How to Use pianist in a Sentence

pianist

noun

• Renowned Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés performed at the end of the event.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
• And Jean-Yves is just one of my favorite pianists on the planet.
  — cleveland, 20 July 2023
• The pianist that was on set with us was sort of like an actor off camera in the scene with us.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2024
• For a review of Yefim Bronfman, the pianist, in recital at Carnegie Hall, go here.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 May 2024
• Parishioners’ voices filled the belly of the church with prayers and songs, led by the soaring voice of a singing pianist.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• His trio includes pianist Ben Cook and bassist Bruce Gertz.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
• Seong-jin Cho, the young Korean pianist, played a recital in Carnegie Hall.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 May 2024
• In the film, produced by Munk Studio, a young pianist comes back home for the summer.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022
• After three years of two hours a week with Mr. Clare, Roland was a promising pianist.
  — Ian McEwan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• Les McCann, a singer and pianist who helped to pioneer the soul jazz genre, has died at age 88.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2024
• And Davis reportedly urged the pianists in his groups to learn from the Jamal style.
  — Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• As spring 2022 bloomed, Irena Wang emailed the pianist Kelly Moran to ask for a mixtape.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
• Thomas, perhaps the city’s foremost pay-phone ace, is a pianist who runs a Web site called the PayPhone Project.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 28 May 2022
• That’s typical at awards shows, but there usually isn’t a pianist next to the stage at whom to point the blame.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
• His first major gig was with the pianist Ahmad Jamal in 1952.
  — Andrey Henkin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• For more about Cochran, known for her work with pianist Jim Brickman, visit here.
  — cleveland, 14 July 2023
• His driver used the guidebook to identify rest stops for the Black pianist amid the dangers of their road trip.
  — Dezimey Kum, USA TODAY, 1 June 2022
• Bill Miler, for instance, his pianist for many years, never played over the top.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
• But never was there any banging, or the steely treble sound heard from too many pianists these days.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
• Rulin, who played the shy pianist Kelsi, continued to act post-HSM.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
• One musician who took notice was the pianist Paul Bley.
  — Nate Chinen, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Project Presents will also have a live pianist during the show and will also host happy hours.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 26 June 2024
• When the book opens, the main character, Elsa, a concert pianist, is in crisis.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
• The great pianist Eubie Blake still performed concerts in his mid-90s.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022
• At the start of his career in the 1950s, Bacharach was fired after just three weeks as the pianist and conductor for crooner Vic Damone.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2023
• Adès will be a featured composer and pianist from Aug. 2 through Aug.6.
  — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2023
• Touching the pieces, his hands look precise and intelligent, like the hands of a surgeon or a pianist.
  — Sally Rooney, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
• When singer and pianist Martha Davis showed up to rehearse one afternoon, one of the pigeons that roosted in a hole in the wall flew right across the piano.
  — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2022
• Costello has been on a European tour with his longtime pianist Steve Nieve.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
• This take on the legendary train – owned by the luxury travel company Belmond – boasts a party-like atmosphere in the evenings, with a pianist and mixologists on staff.
  — Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024