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Recent Examples of flutist
It will be played by flutist Mark Teplitsky, violinist Eric Gratz, cellist Julian Schwartz and harpsichordist Ian Pritchard.
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Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2026
The 43-year-old professional flutist was convicted in 2021 on charges including conspiracy to seize power and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
—CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
The long-running traditional Irish music band, led by flutist and whistle player Joanie Madden, brings its holiday show to Washington County.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Guests were wowed by a violinist, saxophonist, flutist, live band and belly dancers from Connect Entertainment.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
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Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2026
The 43-year-old professional flutist was convicted in 2021 on charges including conspiracy to seize power and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
—CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
The long-running traditional Irish music band, led by flutist and whistle player Joanie Madden, brings its holiday show to Washington County.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Guests were wowed by a violinist, saxophonist, flutist, live band and belly dancers from Connect Entertainment.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flutist
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Frequent collaborators, the acclaimed violinist and pianist perform works by Schubert, Grieg, Ives, Ysaÿe and Ravel in their first joint appearance at Disney Hall since 2010.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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This concert event was coordinated by Nic Orbovich, the co-founder (with wife Sunny) of the Michigan City Chamber Music Festival and an accomplished violinist with his own concert resume.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Thile will also team with acclaimed jazz and classical singer Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Sullivan Fortner on a new version of Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, which will receive its world premiere at the 2027 Festival.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Frequent collaborators, the acclaimed violinist and pianist perform works by Schubert, Grieg, Ives, Ysaÿe and Ravel in their first joint appearance at Disney Hall since 2010.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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The program includes the church ensemble, harpist Destiny Muhammad’s trio, and a North-meets-South Indo-jazz trio with Carnatic saxophonist Prasant Radhakrishnan and percussionist Sameer Gupta (who founded RootStock Arts).—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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The tenor saxophonist was one of America’s most renowned jazz musicians, embracing tradition and innovation for six decades.—
Matt Schudel,
Washington Post,
27 May 2026
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O’Brien works again with some familiar faces (Selway, Earth alum Dave Okumu), but also revamps his supporting cast to include Adele/Paul McCartney producer Paul Epworth, jazz flautist Shabaka Hutchings, and, most crucially, Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
28 May 2026
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Though a genre-fluid affair, the Blue Note fest also features some of the most adventurous pacesetters in modern jazz, among them the flautist Shabaka, the London septet Kokoroko, the trumpeter Chief Adjuah, and the harpist Brandee Younger.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
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Principal oboist Jennifer Corning Lucio and principal cellist Allan Steele found a happy medium in between, Steele dispatching flashy writing with particularly impressive aplomb.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The score by Amine Bouhafa and Isabelle Laudenbach — the director’s sister, and also an accomplished flamenco guitarist — deftly interpolates scraps and strains of Bizet’s original compositions, stripped of operatic excess and given a folky lilt.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
31 May 2026
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Three of those bands’ key members — Toto guitarist-vocalist Steve Lukather, former Average White Bands bassist/singer Hamish Stewart and Men At Work singer-guitarist Colin Hay — are All-Starr Band veterans.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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On The Mountain The duo Dyad — violinist Niv Ashkenazi and bassoonist Leah Kohn — performs their own arrangements of selections from Ernest Bloch, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolo Paganini, Irving Berlin, Bruce Babcock, Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saëns and George Gershwin.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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But guest violinist Nick Eanet’s instrument too often disappeared in combinations, especially with fairly bold projection from interim principal bassoonist George Sakakeeny.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Rollins and his two older siblings were all introduced to music early by their father, who was a clarinetist.—
Don Heckman,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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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
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“Flutist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flutist. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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