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Recent Examples of violist
The quartet also features violinist Sindri Lederer, violist Andrea Berger and pianist Antonia Koster.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
The principal flutist of the San Diego Symphony, Lombardo will be joined by such talented musicians as symphony violinist Tiffany Wee and Hausmann Quartet violist Angela Choong.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 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
Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
The principal flutist of the San Diego Symphony, Lombardo will be joined by such talented musicians as symphony violinist Tiffany Wee and Hausmann Quartet violist Angela Choong.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 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
Noun
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Renowned salsa and latin jazz violinist Alfredo De La Fé brings his band, which blends traditional classical techniques with Afro-Cuban and Caribbean rhythms.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Keith Stanfield, a violinist and concertmaster, was terminated as executive director of the Friends of the Opus 76 Quartet Foundation for similar crimes, the foundation’s lawyer, Karen Donnelly, said Tuesday.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ashni is a singer, songwriter, and pianist.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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His death came two months after that of Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who sang with the band alongside her first husband, pianist Keith Godchaux, from 1972 to 1979.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Principal oboist Jennifer Corning Lucio and principal cellist Allan Steele found a happy medium in between, Steele dispatching flashy writing with particularly impressive aplomb.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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McClung painted the flutist after hearing him in an empty parking structure beside the shopping center.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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The group consists of violinist Yale Strom, vocalist Elizabeth Schwartz, tenor saxophonist and flutist Tripp Sprague, guitarist Fred Benedetti and contrabassist Luke Little.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2026
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Performers include clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinists Leila Josefowicz and Geneva Lewis, and the Colburn Orchestra, making its Ojai Music Festival debut.—
Aidin Vaziri,
San Francisco Chronicle,
24 Mar. 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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On The Mountain The duo Dyad — violinist Niv Ashkenazi and bassoonist Leah Kohn — performs their own arrangements of selections from Ernest Bloch, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolo Paganini, Irving Berlin, Bruce Babcock, Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saëns and George Gershwin.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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But guest violinist Nick Eanet’s instrument too often disappeared in combinations, especially with fairly bold projection from interim principal bassoonist George Sakakeeny.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Other celebrities in the field include former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, Dropkick Murphys guitarist Jeff DaRosa, Love Island winner Bryan Arenales and running comedian Laura Green.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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The band had booked a set for rhythm guitarist Matt Donoghue’s birthday around that time and was happy to adopt the cause, Fleming said.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Tiu, a Southern California harpist who has graced stages from Seattle to Savannah, recently served as Visiting Principal Harp of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Scottish harpist Maeve Gilchrist, American violinist Mazz Swift and Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu make up the ensemble’s texturally acute international string section.—
Andrew Gilbert,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Violist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violist. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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