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 - Jacobs School of Music at Bloomington, where she gained her Artist Diploma. Ástríður has 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 performed with the international Jugendsinfonie-orchester in Elbe-Weser in Germany, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Iceland Amateur Symphony Orchestra. Ástríður is a member of the Elektra Ensemble and the tango group Five to Tango. 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.