How to Use pianistic in a Sentence

pianistic

adjective

• This may have seemed like a bit of a stunt, in that this music is so inherently pianistic.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2020
• Surely Taylor stands among the few pianistic creators today who can be so eloquent on so large a canvas.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Heard in a bona fide jazz room where music takes top priority, Jones unleashes the full force of his pianistic gifts.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2017
• The fact is, Liszt gave birth to a monster, and the second set is the most difficult and muscular pianistic creation of the time.
  — David Dubal, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
• This score’s first two movements are of course full of pianistic acrobatics and orchestral vehemence.
  — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
• That’s a context that makes his pianistic individuality absolutely clear and brings those quirky rhythms and grooves into sharp focus.
  — Joe Klopus, kansascity, 12 Jan. 2018
• That all this could be made coherent — while absorbing a pianistic move or two of Brahms and Tchaikovsky — was in no small part thanks to the soloist, Nicholas Angelich.
  — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• This pianistic approach enables him to fulfill the roles of soloist and accompanist simultaneously.
  — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• Here we are shown dramatically Liszt’s genius for pianistic crystallization.
  — David Dubal, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
• Or, to put it in other terms, the keyboard music of Liszt and Chopin is intensely pianistic, exploiting the sonic possibilities of the instrument.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• Beus emphasized the romantic impulses of Busoni’s take on Bach, particularly in bold sweeping gestures, powerful chords and use of the sustaining pedal to swirl up an array of pianistic colors.
  — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 9 June 2021
• Debussy may have discovered his own pianistic voice after hearing the gamelan, but by the end of the 20th century the inspiration had reversed direction and his impact on Asian piano music is incalculable.
  — Stephen Hough, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018