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Recent Examples of recitalist
The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.
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Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitalist
Noun
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Guest soloist Paul Lewis will play Norwegian composer Edvard Grief's Piano Concerto.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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India Bradley, who was just promoted to a soloist at the New York City Ballet this month, is the first Black woman to earn that distinction in the company’s history.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Vermut is a natural accompanist to such an event.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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Her quartet includes pianist Alan Pasqua, a superlative accompanist.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Palamides, as a physical-comedy virtuoso, loves mess—there’s a splash zone near the front, with audience members wearing plastic ponchos.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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D’Angelo was raised in a deeply religious Pentecostal family and got his musical start in the church, becoming a virtuoso at several instruments.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The story revolves around a famous film director and his pianist wife, who are held hostage by a resentful background actor.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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Jack DeJohnette, the jazz drummer, pianist, and bandleader who played on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and worked closely with Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, and many other jazz luminaries, has died.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
27 Oct. 2025
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Hoss, whom audiences might remember as Blanchett’s violinist partner in 2022’s Tár, is a force as the outspoken, mercurial Eileen.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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Rather than playing her violin on her shoulder, the violinist crouched on a rug with Belaji, facing the instrument toward the floor.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Recitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitalist. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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