIT (2014) with flutist Emilía Rós Sigfúsdóttir, the tango album FIMM Í TANGÓ (2010) and ALDARBLIK (2007) in collaboration with the Icelandic singers Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson and Ágúst Ólafsson.