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Recent Examples of accompanist
Singer-songwriter Holly Near had hired Bucchino as a piano accompanist for her performances at a conference at the tropical getaway.
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CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Vermut is a natural accompanist to such an event.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
That interviewer was her confidante and sometime-accompanist Michael Feinstein, who guided the evening with a steady hand, asking most of the questions and, at times, gently reframing Minnelli’s responses to keep things moving.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Vermut is a natural accompanist to such an event.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
That interviewer was her confidante and sometime-accompanist Michael Feinstein, who guided the evening with a steady hand, asking most of the questions and, at times, gently reframing Minnelli’s responses to keep things moving.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanist
Noun
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Liston changed history by becoming the first woman soloist, trombone player, composer and arranger to play on stage alongside men.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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India Bradley, a soloist with NYCB, helped show off the collection in elegant campaign imagery and a film commissioned for the occasion.—
Kelsey Legg,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Alongside organist Ståle Storløkken and drummer Ole Mofjell, the Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns (the third word a slang term for Norwegians) form a groove that teeters toward explosiveness without ever reaching it.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hall, an organist and pianist at her local Baptist church, wrote a song for the ceremony.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Wilson, a pianist for Andrew’s Jazz Ensemble and a member of its Wind Symphony and Chorale, has been working on the nine-minute piece since November 2024, when Iwinski challenged him as a sophomore to write a piece for the wind symphony by his senior year.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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His band — comprised of himself, guitarist Peter Buck, pianist Bill Berry and bass guitarist Mike Mills — split amicably in 2011 after more than three decades trailblazing as a rock group.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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To call a musician a virtuoso can be double-edged.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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In positioning Mollestad as an exploratory team player, its six tracks reveal her chops well beyond that of a showboating virtuoso.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
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Blum produces Anything But Ghosts via his Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, while Lee produces via Spooky Pictures with Parnormal Activity maestro Steven Schneider, as well as Adam Hendricks & Greg Gilreath for Divide/Conquer.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
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Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning MVP, was a maestro in Game 3, scoring 42 points on 15-for-18 shooting.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Camilia is a violinist with Mariachi Bravo, an elementary school mariachi band from Waukegan Community Unit School District 60.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Singaporean violinist Joy Yong recorded the lead violin parts.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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Kermit Ruffins pays tribute to Louis Armstrong By far the most exciting performance scheduled at Jazz Fest’s Economy Hall Tent features one of the Crescent City’s greatest living trumpeters saluting the most important trumpeter in New Orleans history.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
21 Apr. 2026
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What should be a straightforward day of music grinds to a halt as the artists struggle to deal with personality clashes, an ambitious trumpeter named Levee (Boseman), and the band's mercurial frontwoman.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Accompanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanist. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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