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Recent Examples of violist
The performers will be tenor Jon Lee Keenan, violinist Agatha Blevin, violist Jonah Sirota, cellist Sarah Kim and pianist Irene Kim.
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
The film tells the story of a violist haunted by visions of her future self.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
The live musical performance will attempt to mirror that effect using a new technology that generates electronic sounds and lights created by measuring, in real time, the brain activity of the performing violist.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
Ariana Kim and violist Sally Chisholm traded repeating patterns, switching off melodies as the music jumped around the scale.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Davis is a professional violist whose estranged pastor father dies on the same day as his wedding to Everett, a white man from a wealthy family.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Featured on the album are violinist and violist Macie Stewart, cellist Ben Whiteley, upright bassist Nick Macri, and woodwinds player Hunter Diamond.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
The film tells the story of a violist haunted by visions of her future self.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
The live musical performance will attempt to mirror that effect using a new technology that generates electronic sounds and lights created by measuring, in real time, the brain activity of the performing violist.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
Ariana Kim and violist Sally Chisholm traded repeating patterns, switching off melodies as the music jumped around the scale.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Davis is a professional violist whose estranged pastor father dies on the same day as his wedding to Everett, a white man from a wealthy family.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Featured on the album are violinist and violist Macie Stewart, cellist Ben Whiteley, upright bassist Nick Macri, and woodwinds player Hunter Diamond.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violist
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Famed violinist Itzhak Perlman will be the guest performer at the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra's Rhapsody Gala next season.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Leading the concert was the violinist-conductor Leonidas Kavakos, who’s currently a DSO artist-in-residence.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Is Sebastian, the too-hot-to-be-true pianist, really on her side or is he involved in Natalie’s disappearance?—
Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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As a young pianist growing up in Venezuela, Kristhyan Benítez attended Vanessa Perez’s concerts, admiring her from the audience long before the two would share a stage as collaborators.—
Megan Fitzgerald,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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After a decade-long absence, flutist Lori Bell is returning to the Rancho Bernardo Library, this time accompanied by guitarist Ron Satterfield.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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It will be played by flutist Mark Teplitsky, violinist Eric Gratz, cellist Julian Schwartz and harpsichordist Ian Pritchard.—
Deborah Martin,
San Antonio Express-News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman hired Peplowski to play tenor saxophone in his new outfit in 1984 after coming out of retirement.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Feb. 2026
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Albert Navarro had been a saxophonist and a clarinettist who worked as a music teacher and as a bandleader at resort hotels.—
Ian Parker,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Rushmere, released last March, was their first as a trio after guitarist and banjoist Winston Marshall left the band in part due to political differences with his bandmates.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2026
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Bubble machines and cafe lights welcome you outside, while locally made goods and an acoustic guitarist set the mood within.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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There will also be students volunteering as servers during the event and a harpist providing musical entertainment.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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The block party kicked off with a set from Bay Area DJ Ethan Dreams, followed by a genre-bending collaboration between Bay Area harpist GEO and San Francisco native, DJ Salenie.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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They will be joined by the E Street Horns, the E Street Choir and percussionist Anthony Almonte.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Trombonist Vincent Chandler, trumpeter John Douglas, drummer Jeff Canady, percussionist Mahindi, guitarist Wayne Gerard, and vocalist Steffanie Christi’an fill out the group.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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Kings organist Dieter Ruehle was feeling a bit cheeky during Thursday’s 8-1 trouncing by the Edmonton Oilers.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Once again, the Meyerson’s big Fisk organ will get minimal use in the symphonic repertory, although resident organist Bradley Hunter Welch will perform in the Saint-Saëns Third Symphony.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Violist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violist. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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