American Concert Pianist, Steinway Artist, Susan Merdinger

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Summer News! 

Dear Friends,

I hope you are enjoying the Summer of 2023 to its fullest! Here are some updates and news you might like to know about:

  1. My newly re-formed Sheridan Solisti Trio ( Cyrus Forough, violin and Nazar Dzhuryn, cello) will be performing this Fall in concerts in the Chicago area! We will be performing works by Schubert and Brahms as well as contemporary works by Ilya levinson and Elbio Barilari.
  2. As solo recitalist, I am preparing for a solo recital on October 13th featuring my Four Centuries of…
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Exciting News! 

I am pleased to announce that I have signed on to new, exclusive management and representation in Europe by invitation of Vida Art Management. I look forward to returning to Europe for concerts- as soon as things "open up"! 

Second, I am proud to announce my appointment as a Member of the Advisory Board and Artistic Consultant for Immedia.co, a new startup Livestream Media company based in Silicon Valley! My Merdinger's Musings blog will now also be a weekly Livestream on Immedia.co at 2pm CDT every Monday…

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Exciting News!  

I am pleased to announce that my new CD, American Melting Pot, has been honored with two prizes in it's pre-release format! The Clouzine International Music Competition awarded it "Best Classical Album" and The Global Music Awards awarded it a GOLD Medal- only 9 CD's to win that honor in the November 2019 round.

With this kind public recognition, I put the CD into production and the physical CD's will be here in about a week- will update you with more details soon!

Susan

Preparing a concerto for performance with orchestra 

As I get ready to perform Brahms' monumental Piano Concerto No.2 on May 5th with the Northbrook Symphony, I figured my fans might want some insight into the process that I go through to prepare a concerto for performance. 

I will tell you first that it is at once a challenge and a pleasure to play a concerto with an orchestra. The Van Cliburn Silver Medalist Santiago Rodriguez once told me backstage after one of his concerts that "concertos are the bread and butter" of a pianist's career. So, what exactly…

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New friends, new music! 

Coming up next week I will perform a new recital program entitled "Four Centuries- Sonatas". At my November 4th recital at the Northbrook Public Library I will present this program with some discussion about what the definition of Sonata is, and what are the common attributes of a sonata or sonata form. The works I will play span four centuries, hence the title. For openers I will start with two Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti- each a little gem! This will be followed by two fairly famous sonatas- Beethoven's…

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