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== Career == |
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Merdinger has performed with various international orchestras and won several competitions and awards including a Gold Medal in the 2014 Global Music Awards, First Prize in the 2017 and 2012 Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition (in the Solo and Duo Piano divisions), the Dewar’s Young Artist Award in Music (1990), as well as Artists International Young Musicians Competition (1986) and Artists International Distinguished Alumni Award (1990).<ref>{{cite web|work =Global MusicAwards |title =Gold Medal Winner Susan Merdinger & Pianissimo! |url = http://www.globalmusicawards.com/ProfileSusanMerdinger.html# }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work =Chicago Symphony Orchestra |title =Susan Merdinger |url = http://cso.org/about/performers/visiting-artists/susan-merdinger/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work =Chicago Classical Review |title =Pianissimo|url = http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2015/09/pianissimo-offers-a-mixed-bag-of-multiple-piano-music/ |
Merdinger has performed with various international orchestras and won several competitions and awards including a Gold Medal in the 2014 Global Music Awards, First Prize in the 2017 and 2012 Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition (in the Solo and Duo Piano divisions), the Dewar’s Young Artist Award in Music (1990), as well as Artists International Young Musicians Competition (1986) and Artists International Distinguished Alumni Award (1990).<ref>{{cite web|work =Global MusicAwards |title =Gold Medal Winner Susan Merdinger & Pianissimo! |url = http://www.globalmusicawards.com/ProfileSusanMerdinger.html# }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work =Chicago Symphony Orchestra |title =Susan Merdinger |url = http://cso.org/about/performers/visiting-artists/susan-merdinger/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work =Chicago Classical Review |title =Pianissimo|url = http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2015/09/pianissimo-offers-a-mixed-bag-of-multiple-piano-music/ |
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}}</ref> She has appeared in major concert venues and music festivals in the USA and Europe, including Chicago Symphony Center, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, the Scottish National Orchestra Center, Diligentia Hall in the Hague, Carnegie Recital Hall, Norfolk Music Festival, Chautauqua Music Festival and Summit Music Festival. She has soloed under conductors such as Glen Cortese, Ariel Rudiakov, Francisco Milioto, Sandra Dackow, and Gabriela Diaz Alatriste. As a chamber musician, Merdinger has collaborated with Violinists Ilya Kaler, Eric Weirich, and Desiree Ruhstrat, CSO Principal Violist Charles Pikler, Cellists Steven Honigberg, David Cunliffe, and Steven Elisha, CSO Clarinetists Greg Smith |
}}</ref> She has appeared in major concert venues and music festivals in the USA and Europe, including Chicago Symphony Center, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, the Scottish National Orchestra Center, Diligentia Hall in the Hague, Carnegie Recital Hall, Norfolk Music Festival, Chautauqua Music Festival and Summit Music Festival. She has soloed under conductors such as Glen Cortese, Ariel Rudiakov, Francisco Milioto, Sandra Dackow, and Gabriela Diaz Alatriste. As a chamber musician, Merdinger has collaborated with Violinists David Yonan, Michaela Paetsch, Ilya Kaler, Eric Weirich, and Desiree Ruhstrat, CSO Principal Violist Charles Pikler, Cellists Steven Honigberg, David Cunliffe, and Steven Elisha, CSO Clarinetists Greg Smith, John Bruce Yeh J. Lawrie Bloom, CSO French Hornists Dan Gingrich and Oto Carillo, CSO Oboist Michael Henoch and others. Merdinger is currently a Visiting Artist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and is an Adjunct Professor of Piano at Concordia University Chicago. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:12, 30 December 2017
Susan Merdinger | |
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| Born | 29 October 1962 |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Classical pianist, Music Director, Professor of Piano |
| Website | www.susanmerdingerpianist.com |
Susan Merdinger (born October 29, 1962) is an American classical pianist, music director and educator.[1][2][3]
Education
Merdinger graduated from Yale University, the Yale School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, the Westchester Conservatory of Music, and the École Normale de Musique in Fontainebleau, France.[4]
Career
Merdinger has performed with various international orchestras and won several competitions and awards including a Gold Medal in the 2014 Global Music Awards, First Prize in the 2017 and 2012 Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition (in the Solo and Duo Piano divisions), the Dewar’s Young Artist Award in Music (1990), as well as Artists International Young Musicians Competition (1986) and Artists International Distinguished Alumni Award (1990).[5][6][7] She has appeared in major concert venues and music festivals in the USA and Europe, including Chicago Symphony Center, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, the Scottish National Orchestra Center, Diligentia Hall in the Hague, Carnegie Recital Hall, Norfolk Music Festival, Chautauqua Music Festival and Summit Music Festival. She has soloed under conductors such as Glen Cortese, Ariel Rudiakov, Francisco Milioto, Sandra Dackow, and Gabriela Diaz Alatriste. As a chamber musician, Merdinger has collaborated with Violinists David Yonan, Michaela Paetsch, Ilya Kaler, Eric Weirich, and Desiree Ruhstrat, CSO Principal Violist Charles Pikler, Cellists Steven Honigberg, David Cunliffe, and Steven Elisha, CSO Clarinetists Greg Smith, John Bruce Yeh J. Lawrie Bloom, CSO French Hornists Dan Gingrich and Oto Carillo, CSO Oboist Michael Henoch and others. Merdinger is currently a Visiting Artist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and is an Adjunct Professor of Piano at Concordia University Chicago.
References
- ^ "Highland Park Strings season features renowned local talent". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Strings Attached - November 2015". The Whole Note.
- ^ "Susan Merdinger To Marry in June". New York Times.
- ^ Jerry Dubins (28 January 2014). "Then and Now: A Conversation with Pianist Susan Merdinger". Yale School of Music.
- ^ "Gold Medal Winner Susan Merdinger & Pianissimo!". Global MusicAwards.
- ^ "Susan Merdinger". Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
- ^ "Pianissimo". Chicago Classical Review.