pianist

noun

pi·​a·​nist pē-ˈa-nist  ˈpē-ə- 

: a person who plays the piano

especially : a skilled or professional performer on the piano

Examples of pianist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Music director Bowling, who doubles as pianist and conductor from the center of the stage, the eight other musicians and 20-plus actors arrayed around her, half-jokes how much her hands hurt from rehearsing the stride style that evolved from ragtime. —Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026

Pidgeon is great, but watching her perform is like watching a pianist who could pull off Chopin be forced to practice scales. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026

The first release of an eight-album series in which American composer and pianist Michael Harrison collaborates with a global assortment of artists combining Eastern and Western musical traditions. —Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

Tolkan’s final screen roles came in the 2013 TV movie Phil Spector, playing the judge in the disgraced Wall of Sound producer’s murder trial, and a pianist in the 2015 Kurt Russell Western Bone Tomahawk. —Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pianist

• romanist