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pianist

noun

Definition of pianist

as in violinist

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Recent Examples of pianist My Heart Sings The pianist and composer performs with members of the Pacific Symphony to engage with Ellington’s work through a contemporary frame. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Along with Louis Armstrong and Dee Alexander, undersung figures — like the dizzyingly talented pianist Dorothy Donegan — also get their due. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 On the fiction side, indelible characters ranged from a small-town classical music pianist, to a member of the French Resistance, to a groundbreaking female economist in the 19th century. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026 Showcasing his talent as a pianist in his latest music release, Ormo previously described his work as a message of emotional connection. — Joan Murray, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pianist

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Noun

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

Noun

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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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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Recorded live in a Norwegian church with the British organist Kit Downes, the album consists almost entirely of pipe organ and Sundfør’s steadfast, saintly voice.

— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
Dylan’s backing band, as introduced at Carnegie, was composed of the Hawks guitarist Robbie Robertson, the organist Garth Hudson, the bassist Rick Danko, the pianist Richard Manual and the drummer Levon Helm.

— Atoosa Moinzadeh, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of organist

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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

Definition of flutist

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The trombonist Cutler is played by Terence Archie as stolid, unassuming and quietly in control.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026
The main stage featured local performers including Brass and Boujee, with Kansas City rapper and entrepreneur Kemet Coleman and hip-hop trombonist Kadesh Flow.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of trombonist

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An Exchange of Information, the follow-up to 2024’s Life Till Bones, marks the inaugural release on Hop Along drummer Mark Quinlan’s new label.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
Each night will feature a set of fan favorites and greatest hits, as well as the touching tributes to late drummer/lyricist Neil Peart that have been a moving staple of the band’s ongoing Fifty Something tour.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of drummer

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Having a harp in your home as a newly 30-year-old man, with a professional harpist who appears when the mood strikes said 30-year-old man, is an outstanding use of free will.

— Rembert Browne, Architectural Digest, 2 Nov. 2026
Her debut was a bit of a fluke at the coaxing of her close friend, the harpist and DJ Mary Lattimore.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of harpist

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