Susan Merdinger, Pianist
Sheridan Solisti Season Preview Concert
Sheridan Music Studio LLC
410 S Michigan Ave Suite 908
Chicago, IL 60605
Aug 19, 2023
7:00 PM CDT
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About this concert
Sheridan Solisti Trio performs works by Schubert and Brahms.
Refreshments will be served only at Intermission.
Combining the talents of three internationally-acclaimed, award-winning soloists, the musicians of the Sheridan Solisti Trio hail from distinctly different parts of the world, yet own a single vision for musical artistry. Persian-American Violinist, Cyrus Forough, is noted for the “fiery intensity” and “poetic vision” of his playing, while Ukrainian-American cellist Nazar Dzhuryn’s playing has been described as “captivating and inspiring”. Steinway Artist Susan Merdinger’s performances have been hailed as “atmospheric and ethereal” and “virtuosic and refined”. Together, the trio represents the finest musical legacies of the 20th century, with Cyrus being a protege of Arthur Grumiaux, David Oistrakh, and Josef Gingold, Nazar a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory under Igor Gavrysh, and Susan a protege of several pianist “legends”, including Claude Frank and Constance Keene, whom she studied with at Yale University and the Manhattan School of Music.
Each musician arrived in Chicago at different times and for different reasons, yet the musicians eventually found themselves performing and socializing within the same musical circles. The trio actually began as two separate duos, Susan performing separately with both Cyrus and Nazar, many of the great works for violin and piano and cello and piano, as well as larger chamber music works with other distinguished musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra. They have been featured artists on WFMT, the Art Institute of Chicago, Symphony Center, Logan Center for the Arts, Harris Theater for Music and Dance and more. All three musicians discovered the rich artistic and cultural fabric of Chicago is a wonderful incubator for making great music!
Named after the US General Philip H Sheridan, Sheridan Road and the historic Fort Sheridan, Sheridan Solisti hopes to be an emblem of Chicago’s rich cultural history and a beacon of hope for its promising future. Formed in early 2023, the “new” Sheridan Solisti Trio is now poised to present the masterworks of traditional and contemporary trio repertoire that each of them has already performed with other distinguished musicians, including works by Alter, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Haydn, Levinson, Mendelsohn, Mozart, Piazzolla, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and many more! As soloists with symphony orchestras around the world, they have performed in over 20 countries on four continents over 80 different solo concerti for their instruments in addition to Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Brahms’ Double Concerto. Sheridan Solisti bring experience and integrity, passion, and virtuosity to each and every performance!
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Susan Merdinger, Pianist Biography
"A genuinely honest virtuoso..."
Audiophile Audition
"Ethereal and atmospheric performance"
American Record Guide
"Excellent Pianist"
Robert Sherman, The New York Times
"World-Class Pianist"
Highland Park News/Sun-Times Media
"Courageous Debut"
Truly amazing... Great Insight...Breathtaking..Refreshing. Cries of bravo and enthusiastic applause were the thanks this musician received for her generously endowed gifts.”
Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung, Germany
"Impressive Young Artist"
A spectacular piano concert…Susan Merdinger combines great musical sensibility with enormous technical facility…
Saarbrucken Zeitung, Germany
"Tender and impassioned"
An exhilarating, whirlwind performance.
