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Recent Examples of symphonist
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.
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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
During much of his lifetime, he was generally considered the greatest symphonist after Brahms.
—Tim Page, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
But for essentially all of the '90s and '00s, Reznor was the driving force between one of the most consistently successful acts in alternative, industrial rock symphonists Nine Inch Nails.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2019
The masterstroke is Zimmer’s introduction of a quotation from the Enigma Variations of Edward Elgar — the symphonist whose music most fully embodies the British soul — with a slow burn that still amounted to playing with fire.
—David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 17 July 2017
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
During much of his lifetime, he was generally considered the greatest symphonist after Brahms.
—Tim Page, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
But for essentially all of the '90s and '00s, Reznor was the driving force between one of the most consistently successful acts in alternative, industrial rock symphonists Nine Inch Nails.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2019
The masterstroke is Zimmer’s introduction of a quotation from the Enigma Variations of Edward Elgar — the symphonist whose music most fully embodies the British soul — with a slow burn that still amounted to playing with fire.
—David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 17 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphonist
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This soprano soloist in Beethoven's masterpiece will be Sheboygan South and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alum Kathryn Henry.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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With Yunchan Lim as soloist, the performance was as sharp and shadowed as though it were etched with a burin on a copper plate.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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His five collections and dozens of uncollected short stories also show a virtuoso at work and play.—
Jane Ciabattari
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Fast forward 20 years — and travel a couple hundred miles northeast — and readers meet Lottie Thomas, a 16-year-old piano virtuoso in New York with a lot on her mind.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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If everything had gone to Dustin Hoffman's plan, the Wag the Dog actor would have been a classical pianist.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Names and backstories are different, but in Pynchon’s text, stoner pianist Zoyd Wheeler is taking odd jobs and government disability checks obtained by staging regular psychotic episodes, when federal agent Brock Vond drives him and his 14-year-old daughter Prairie from their home.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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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
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And Variety‘s music maestro Jem Aswad reflects on the legacy of Sylvia Rhone as the music industry veteran announces her retirement.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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The following day, conductor Reab Ahmed took the baton, widely celebrated as the youngest and first Saudi maestro to lead national orchestra.—
Billboard Arabia,
Billboard,
22 Sep. 2025
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Her unique position as a contemporary violinist also sets her apart in an industry landscape often dominated by vocalists, rappers, and producers.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
17 Sep. 2025
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The musical's eponymous fiddler will be Kimberly Hanson, known to many fans on the regional music scene as the violinist for roots-country group The WhiskeyBelles.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her quartet includes pianist Alan Pasqua, a superlative accompanist.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Constantly in demand as a solo artist, accompanist, recording engineer and album producer, Sprague turned to other projects.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Symphonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphonist. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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