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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
He was viewed as the greatest symphonist since Brahms, but at a certain point—mysteriously—no new works appeared.
—Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
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
He was viewed as the greatest symphonist since Brahms, but at a certain point—mysteriously—no new works appeared.
—Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
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
Noun
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The Black Sabbath frontman and soloist died of a heart attack on July 22 at age 76.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ozzy Osbourne passed away unexpectedly on July 22, just weeks after taking to the stage for the final time, both as a soloist and as a member of Black Sabbath.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
1 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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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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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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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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“Symphonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphonist. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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