The Glasgow Herald, Scotland
"Stylish, Elegant Mozart, Exciting Gershwin"
Frankfurter Neue Presse, GermanyAmerican Steinway Artist, Susan Merdinger has been internationally acclaimed in
prestigious newspapers and journals for her concert performances and
recordings. Performing her sold-out solo piano recital debut in Carnegie Recital
Hall at age twenty-four, Merdinger has continued to grace the stages of some of
the world’s best concert halls, including Chicago Symphony Center, Scottish
National Orchestre Center, Diligentia Hall, Merkin Concert Hall. She has
appeared as piano soloist with orchestras such as the Chicago Philharmonic,
State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Northbrook Symphony, Ridgewood
Symphony, Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, and has been a frequent Visiting Artist
of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated with members of the
Chicago Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, New
York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and renowned
international soloists and conductors. Merdinger’s live performances and CD
recordings have been broadcast on radio and television, traversing repertoire
from the 18th through 21st centuries. Merdinger is a winner of The Dewar’s
Young Artist Award in Music, two Gold Medals in the Global Music Awards, Artists
International Young Musicians Competition and Distinguished Alumni Award, The
American Prize in Chamber Music, Honored Artist of The American Prize (2019),
Best Classical Album Award of the Clouzine international Music Awards, and Two
First Prizes in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition (Solo
and Duo). Ms. Merdinger is a Voting Member of the NARAS, and has recorded
and/or produced twelve CD albums to date. Merdinger is an Artist Faculty of the
Summit Music Festival in New York and Pianist for Christ United Methodist
Church in Deerfield, IL. Merdinger is Founder and Artistic Director of Sheridan
Music Studio, which presents the Music with a View Concert Series,
The Blue Skies Concert Series (non-Classical), Pianissimo!, Sheridan Solisti, The
Five Greene’s and she is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Sheridan Solisti
Chamber Orchestra. Merdinger is on the Artistic Advisory Board of In.Live, a Silicon-Valley
based Livestream company.
Read MoreAudiophile Audition
"Ethereal and atmospheric performance"
American Record Guide
"Excellent Pianist"
Robert Sherman, The New York Times
"World-Class Pianist"
Highland Park News/Sun-Times Media
"Courageous Debut"
Truly amazing... Great Insight...Breathtaking..Refreshing. Cries of bravo and enthusiastic applause were the thanks this musician received for her generously endowed gifts.”
Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung, Germany
"Impressive Young Artist"
A spectacular piano concert…Susan Merdinger combines great musical sensibility with enormous technical facility…
Saarbrucken Zeitung, Germany
"Tender and impassioned"
An exhilarating, whirlwind performance.
The Glasgow Herald, Scotland
"Stylish, Elegant Mozart, Exciting Gershwin"
Frankfurter Neue Presse, GermanyAmerican Steinway Artist, Susan Merdinger has been internationally acclaimed in
prestigious newspapers and journals for her concert performances and
recordings. Performing her sold-out solo piano recital debut in Carnegie Recital
Hall at age twenty-four, Merdinger has continued to grace the stages of some of
the world’s best concert halls, including Chicago Symphony Center, Scottish
National Orchestre Center, Diligentia Hall, Merkin Concert Hall. She has
appeared as piano soloist with orchestras such as the Chicago Philharmonic,
State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Northbrook Symphony, Ridgewood
Symphony, Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, and has been a frequent Visiting Artist
of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated with members of the
Chicago Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, New
York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and renowned
international soloists and conductors. Merdinger’s live performances and CD
recordings have been broadcast on radio and television, traversing repertoire
from the 18th through 21st centuries. Merdinger is a winner of The Dewar’s
Young Artist Award in Music, two Gold Medals in the Global Music Awards, Artists
International Young Musicians Competition and Distinguished Alumni Award, The
American Prize in Chamber Music, Honored Artist of The American Prize (2019),
Best Classical Album Award of the Clouzine international Music Awards, and Two
First Prizes in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition (Solo
and Duo). Ms. Merdinger is a Voting Member of the NARAS, and has recorded
and/or produced twelve CD albums to date. Merdinger is an Artist Faculty of the
Summit Music Festival in New York and Pianist for Christ United Methodist
Church in Deerfield, IL. Merdinger is Founder and Artistic Director of Sheridan
Music Studio, which presents the Music with a View Concert Series,
The Blue Skies Concert Series (non-Classical), Pianissimo!, Sheridan Solisti, The
Five Greene’s and she is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Sheridan Solisti
Chamber Orchestra. Merdinger is on the Artistic Advisory Board of In.Live, a Silicon-Valley
based Livestream company.
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