violinist

noun

Definition of violinistnext
as in pianist

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  1. pianist
  2. flutist
  3. drummer
  4. organist
  5. soloist
  6. percussionist
  7. keyboardist
Noun
  • The jazz pianist, who had a lifelong passion for playing music, discovered a vibrant community of skilled musicians who shared his enthusiasm for collaboration and pushing the boundaries of the genre.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
  • On November 14, 2024, French-Lebanese pianist and composer Omar Harfouch made history in the Vatican Apostolic Library, one of the most sacred repositories of human knowledge.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of pianist
Noun
  • An elbow injury disrupted the career that Elaine Schmidt might have had as a high-level flutist.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Anchoring the horn section is saxophonist/flutist Mitch Frohman, a founding member of the SHO who like Hernández established himself on New York’s Latin music scene during the heyday of salsa dura in the mid-‘70s.
    Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of flutist
Noun
  • The friend said that Moore’s brother-in-law is a musician, who has spent the past 20 years as a touring drummer.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Perhaps that’s why Tango in the Night is the rare late ’80s blockbuster with a real human touch in its arrangements, at a time when other classic rock drummers and bassists were being sidelined in the studio by drum machines and synthesizers.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of drummer
Noun
  • Join in the singing of beloved hymns and anthems with guest choir conductor and organist Charles Frost.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Photos of Bill wearing his home run crown and others of him posing with ballpark organist Nancy Faust still generate smiles to this day.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of organist
Noun
  • Jimin has only released two albums as a soloist so far.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Ross Gershenson is the horn soloist for Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2007), composed by the South Bay’s Lee Actor.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of soloist
Noun
  • Shakti was not only an East-West fusion, but also, with its two percussionists, a fusion of North and South Indian rhythms.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Coldplay was originally formed in London in 1997 with singer and pianist Martin guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer/percussionist Will Champion after meeting at University College London.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of percussionist
Noun
  • The other snap with Swift features the same group of women and the Eras Tour keyboardist, Karina DePiano, all glammed up.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The occasional supergroup has made a tradition of playing Phish after-parties—Medeski and Martin (the keyboardist and the drummer of the jazz-fusion band Medeski Martin & Wood), who have been linked with the jam band since 1995, channel the same psychedelic release in their own playing.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of keyboardist
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