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flutist

noun

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as in violinist

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Recent Examples of flutist Carolyn Brown, the orchestra’s principal flutist, will perform excerpts and participate in the Q&A session. — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2026 McClung painted the flutist after hearing him in an empty parking structure beside the shopping center. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 At the event, flutist Scott Metlicka, clarinetist Gene Collerd and bassoonist Vince Disantis will perform a concert of chamber music. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026 Japanese percussionist and bamboo flutist Kaoru Watanabe and Sicilian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi contribute to the polyrhythmic grooves and spacious, reflective passages. — Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flutist

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Noun

Being a pilot has come in handy during his career as a violinist, too.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Playing her festival debut in Monterey Jazz’s intimate Pacific Jazz Café last September, Cuban violinist and vocalist Yilian Cañizares delivered one of the season’s most memorable sets.

— Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Definition of violinist

Noun

Gosling won a Golden Globe for his role as Seb, an aspiring pianist who falls in love with Mia (Stone), an actress who can’t catch a break.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 21 July 2026
For a nightcap, head to Elephant Bar, or opt for the lobby’s calming atmosphere, where a suited & booted pianist takes requests.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026

Definition of pianist

Noun

His father, saxophonist, flutist and vocalist Scott Mayo, performed with Earth, Wind & Fire and Sérgio Mendes.

— Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
The London saxophonist and his ensemble fuse jazz with diverse strains of global trance music—Moroccan gnawa, Berlin kosmische—into a hypnotic, utopian expression of spiritual union.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

Definition of saxophonist

Noun

Walter Parazaider, co-founder, saxophonist and flautist in the rock band Chicago, has died following a battle with Alzheimer’s, the band confirmed on Wednesday.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
The force of the example, as Taggart explains, lies in us forgetting that Lizzo was once an oddball rapper-flautist who was anointed by Prince; an indie artist with pipes who endeared herself to mean Brooklyn gays.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 11 June 2026

Definition of flautist

Noun

In 1999, Drew co-founded the music collective Broken Social Scene with his fellow singer and guitarist Brendan Canning, counting several members of the two units among its creative lineups.

— Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Hole guitarist and co-founder Eric Erlandson oversaw the reissues for UMe.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

Definition of guitarist

Noun

The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
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

Definition of bassoonist

Noun

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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