How to Use pianist in a Sentence

pianist

noun
  • The jazz pianist and his trio perform in this livestream event.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Renowned Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés performed at the end of the event.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
  • And Jean-Yves is just one of my favorite pianists on the planet.
    cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • For a review of a recital by Leif Ove Andsnes, the pianist, go here.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The pianist that was on set with us was sort of like an actor off camera in the scene with us.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2024
  • For a review of Yefim Bronfman, the pianist, in recital at Carnegie Hall, go here.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 May 2024
  • The four performers will be joined on stage by the emcee and a pianist.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
  • Parishioners’ voices filled the belly of the church with prayers and songs, led by the soaring voice of a singing pianist.
    Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • On Wednesday Carter put on a suit and headed to the airport, where he's worked as a pianist for the last 13 years.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 24 July 2021
  • The tables had a pad of paper to submit song requests to the pianist.
    Sam Blum, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2021
  • His trio includes pianist Ben Cook and bassist Bruce Gertz.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Seong-jin Cho, the young Korean pianist, played a recital in Carnegie Hall.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 May 2024
  • In the film, produced by Munk Studio, a young pianist comes back home for the summer.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022
  • His grandmother, Gloria Ali, was a pianist and cabaret singer in Harlem in the 1950s.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • After three years of two hours a week with Mr. Clare, Roland was a promising pianist.
    Ian McEwan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The great jazz pianist Thelonious Monk was born there in 1917.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Les McCann, a singer and pianist who helped to pioneer the soul jazz genre, has died at age 88.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2024
  • And Davis reportedly urged the pianists in his groups to learn from the Jamal style.
    Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • As spring 2022 bloomed, Irena Wang emailed the pianist Kelly Moran to ask for a mixtape.
    Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Thomas, perhaps the city’s foremost pay-phone ace, is a pianist who runs a Web site called the PayPhone Project.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 28 May 2022
  • Stephen Letnes, one of the 10 co-founders, is a film composer and pianist who was born legally blind.
    Manori Ravindran, Variety, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Here’s a review of Beatrice Rana, the young Italian pianist, in recital.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Mar. 2022
  • In the 1960s, the rule was only one instrument could be used, so teams brought in their own live pianist, Cervin said.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 31 July 2021
  • That’s typical at awards shows, but there usually isn’t a pianist next to the stage at whom to point the blame.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
  • His first major gig was with the pianist Ahmad Jamal in 1952.
    Andrey Henkin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • For more about Cochran, known for her work with pianist Jim Brickman, visit here.
    cleveland, 14 July 2023
  • Faruk has been an orphan since the death of his concert-pianist mother.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Dec. 2021
  • In the classical music business, the pianist Yuja Wang is one of the few safe bets.
    Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Each pianist performed two concertos, roughly an hour of music each, in the final.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2025
  • My husband, who is sixty-nine, is also retired but freelances as a pianist and organist five or six days a week.
    Liana Finck, New Yorker, 5 June 2025

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