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Celebrate Beethoven's 250th Birthday with the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra
Join the Northbrook Symphony under the direction of Maestro Mina Zikri as it celebrates the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Honoring his genius and resilience by presenting the Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.19. Featuring Steinway Artist/Pianist, and Highland Park, IL resident, Susan Merdinger.
This historic prerecorded live performance will be streamed by IN. LIVE. Recorded on October 27, 2020 in the midst of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic, fifty musicians and audio-video engineers came together to rehearse and record this work in socially-distanced manner, each musician at least 6 feet apart from one another, fully-masked in formal concert attire.
The performance broadcast dates are:
Friday, December 4, 2020 at 7:30pm https://in.live/nsofriday
Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 7:30pm https://in.live/nsosaturday
Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 4:00pm https://in.live/nsosunday
The Northbrook Symphony celebrates its 41st season/ 2nd season under Maestro Mina Zikri as Music Director. An internationally acclaimed conductor, Maestro Zikri is the founder and Music Director of the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago and is the Resident Conductor of the Lira Ensemble. Maestro Zikri frequently travels as Assistant Conductor to legendary pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on their annual tours to major music festivals and concert halls world-wide.
American Steinway Artist, Susan Merdinger, has been internationally acclaimed for her stunning 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, and has appeared on radio and television in the USA, Canada and Europe. A graduate of Yale University and the Yale School of Music, Merdinger is a Gold Medalist in The Global Music Awards and an Honored Artist of The American Prize. This marks Susan's second appearance with the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra.
In.Live’s mission is to empower artists and their fans to create immersive moments together through the power of live digital experiences. Artists can leverage the best of live streaming technology to create captivating shared moments through the power of live music, in real-time. The team at In.Live is led by veteran entrepreneurs and technologists, who above all else love music and the creative process and who have held senior leadership roles at companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Ticket Master and Yahoo!
For tickets and additional information visit northbrooksymphony.org, or call the NSO office at 847-272-0755.
For direct Livestream ticket sales, please visit IN.LIVE
The Northbrook Symphony is a 501 (c) (3) professional music ensemble.
Media Contact: Vera Mayer, Northbrook Symphony, info@northbrooksymphony.org, 847-272-0755
IN.LIVE Contact: support@in.live eswar@in.live