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Recent Examples of flutist
Japanese percussionist and bamboo flutist Kaoru Watanabe and Sicilian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi contribute to the polyrhythmic grooves and spacious, reflective passages.
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Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
It will be played by flutist Mark Teplitsky, violinist Eric Gratz, cellist Julian Schwartz and harpsichordist Ian Pritchard.
—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
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Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
It will be played by flutist Mark Teplitsky, violinist Eric Gratz, cellist Julian Schwartz and harpsichordist Ian Pritchard.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flutist
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The evening took an unusual turn as a violinist and cellist — SistaStrings — took the stage and were followed by Brandi Carlile bearing an acoustic guitar.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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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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The pianist may introduce a new chord color.—
Gerald J. Leonard,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Hailing from an illustrious Cuban family deeply engaged with classical music, pianist López-Gavilán has distinguished himself across a verdant musical landscape.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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The saxophonist is a musical shapeshifter who lends his talents far and wide, but his dreamiest, most conventionally melodic music usually arises from his long-running collaboration with vocalist Nicholas Krgovich.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2026
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The wild card is Chicago alto saxophonist Lenard Simpson, a prodigious young player known for his impassioned improvisational flights.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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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
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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
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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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Fleetwood Mac originated as a British blues band seven years before Nicks and her boyfriend, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, joined the group, which already had a phenomenal female vocalist — the sublime Christine Perfect McVie.—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
21 June 2026
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That tune was fronted by Five Finger Death Punch, and the cut credits Kenny Wayne Shepherd, who originally released the song back in 1998, as well as Brantley Gilbert and the Queen guitarist.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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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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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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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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