Examples of soloist in a Sentence
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And for a review of the New York Philharmonic — conducted by Jaap van Zweden, with Conrad Tao as piano soloist — go here.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Mar. 2024
She has been featured in many ways over the years, from being featured in our musicals, as a featured soloist in the choir program, and in a number of choral and theatrical ensembles.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
Technology has evolved, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, San Francisco Symphony’s soloist, had long dreamed of adding more senses to the Scriabin mix.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Beyoncé has banked eight No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and seven No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 as a soloist, starting in 2003.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
According to Carnegie Hall’s news release, the orchestra will perform Barber’s Symphony No. 1, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
And highlighting soloists that are just arriving in their teens and can’t wait to actually experiment.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
This led me to choose him to be the soloist for last year’s Christmas concert.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
Both of those tunes now jointly rank as the fourth-longest-charting tracks by soloists from the Asian nation.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Mar. 2024
She has been featured in many ways over the years, from being featured in our musicals, as a featured soloist in the choir program, and in a number of choral and theatrical ensembles.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
Technology has evolved, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, San Francisco Symphony’s soloist, had long dreamed of adding more senses to the Scriabin mix.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Beyoncé has banked eight No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and seven No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 as a soloist, starting in 2003.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
According to Carnegie Hall’s news release, the orchestra will perform Barber’s Symphony No. 1, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
And highlighting soloists that are just arriving in their teens and can’t wait to actually experiment.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
This led me to choose him to be the soloist for last year’s Christmas concert.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
Both of those tunes now jointly rank as the fourth-longest-charting tracks by soloists from the Asian nation.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1864, in the meaning defined above
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soloist
noun
so·lo·ist
ˈsō-lə-wəst 
-(ˌ)lō-əst
: one who performs a solo
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