Susan Merdinger, Pianist

"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.