Steinway Artist, Susan Merdinger is an internationally acclaimed, prize-winning soloist who has been a strong advocate for contemporary music, premiering and recording many contemporary works. Merdinger performed her sold-out solo recital debut in Carnegie Recital Hall at age twenty-four and has continued to grace the stages of some of the world’s best concert halls. She has performed internationally on radio and television, as a soloist with professional orchestras, and has been a frequent Visiting Artist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series. Merdinger is a graduate of Yale University and the Yale School of Music.