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The most celebrated and famous groups — and even several soloists — have been able to land on a number of tallies focused on general consumption and sales.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Geffen Hall Nicola Benedetti is the soloist in Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto on a program with a new work by Caroline Mallonee and Stravinsky’s Petrushka, conducted by David Robertson.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
At one moment in the concerto, the soloist—here the brilliant, committed young pianist Jeonghwan Kim—silently depresses a C-major triad with the left hand and then bangs out a C-major triad with the right, so that the lower strings resonate.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
With his new success, Muñoz secures a place among the most successful soloists of the 2020s, matching El Fantasma with nine crowns each.
—Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Geffen Hall Nicola Benedetti is the soloist in Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto on a program with a new work by Caroline Mallonee and Stravinsky’s Petrushka, conducted by David Robertson.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
At one moment in the concerto, the soloist—here the brilliant, committed young pianist Jeonghwan Kim—silently depresses a C-major triad with the left hand and then bangs out a C-major triad with the right, so that the lower strings resonate.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
With his new success, Muñoz secures a place among the most successful soloists of the 2020s, matching El Fantasma with nine crowns each.
—Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Soloist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soloist. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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soloist
noun
so·lo·ist
ˈsō-lə-wəst 
-(ˌ)lō-əst
: one who performs a solo
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