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flautist

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Recent Examples of flautist The 43-year-old professional flautist was convicted in 2021 on charges including conspiracy to seize power and sentenced to 11 years in prison. — ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026 That includes flautists, violinists, pianists, singers, dancers, magicians, comedians – and a lot more. — Debbi Kickham, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 The singer/flautist, however, has long been vocal in her support for her LGBTQ fans, and in 2023, her brand Yitty unveiled a line of gender-affirming shapewear. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 June 2025 The musician, who rose to fame on the arm of quick-witted bars, released back-to-back flute albums in 2023, surprising fans and critics alike who were impressed by his skills as a flautist. — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for flautist

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That piece marks the origin—and, in its centennial, the destination—of the flutist Claire Chase’s twenty-four-year-long commissioning program, Density 2036.

— Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
His father, saxophonist, flutist and vocalist Scott Mayo, performed with Earth, Wind & Fire and Sérgio Mendes.

— Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

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Toward the end of the evening, the jazz pianist, a dapper man named Lafayette, took the microphone to thank each member of the band.

— Jane Bua, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The music school Toki Rapa Nui, co-founded by classical pianist Mahani Teave, offers occasional concerts and guided visits of its sustainable Earthship building, which is shaped like an eight-petal flower.

— Mark Johanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of pianist

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Mariachi Damas de Jalisco are making room for songs made famous by women, violinist Elizabeth Sosa tells me.

— Zoey Goto, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
His father, Stanley Silverman, is a composer who has arranged music for Sting and Paul Simon; his mother, Mary (Delson) Silverman,was an opera singer, and his stepmother a violinist.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of violinist

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Vile lives near the Philly house that Sun Ra and the band called home, where 102-year-old saxophonist Marshall Allen still lives.

— Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026
From a legendary saxophonist to a country icon making his KC return, there are multiple options for shows in November.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of saxophonist

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Longtime collaborators Rex Horan and Evan Jenkins play double bass and drums, respectively, on Blue Reservoir, joined by percussionist Fabio de Oliveira.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
But the San Diego imaginative new music series Art of Elan is now taking it to the desert for a special performance led by percussionist Steven Schick at an outdoor theater in Borrego Springs.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of percussionist

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The ambient dub producer and clarinetist will release Memoria on September 4 via Smalltown Supersound.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
Principal clarinetist Dario Brignoli went in a different direction while playing an arrangement of George Gershwin’s Three Preludes.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of clarinetist

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Geese are currently wrapping up the North American leg of their Getting Killed Again Tour, but lead guitarist Emily Green has another surprise up her sleeve.

— Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026
Unlike the composer’s typically massive, sprawling drones, these pieces for pipe organ—accompanied by guitarist Stephen O’Malley and cellist Lucy Railton—are finely filigreed miniatures.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026

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