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The smart shopper will already note signs of staleness and mold in the old practice of a singer in stiff white tie and tails or gaudy gown, standing, arm propped on piano, of the second banana accompanist.
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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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.
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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.
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Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
Singer-songwriter Holly Near had hired Bucchino as a piano accompanist for her performances at a conference at the tropical getaway.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanist
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The album, which was released on June 12, enters at the chart summit with 485,000 equivalent album units, marking her largest week ever and the biggest for any album by a soloist this year.
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Evelyn was very proud of her Polish heritage and was a member and soloist in both the Chopin Chorus and Millennium Choir.
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The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.
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Mihalka profiles several of baseball’s most prominent ballpark organists, including Gladys Goodding, who worked the keys and pedals for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1942 to 1957, and Nancy Faust, who was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970 to 2010.
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That’s because longtime White Sox organist Nancy Faust played it first.
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The Fremont software engineer and entrepreneur has carved out a bustling career as a jazz pianist, a realm where children of the Great Depression share the bandstand with Gen Z teenagers.
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Kelly's Quinn is a pianist who returns to Ransom Canyon to run Gracie's.
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He was widely celebrated as a virtuoso who nurtured America’s economic well-being and whose nearly every utterance was parsed for clues as to where interest rates, the economy and the financial markets might be headed.
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The German drum virtuoso wasn’t deeply familiar with the band’s repertoire when Lee and Lifeson first brought her to Toronto to jam.
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The victory was a sweet finale on a special night for 40-year-old Croatia midfield maestro Luka Modric, who made his 200th international appearance and was thrown in the air by his teammates to mark the achievement at the end of the match.
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The Argentine maestro has taken his sweet time over it, though, having played 28 games across six tournaments.
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He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink.
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Ray McMillian is a talented Black classical violinist who defies systemic racism and his family’s discouragement to achieve musical success.
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Pianist Lex Korten and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill open freely, crash landing into the suite with cold, brooding interplay as opposed to the straightforward funk vamp of Roach’s version.
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The upbeat song in which Jagger envisions the end of the world also features Winwood on piano and organ, Watt on synths and background vocals, saxophonist James King, and trumpeter Ron Blake.
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“Accompanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanist. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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