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Recent Examples of clarinetist
Rollins and his two older siblings were all introduced to music early by their father, who was a clarinetist.
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Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Performers include clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinists Leila Josefowicz and Geneva Lewis, and the Colburn Orchestra, making its Ojai Music Festival debut.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman hired Peplowski to play tenor saxophone in his new outfit in 1984 after coming out of retirement.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Albert Navarro had been a saxophonist and a clarinettist who worked as a music teacher and as a bandleader at resort hotels.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
La Jolla Music Society brings together three top classical solo artists, clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer, cellist Kian Soltani and pianist Alessio Bax, performing together works by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Performers include clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinists Leila Josefowicz and Geneva Lewis, and the Colburn Orchestra, making its Ojai Music Festival debut.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman hired Peplowski to play tenor saxophone in his new outfit in 1984 after coming out of retirement.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Albert Navarro had been a saxophonist and a clarinettist who worked as a music teacher and as a bandleader at resort hotels.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
La Jolla Music Society brings together three top classical solo artists, clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer, cellist Kian Soltani and pianist Alessio Bax, performing together works by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clarinetist
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The film, which screened over the weekend in New York at the Steinway Hall, follows the story of Duo Amal, which comprises Palestinian pianist Bishara Haroni and Israeli pianist Yaron Kohlberg.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Dec. 2025
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Roundtree believes her presence continues every time a pianist plays with feeling.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Dec. 2025
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But the New Orleans trombonist didn’t love the results.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
6 Dec. 2025
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Musical performances included dancing trombonist Jonathan Arons, husband-wife DJ duo Team Ragoza, and DJ Dynamix.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The soloist for this performance is the young Spanish violinist Maria Dueñas, first prize winner of the Yehudi Menuhin Competition’s senior division in 2021 as a teenager.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Additional guests include actor Will Arnett and violinist Aleksandar Gajić.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Things turn even jazzier a couple minutes in, when trumpeter Cees Bruinsma lays down the song’s ruminative central riff before veering off into exploratory flights of fancy.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2026
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Still, a budding jazz guitarist (Torn was mentored by pioneering trumpeter Don Cherry) joining forces with a rock icon’s sidemen for his recording debut shows a strong independent streak and no small amount of ambition.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
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Tessa Thompson grins with saxophonist dad Marc Anthony Thompson at the Critics Choice Association's 8th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television in Los Angeles.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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Drummer Myles Martin and saxophonist Tristan Cappel round out this quintet.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
5 Dec. 2025
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The Milwaukee concert had plenty of surprises - including an impromptu invitation from audience member Vinny Moloney, a professional oboist who had his instrument with him, to play with the band.—
Piet Levy,
jsonline.com,
16 July 2025
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The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Also on the program was popular jazz pianist Danny Green, a fine pairing of flutist Elena Yarritu with pianist Cho-Hyun Park, and a cool duo of John Offerkuch on piano with Ian Harland on vibes.—
Lonnie Burstein Hewitt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2026
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The tour will feature founder and guitarist Schon, keyboardist and backing vocalist Jonathan Cain, lead vocalist Arnel Pineda, keyboardist and vocalist Jason Derlatka, drummer and vocalist Deen Castronovo and bassist Todd Jensen.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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And with world-class musicians behind him, including Malo’s co-founders in the group, bassist Robert Reynolds and drummer Paul Deakin, the Mavericks earned a reputation as the most eclectic and entertaining of performers.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Clarinetist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarinetist. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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