Career
Born in Acireale, Sicily, he trained at the Royal Conservatory in Naples. He eventually settled in the United States, teaching at the American Conservatory of Music, the Chicago Musical College, and North Texas State College (now the University of North Texas College of Music) from 1942 to 1953, and privately in the Dallas area. He performed as a soloist numerous times with the Chicago and Minneapolis orchestras, and frequently gave recitals.
He also recorded a handful of piano rolls.
Scionti died in Rome. 1956 — Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, by the Italian Government Jeaneane Jo Dowis (born 1932), married Samuel Lipman (1934–1994), pianist and co-founding editor of The New Criterion Monte Hill Davis Ivan Davis James Robert Floyd Jack Guerry Mary Nan Hudgins Jonetta Miller Hinkle Lucy Scarbrough.