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Recent Examples of soloist
Amplification met the glaring illumination with the evening’s piano soloist, Kirill Gerstein, unnaturally dominating a sonically repressed orchestra.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
But the cult of the individual is anathema to most modern coaches: even if the players are supremely talented soloists, including PSG wingers Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, they are expected to work relentlessly for the team.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The label also paired him up with the two soloists, both of whom have recorded extensively with Naxos.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2025
First Presbyterian Church of Mount Dora, 222 W. Sixth Ave., is sponsoring a patriotic concert and ice cream social at 4 p.m. June 29, featuring soloists Kasey Cox, Janelle Woodward and Rick Vale, along with percussionist John Lowe and pianist Randy Frieling.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
But the cult of the individual is anathema to most modern coaches: even if the players are supremely talented soloists, including PSG wingers Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, they are expected to work relentlessly for the team.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The label also paired him up with the two soloists, both of whom have recorded extensively with Naxos.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2025
First Presbyterian Church of Mount Dora, 222 W. Sixth Ave., is sponsoring a patriotic concert and ice cream social at 4 p.m. June 29, featuring soloists Kasey Cox, Janelle Woodward and Rick Vale, along with percussionist John Lowe and pianist Randy Frieling.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soloist
Noun
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Eleanore Strong, the accompanist for the chorus, shared some thoughts about her meeting and working with Ms. McCarthy, first as a student and orchestra member at Rosary College Prep in Aurora.—
Tom Strong,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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That approach is elevated by the stellar quartet of James’ spiritual flurries of guitar strumming, G. Love and Special Sauce's Jeffrey Clemens on drums, plus the work of Nashville Symphony percussionist and his longtime accompanist Adrian Marmolejo on bass.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
28 June 2025
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Actor Jeff Goldblum is also a jazz pianist with a band called the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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In the early Fifties, Jordan moved to New York and married Duke Jordan, a pianist in Parker’s band.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Match tells the true story of how, in the face of discrimination and exclusion, British-Jewish rising tennis star Angela Buxton and African American athletic virtuoso Althea Gibson formed an unlikely pair that took Wimbledon by storm and forged a lifelong friendship.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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Billy Woods rose out of the Brooklyn rap underground as a virtuoso poet, one of hip-hop’s most independent and brilliant minds over the past two decades.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2025
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The event lineup includes flutist Alexander Zonjic, pianist Rick Roe, bassist and bandleader Paul Keller and vocalist Penny Wells.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
17 July 2025
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Style came mainly from soloists — especially the principal flutist Robert Langevin’s shapely contributions — and from the New York Philharmonic Chorus, directed by Malcolm J. Merriweather, which leaned into Ravel’s rich tonal colors.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Before that, a preconcert panel of Price scholars and current CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery discussed the symphonist’s remarkable life and even more remarkable music.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2022
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A decade after basing a whole festival on Bruckner and minimalist master John Adams, Franz Welser-Most Thursday night at Severance Music Center juxtaposed the grand Austrian symphonist with Arnold Schoenberg, the father of serialism.—
Zachary Lewis,
cleveland,
25 Feb. 2022
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Christopher McDonald plays Happy’s comically villainous, arrogant rival Shooter McGavin, maestro of the finger guns.—
Skyler Trepel,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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For Frankenstein, the Marine Terminal, which has served as a production hub for Netflix, had a full-scale ship floating in the waters off Lake Ontario for the maestro of monsters’ movie shoot.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
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The episode explores Freeman's passion for his role and the unique experience of being a sports organist.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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According to longtime team organist Nancy Faust, a few sisters even sat near her on the infamous Disco Demolition Night.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Per Brooklyn Vegan, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich spoke to Howard Stern on Wednesday (Aug. 6) to discuss the upcoming gig, where the co-founding percussionist also addressed current rumors that the band may be bringing their show to Las Vegas venue Sphere as one of its famed residencies.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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Kreutzmann, the Grateful Dead's founding drummer alongside Hart, stopped touring in 2023.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Soloist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soloist. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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