concertmaster
noun
con·cert·mas·ter
ˈkän(t)-sərt-ˌma-stər 
variants
or concertmeister
: the leader of the first violins of an orchestra and by custom usually the assistant to the conductor
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And the music was buoyed by especially decorous playing by concertmaster Sally McLain, harpist Eric Sabatino and flutist Nicolette Oppelt.
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Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Artistic director and principal violin Kyu-Young Kim stands for his solo role in the work, with concertmaster Steven Copes performing in a string quartet with Eunae Koh, Maiya Papach and Julie Albers.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2024
Daniel Hope, now in his sixth season as music director and concertmaster, welcomes cellist Sterling Elliott as soloist in Haydn’s First Cello Concerto.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
And concertmaster Jacob Ashworth was simply superb.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
He was born in Munich to a German concertmaster father and a Japanese pianist mother.
—The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2024
This alternated with a jangly violin solo strummed like a balalaika by concertmaster Jeff Thayer, interjected with woodwind and trombone laughing music.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
Special mention goes to the blazing final movement fiddling of concertmaster Audrey Wright (also of the New York Philharmonic).
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
This is a more plausible outcome: with signals from the concertmaster, an ensemble can navigate standard repertory on its own, as the conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has proved for decades.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2023
Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Artistic director and principal violin Kyu-Young Kim stands for his solo role in the work, with concertmaster Steven Copes performing in a string quartet with Eunae Koh, Maiya Papach and Julie Albers.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2024
Daniel Hope, now in his sixth season as music director and concertmaster, welcomes cellist Sterling Elliott as soloist in Haydn’s First Cello Concerto.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
And concertmaster Jacob Ashworth was simply superb.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
He was born in Munich to a German concertmaster father and a Japanese pianist mother.
—The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2024
This alternated with a jangly violin solo strummed like a balalaika by concertmaster Jeff Thayer, interjected with woodwind and trombone laughing music.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
Special mention goes to the blazing final movement fiddling of concertmaster Audrey Wright (also of the New York Philharmonic).
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
This is a more plausible outcome: with signals from the concertmaster, an ensemble can navigate standard repertory on its own, as the conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has proved for decades.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2023
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concertmaster
noun
con·cert·mas·ter
ˈkän(t)-sərt-ˌmas-tər
variants
or concertmeister
: the leader of the first violins and assistant conductor of an orchestra
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