soloist

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Recent Examples of soloist In a rare inverse problem where the group should be inducted after the soloist, Molanphy believes the Commodores are long overdue for recognition. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 May 2026 Having been surpassed, as an athlete, by Alex Honnold, the new free soloist in the valley, Potter, then in his early forties, reimagined himself as a performance artist, of a kind. Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 The latter piece will feature double-bass soloist Luis Gomez-Imbert and the music of Chick Corea, arranged by Marturet and assistant conductor Mika Lin George. Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026 Liston changed history by becoming the first woman soloist, trombone player, composer and arranger to play on stage alongside men. Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for soloist
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Noun
  • The concert director is Edwin Basilio; accompanist is Cho-Hyun Park and organist is Rodney Girvin.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • An accompanist will be provided.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.
    Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Thile will also team with acclaimed jazz and classical singer Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Sullivan Fortner on a new version of Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, which will receive its world premiere at the 2027 Festival.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Frequent collaborators, the acclaimed violinist and pianist perform works by Schubert, Grieg, Ives, Ysaÿe and Ravel in their first joint appearance at Disney Hall since 2010.
    Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Frequent collaborators, the acclaimed violinist and pianist perform works by Schubert, Grieg, Ives, Ysaÿe and Ravel in their first joint appearance at Disney Hall since 2010.
    Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • This concert event was coordinated by Nic Orbovich, the co-founder (with wife Sunny) of the Michigan City Chamber Music Festival and an accomplished violinist with his own concert resume.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Fleck, who is a virtuoso known for crossing genres, embraced the album as an opportunity to create music supporting a strong vocalist.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 8 June 2026
  • The guitar virtuoso died days before his 100th birthday.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Monette Marino, guitarist Joe Amato, bassist Harley Magsino, drummer Mike Holguin and saxophonist, flutist and harmonica player Tripp Sprague.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The program includes the church ensemble, harpist Destiny Muhammad’s trio, and a North-meets-South Indo-jazz trio with Carnatic saxophonist Prasant Radhakrishnan and percussionist Sameer Gupta (who founded RootStock Arts).
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • The tenor saxophonist was one of America’s most renowned jazz musicians, embracing tradition and innovation for six decades.
    Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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